The Wind and the Lion (1975)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

John Milius

Writer:

John Milius (writer)

Release Date:

26 October 1975 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.

Plot:

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts...

Plot Keywords:

Little Girl | Barbarism | Battle | Little Boy | Orchestral Music Score

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 nominations

Cast

Sean Connery	...	Raisuli
Candice Bergen	...	Eden Pedecaris
Brian Keith	...	Theodore Roosevelt
John Huston	...	John Hay
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Gummere
Steve Kanaly	...	Capt. Jerome
Vladek Sheybal	...	The Bashaw
Nadim Sawalha	...	Sherif of Wazan
Roy Jenson	...	Admiral Chadwick
Deborah Baxter	...	Alice Roosevelt
Jack Cooley	...	Quentin Roosevelt
Chris Aller	...	Kermit Roosevelt
Simon Harrison	...	William Pedecaris
Polly Gottesmann	...	Jennifer Pedecaris (as Polly Gottesman)
Antoine Saint-John	...	Von Roerkel (as Antoine St. John)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Ugly Arab
Luis Barboo	...	Gayaan the Terrible
Darrell Fetty	...	Dreighton
Marc Zuber	...	The Sultan
Shirley Rothman	...	Edith Roosevelt
Rusty Cox	...	Marine Sgt.
Larry Cross	...	Henry Cabot Lodge
Alexander Weldon	...	Elihu Root (as Alex Weldon)
Dr. Akio Mitamura	...	Japanese General (as Akio Mitamura)
Frank Gassman	...	President's Aide
Audrey San Felix	...	Miss Hitchcock
Ben Tatar	...	Sketch Artist
Michael Damian	...	President's Secretary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eduardo Bea	...	Philippe (uncredited)
Robert Case	...	British Military Advisor (uncredited)
Juan Cazalilla	...	Chef (uncredited)
Mariano Ciudad	...	3rd Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Anita Colby	...	Station Woman (uncredited)
James Cooley	...	2nd Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Rupert Crabb	...	Mountain Man (uncredited)
Howard Hagan	...	Diplomat (uncredited)
Art Larkin	...	1st Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Terry Leonard	...	President Roosevelt's sparring partner (uncredited)
David V. Lester	...	2nd Reporter (uncredited)
Leon Liberman	...	2nd Aide (uncredited)
John Milius	...	The one-armed military advisor (uncredited)
James Mitchell	...	Gummere's Aide (uncredited)
Ricardo Palacios	...	Torres (uncredited)
Carl Rapp	...	1st Station Man (uncredited)
Paul Rusking	...	3rd Reporter (uncredited)
Allen Russell	...	3rd Aide (uncredited)
Felipe Solano	...	Pock-faced Arab (uncredited)
Charles Stalmaker	...	1st Reporter (uncredited)
Billy Williams	...	Briton who runs out of bullets (uncredited)

Directed by
John Milius

Writing credits
John Milius		(writer)

Produced by
Herb Jaffe	....	producer
Phil Rawlins	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Billy Williams		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert L. Wolfe

Casting by
Boaty Boatright		(as Boaty Boatwright)

Production Design by
Gil Parrondo		(as Gil Parrando)

Art Direction by
Antonio Patón		(as R. Antonio Paton)

Costume Design by
Richard La Motte		(as Richard E. LaMotte)

Makeup Department
José Antonio Sánchez	....	makeup artist (as Jose A. Sanchez)

Production Management
Luis Hernanz	....	unit production manager: Spain
Tom Pevsner	....	production supervisor
Luis Roberts	....	production manager: Spain

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Miguel Ángel Barbero	....	second assistant director (as Miguel A. Barbero)
Roberto Cirla	....	second assistant director
Miguel Gil	....	assistant director (as Miguel A. Gil)
Roberto Parra	....	second assistant director
Phil Rawlins	....	second unit director

Art Department
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master
Julián Martín	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Milton C. Burrow	....	sound effects supervisor
Roy Charman	....	sound
Harry W. Tetrick	....	sound
Bill Wistrom	....	sound effects supervisor
William L. McCaughey	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Aaron Rochin	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Alex Weldon	....	special effects

Stunts
Terry Leonard	....	stunt supervisor
Ricardo Cruz	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Juan Maján	....	stunts (uncredited)
Miguel Pedregosa	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larry Randles	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kerry Rossall	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Sheppard	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Harcourt	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James M. George	....	wardrobe supervisor
Tony Pueo	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Gary Bell	....	associate film editor

Music Department
Harry V. Lojewski	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Barbara Cole	....	script supervisor
Steven-Charles Jaffe	....	assistant to producer (as Steven C. Jaffe)
David V. Lester	....	production coordinator (as David Lester)
Juan Maján	....	action coordinator: Spain (as Juan Jose Majan)
Miguel Pedregosa	....	action coordinator: Spain
Mark Carlton	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1977) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures (1975) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1976) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Esselte Video (1990) (Finland) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Distribution Company
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1975) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Films (1975) (Finland) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Claridge Associates / Persky-Bright  production services
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)  titles and opticals
• Intrada  score album released by

Also Known As:

John Milius' The Wind and the Lion (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #24156) | Netherlands:12 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating) | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Cinematographer Billy Williams plays the British subject at the beginning of the movie who runs out of bullets.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Raisouli and his followers pray while the muezzin is calling. In fact, the actual praying is done after the muezzin finishes - it's his job to remind the faithful to go pray. This is a common mistake in Hollywood productions, possibly done for dramatic purposes.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Eden: Don't you agree that the most important part of the meal is the wine? Everything must follow the wine. And in this case, I should favor a Red Bordeaux.
Sir Joseph: A Red Bordeaux at lunch? Your late husband would never have approved.

Movie Connections:

References The Searchers (1956)

A Guy's Movie about What's Good About Guys

One of the best 'guy' movies I've ever seen has to be the Wind and the Lion. Gad, the scenes...

Raisouli's bandits swarm over the wall... A staid British gentleman calmly gets up from tea with Candice Bergen and drops three of them with a Webley revolver in his coat. A whisper from the ghost of Empire... Lest we forget! Lest we forget!

U.S. Marines coming ashore from the long, long gone _Brooklyn_. They were carrying Krags, it should have been Lees, but, oh wow. And the Winchester 97 blowing large holes in obstreperous natives and even more obstreperous and faithless Europeans...

Raisouli --Sean Connery, o, Wow!--wondering 'What kind of gun does Roosevelt use?"

Teddy Roosevelt--Brian Keith, o, Wow!--wondering "What kind of gun does Raisouli use?' and writing yet another angry letter to Winchester about the stock on his Winchester 95.

Raisouli, armed with but a sword... A Prussian cavalry officer, HOLSTERING his pistol and drawing HIS sword... Honor. That's something long dead, from a world long gone, but Raisouli would never have flown a plane full of children into a building...

Milious at Milious's magnificent best, and now out on DVD.