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Directed by | Hugh Hudson |
Screenplay by | Paula Milne Susan Shiliday |
Based on | I Dreamed of Africa 1991 novel by Kuki Gallmann |
Produced by | Stanley R. Jaffe Allyn Stewart |
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Cinematography | Bernard Lutic |
Edited by | Scott Thomas |
Music by | Maurice Jarre |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing[1] |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50 million |
Box office | $14,400,327 |
I Dreamed of Africa is a 2000 American biographical-drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, starring Kim Basinger. It also stars Vincent Perez, Eva Marie Saint, Garrett Strommen, Liam Aiken and Daniel Craig. It is based on the autobiographical novel I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann, an Italian writer who moved to Kenya and became involved in conservation. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[2] This film was both a commercial and critical failure.