I Dreamed of Africa (2000)

Director:

Hugh Hudson

Writers (WGA):

Kuki Gallmann (book)
Paula Milne (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Sometimes the adventure of a lifetime becomes life itself.

Plot:

Kuki, a divorced Italian socialite, changes her life after a serious car crash. She accepts a marriage proposal from Paolo Gallmann...

Plot Keywords:

Ranch | Africa | Box Office Flop | Compassion | Wildlife

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Kuki Gallmann
Vincent Perez	...	Paolo Gallmann
Liam Aiken	...	7-Year-Old Emanuele
Garrett Strommen	...	17-Year-Old Emanuele
Eva Marie Saint	...	Franca
Daniel Craig	...	Declan Fielding
Lance Reddick	...	Simon
Connie Chiume	...	Wanjiku
James Ngobese	...	Luka
Joko Scott	...	Mirimuk
Nick Boraine	...	Duncan Maitland
Susan Danford	...	Esther Maitland
Ian Roberts	...	Mike Donovan
Susan Monteregge	...	Karen Donovan
Jessica Perritt	...	Lady Diana Delemere

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a scene of nudity/sensuality and some violent/traumatic episodes.

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36462) | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Germany:12 | New Zealand:M | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: There is a visible string suspending the airborne plate that Paolo shoots (in the party scene, just after they arrive in Africa).

Quotes:

Kuki Gallmann: We think we control this place, but this place controls us.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: I Dreamed of Africa: On Location (#7.6)" (2000)

Amazing Kim Basinger!

When I read all the reviews I could about this movie, including specialized magazines, I thought to myself that Kim Basinger had a bad dream after the great LA Confidential, one of my favourite movies of the 90's.

Now that I've seen it, I believe that 'I Dreamed of Africa' was not well understood. This is a different movie, the story was written to show dramatic and common scenes of Kuki's life, trying to reveal that all dreams can bring nightmares. And Kim shows us that she's a mature actress, not only a sex-symbol. She had no glamour in Africa, but her sensuality is so natural that I thought to myself that she was the most beautiful animal in Africa.

This film deserved more positive reviews than it had. It's not worse or better than 'Out Africa'. Only different. And this difference makes it fabulous.