MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, Delroy Lindo

TriStar Pictures; Directed by Bob Rafelson

Rate R; 136 minutes; 1990

Controversial linguist, poet and explorer Captain Richard Francis Burton is shown on his expedition with Lt. John Hanning Speke to find the source of the Nile. The film follows their meeting, their developing friendship and the hardships of an incredible journey that would eventually tear them apart.