Mountains of the Moon
1990 · 136 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 4,479 VOTES · DIR. Bob Rafelson
Overview
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.
Dialogue Timeline — 866 lines
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00:00:47 MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON
00:07:43 We are moving inland tomorrow our funds and provisions remain meagre.
00:18:16 You look splendid, John.
00:21:31 Well done, Richard.
00:25:42 You are indeed lawyer, the most direct of all politicians.
00:30:19 I tried to enlist with the nursing corp. - For Crimea?
00:34:24 How many languages do you speak? - 23.
00:38:50 Dear Isabel, We would be the first white me to approach the interior.
00:46:44 They tell this man, that you will take his heart away.
00:53:19 Faraway you did row.
00:58:26 The parts of a man a lion eats.
01:07:58 Row, you bastards, Row. Come On, Row
01:20:52 The king's sister, Lema, she is very much sick.
01:26:10 Rest.
01:33:38 I'm afraid I broke our last thermometer. - Then we have no instruments, None.
01:37:39 When you first met Burton and the two of you were attacked and wounded ... - Yes
01:42:05 All these objectives suited them perfectly
01:45:28 in that bleak and hopeless landscape...
01:49:21 Got that in Africa, did you?
01:51:59 Will Burton accept? - I don't know, he suffered great insults in your hands
01:55:46 I've put in my appearance. My family excepts me. - Of course, see you tomorrow.
01:58:50 What does English man accomplishes if he mine coal whole day ...
02:03:24 Mr. Oliphant, you are his personal friend. Would you make a statement?
02:07:20 John Hanning Speke was right. Lake Victoria was indeed the source of the Nile, which was established, 12 years after his death.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed866
Dialogue density6.4 lines / min
First line00:00:47
Final line02:07:20
Production Record
DirectorBob Rafelson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,479