• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: War Drama, Historical Epic
• Themes: Missing Persons, Obsessive Quests, Survival in the Wilderness
• Director: Simon Langton
• Main Cast: Aidan Quinn, Nigel Hawthorne, Kamir Bedi, Edward Fox, Dylan Baker
• Release Year: 1997
• Country: US
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

At the time this made-for-TV historical drama first aired on ABC, critics praised the fact that it was more accurate than the 1939 Spencer Tracy vehicle Stanley and Livingstone; while this is generally true (unlike the earlier film, this one was lensed on location in England and Kenya), the pop-psychology sensibilities depicted in the TV movie smack more of the late 20th than the late 19th century. In 1871, young American reporter Henry Morton Stanley (Aidan Quinn) sets out to prove that Scottish-born missionary David Livingstone (Nigel Hawthorne), who years earlier had disappeared somewhere in Central Africa, was still alive, and not "cooked in a stew" as was generally believed. The film is divided into three parts: the search for Livingstone, Stanley's spiritual odyssey after finding his quarry, and Stanley's seemingly futile efforts to prove that he actually found Livingstone to the skeptical and downright hostile members of the Royal Geographic Society in London. Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone debuted December 7, 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Aidan Quinn - Henry Morton Stanley
• Nigel Hawthorne - David Livingstone
• Kamir Bedi - Khamis Bin Abdullah
• Edward Fox - Markham
• Dylan Baker - Gordon Bennett

Christopher Fulford - John Shaw; Fay Masterson - Alice Pike; Robert Willox - William Farquhar; Simon Williams - John Kirk; Luke Garrett - Henry Parker; Dafydd Hywel - James Francis; Jackson Kariuki - Kalulu; Charles K. Kembero - Auntai; Tonny Ernest Njugana - Suri; Micky Enock Onguko - Bombay; Rhodro Williams - Stanley, age 5; Lewis Roderick - Stanley, age 14; Paul Williamson - RGS Heckler 1; James Thornton - London Reporter 2; John Wallace - London Reporter 1

Credit

Mark Adler - Composer (Music Score); David Connell - Cinematographer; Robert Halmi, Sr. - Executive Producer; Simon Langton - Director; John Pielmeier - Screenwriter; Austen Spriggs - Production Designer; Gerrit Van Der Meer - Producer; Judd Parkin - Producer; Horacio Queiro - Editor

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