Therese Taba Movies
- 1988
Traditional African practices of polygamy (among the chiefly class) come in for a ribbing in this feature from the Ivory Coast. "Half-God" (Bakary Bamba) is a chief who acquired that nickname because, to his subjects, only God is more important. Like God, he feels that he should work six days of the week and rest on the seventh. However, he only has five wives. In order for his bedroom activities to follow the divine pattern, he needs a sixth. In an arranged match, the traditional parents of Binta (Tchelly Hanny), a thoroughly modern young woman, hitch her to him. Instead of fitting into his plans, however, she upsets everyone with her modern ways, and they are all quite content to see her run off with a visiting musician, never to be seen again. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1985
- PG
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Eight years before the dinosaur mania created by Jurassic Park, Bill L. Norton released this more dinosaur-friendly story about a 10-foot baby dinosaur in dire straits in Africa because Dr. Eric Kiviat (Patrick McGoohan), an evil paleontologist, is after it with a vengeance. He is the nemesis of Dr. Susan Matthews-Loomis (Sean Young) -- determined to save the baby from its hunters -- and her husband George Loomis (William Katt), a sportswriter who shares her protective instincts. Kiviat has recruited a revolutionary army to help him capture the baby's mother -- which they manage to do without killing her. The army has already shot down the father dinosaur, and so their own instincts are far from protective. As the husband and wife and baby dinosaur are united at last in their attempts to survive, the next step is to recapture Mom dinosaur and get away from the army and Kiviat, not an easy feat. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- William Katt, Sean Young, (more)
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