Ashanti (1979)

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Released simply as Ashanti, this search-and-rescue film was adapted by scenarist Stephen Geller (Slaughterhouse-Five) from Evano, a novel by Alberto Vasques-Figueroa. Odious middle-eastern slave trader Peter Ustinov sets the plot in motion by kidnapping Beverly Johnson, the wife of World Health Organization doctor Michael Caine. As Johnson is subjected to the basest of humiliations, Caine joins forces with soldier-of-fortune Rex Harrison, pilot William Holden and nomad Kabir Bedi to rescue his wife. Shiek Omar Sharif purchases Johnson, clearing the decks for an all-stops-out action finale. Aldo Tonti lensed the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, (more)

Director(s):: Richard Fleischer

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of Ashanti

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 110 mins

Complete Cast of Ashanti

Michael Caine - Dr. David Linderby
Beverly Johnson - Anansa Linderby
Omar Sharif - Prince Hassan
William Holden - Jim Sandell
Winston Ntshona - Ansok
Tyrone Jackson - Dongaro
Johnny Sekka - Capt. Bradford

Peter Ustinov - Suleiman
Kabir Bedi - Malik
Rex Harrison - Brian Walker
Zia Mohyeddin - Djamel
Tariq Yunus - Faid
Jean-Luc Bideau - Marcel

Director(s):: Richard Fleischer

Writer(s):: Stephen Geller

Producer(s):: Georges Alain Vuille

Categories:: Action / Adventure

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	Joseph W.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Probably every male star that existed in that time period. Takes awhile for the script to grab hold but it should hold your interest.

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	Sally G.

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Good spoof. Very humorous classy adventure film. Think Roal Dahl humor. Ustinov makes a wondrous slave trader with "a funny thing happened to me on the way to the forum" persona. The unlikely aging cast in the jungles & deserts is great & rediculous. Everything is understated humor. Slavery makes a perfect plot foil. Everyone is after the girl a black model & Sharif (a modern sultan) gets her for cheap. Very nice photography & comic music. Light enjoyable.

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	Marc F.

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How can a movie with William Holden, Michael Caine, and Rex Harrison possibly suck? Watch Ashanti to find out. If you take away the surprising violence and some NICE Beverly Johnson nudity, you'd think this was a terrible made-for-tv movie. Sure, the DVD authoring is freaking atrocious, but the cinematography in this movie is deplorable from start to finish. Banal shots of desert sands, bad closeups of aging former lead actors, racist stereotypes, and Peter Ustinov's fat jiggling arse - terrible. Even Omar Sharif can't save this pitiful piece of garbage. It totally needed more William Holden - but -spoiler- Caine gets him killed like a beyotch!

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