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- Though the end credits note that this is ‘a work of fiction’ this is clearly a story about John Huston and the preproduction period for The African Queen (called The African Trader here).
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The main character, brash director John Wilson (played by Eastwood) is based on real-life director John Huston. Jeff Fahey plays Pete Verrill, a character based on Viertel. George Dzundza 's character is based on African Queen producer Sam Spiegel.
White Hunter Black Heart: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden. A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Clint Eastwood
- 1990-09-14
Sep 14, 1990 · Viertel was a privileged observer to what has become one of the legendary location shoots of Hollywood history, and his novel from the 1950s, White Hunter, Black Heart, was obviously based on the experience.
Dec 18, 2014 · The movie is based on a novel by Peter Viertel, one of Huston’s screenwriters on the 1951 adventure film, which was largely shot on location in Uganda.
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Aug 30, 2020 · Based on author and Hollywood screenwriter Peter Viertel’s lightly fictionalised account of the unruly making of The African Queen, director John Huston’s 1951 romantic Technicolor odyssey, White Hunter Black Heart follows Viertel’s pseudonymous script doctor Pete Verrill (Jeff Fahey) to Central Africa, where an ageing filmmaker means to ...
Oct 16, 1990 · His latest challenging endeavor is "White Hunter, Black Heart," based on Peter Viertel's novel, a thinly disguised fictionalization of Viertel's experiences working with director John Huston on the screenplay for "The African Queen." (The script for the 1951 classic was credited to James Agee, who won an Oscar nomination.)
Hard-living, macho movie director John Wilson (Clint Eastwood) arrives in 1950s Zimbabwe to prepare for his next film. Accompanied by screenwriter Pete Verrill (Jeff Fahey), Wilson becomes far more...
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG
