| Call Me Bwana | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Produced by | Harry Saltzman Albert R. Broccoli Pearl Thomas |
| Written by | Johanna Harwood Nate Monaster |
| Starring | Bob Hope Anita Ekberg Edie Adams Arnold Palmer |
| Music by | Monty Norman End Title Song sung by Bob Hope |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Editing by | Peter R. Hunt |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |  June 14, 1963 |
| Running time | 102 min. Gordon Douglas (Gordon Douglas Brickner ( December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American Film director, who Harry Saltzman ( October 27 1915 - September 28 1994) was a theatre and Film producer best known for his mega-gamble which resulted Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon ( April 5 1909 &ndash June 27 1996) nicknamed "Cubby" was an American Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born on September 29 1931 is a Swedish model, actress and cult Sex symbol. Edie Adams (born April 16 1927) is an American singer Broadway, television and film actress Career outline Palmer was born in Latrobe Pennsylvania. He learned golf from his father Deacon Palmer who was head professional and greens keeper at Latrobe Country Club Monty Norman (born in London, UK on April 4, 1928) is a Singer and Film Composer best known for composing the Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in Ted Moore, BSC ( August 7, 1914 - 1987 was a Cinematographer and Camera operator on nearly fifty films and is probably most famous for his Peter R Hunt (born March 11, 1925 in London - died August 14, 2002) was a famed and innovative English Film editor This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Call Me Bwana is a 1963 farce film starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg, and directed by Gordon Douglas. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr A farce is a Comedy written for the stage or film which aims to Entertain the audience by means of unlikely extravagant and improbable situations disguise and mistaken Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born on September 29 1931 is a Swedish model, actress and cult Sex symbol. Gordon Douglas (Gordon Douglas Brickner ( December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American Film director, who It is largely set in Africa. It is the only film made by EON Productions which is not about the Ian Fleming spy character, James Bond and was made by most of the same film crew as Dr. No (film). EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Dr No (1962 is the first Film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent
Plot
Bob Hope plays a New York writer who has passed off his uncle's memoirs of explorations in Africa as his own. Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in Hope lives his false reputation as a Great White Hunter to the point of living in a Manhattan apartment furnished to look like an African safari lodge complete with sound effects records of African fauna. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York SAFARI was an attempt by the French government under the presidency of Georges Pompidou, to create a centralized database of personal data For the album by The Jam see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced Sounds Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time Based on his false reputation as an "Africa Expert", he is recruited by the United States Government and NASA to locate a missing secret space probe before it can be located by hostile forces. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program A robotic spacecraft is a Spacecraft with no humans on board that is usually under Telerobotic control
Hope's co-stars include Edie Adams and Anita Ekberg playing secret agents. Edie Adams (born April 16 1927) is an American singer Broadway, television and film actress Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (born on September 29 1931 is a Swedish model, actress and cult Sex symbol. Golfer Arnold Palmer makes a brief cameo, playing a crazy round of golf with Hope—a scene revisited in the film Spies Like Us where Hope makes a cameo appearance and plays golf through a tent. In Golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained Career outline Palmer was born in Latrobe Pennsylvania. He learned golf from his father Deacon Palmer who was head professional and greens keeper at Latrobe Country Club Spies Like Us is the name of a 1985 comedy film directed by John Landis, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest A scene involving an unseen President John F. Kennedy in his famous rocking chair is parodied with his Russian counterpart Nikita Kruschev rocking in a chair that squeaks loudly. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following
Trivia
- An advertisement for this film appears on an exterior wall in Istanbul in the film From Russia with Love. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey From Russia with Love, released in 1963 is the second Film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Sean Connery as After helping shoot a man who just crawled out of a hole in the wall ad (concealed in Ekberg's face), Bond (Sean Connery) remarks "She should've kept her mouth shut. "
- When meeting golfer Arnold Palmer, Palmer relates the fact that his golf clubs were owned by a former friend of Bob's. Bob dumps the golf clubs on the ground and sees they're bent. He then says the line, "Yep. . . those are Crosby's alright. Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby ( May 3, 1903 &ndash October 14, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American Popular "
- The film was originally intended to be shot entirely on location in Kenya but the problems of the Mau Mau Uprising led the producers to only have second unit cinematography led by John Coquillon
- According to Albert R. Broccoli's autobiography When the Snow Melts, EON Productions were originally contracted by United Artists to make two films a year for them, one James Bond film and one non Bond film. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south In Film, the second unit is a team that shoots Footage which is of lesser importance for the final Motion picture, as opposed to the first unit which shoots See also Filmmaking Cinematography (from Greek: kinesis κινησις (movement and grapho γραφω (to record is the discipline John Coquillon (1933 – 1987 was a Canadian Cinematographer. Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon ( April 5 1909 &ndash June 27 1996) nicknamed "Cubby" was an American EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Many original suggestions were meant to showcase Sean Connery who turned them all down as he didn't want his career totally in the hands of EON. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish When asked by United Artists executive Donald Zec if they had any ideas for their non Bond film, Harry Saltzman who had previously made The Iron Petticoat with Hope said he had an idea for a Bob Hope movie. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Harry Saltzman ( October 27 1915 - September 28 1994) was a theatre and Film producer best known for his mega-gamble which resulted The Iron Petticoat is a 1956 Cold War Comedy motion picture starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn and directed by Broccoli asked Zec if he had any ideas and Zec replied that he had seen a British rock and roll group called The Beatles that had sell out crowds and thought about featuring them in a film. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Saltzman laughed and asked why he would want to make a film about four young long haired kids from Liverpool when he had Bob Hope. United Artists made the Beatles film with Walter Shenson and A Hard Day's Night (film) was more successful that Call Me Bwana. A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British Comedy film written by Alun Owen starring The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Bwana is Swahili term of respect commonly used in East Africa. Swahili (called Kiswahili in the language itself is the First language of the Swahili people (Waswahili who inhabit several large stretches East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent.
- During a scene of Hope's Land Rover's tyres being punctured by darts, a stage hand wearing a white shirt can be seen gesturing behind indoor studio foilage. Land Rover is an all-terrain vehicle and Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV manufacturer based in Solihull, England, now operated as part of the Jaguar
- Paul Jarrico made revisions to the script [1]
External links
- Call Me Bwana at the Internet Movie Database
- Call Me Bwana at the TCM Movie Database
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