It had been so long that I remembered nothing whatsoever about it.
It's based on the true story of Karen Blixen and her years in Africa. Meryl Streep is really good as she, opposite Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
The film is most enjoyable but not a true classic - there's no tears to the eye, no gasp of surprise, no laugh out loud moment. The screenplay is good, by Kurt Leudtke, e.g.
"When did you learn to fly?"
"Yesterday."
David Watkin and John Barry give it a lush sheen.
With Michael Kitchen, Malick Bowens, Michael Gough, Suzannah Hamilton, Grahame Crowden, Leslie Phillips.
Edited by Sheldon Khan, Fred and William Steinkamp and Pembroke Herring.
It' a bit of a shame that the couple's spectacular flight in a biplane is marred by some back projected close-ups of them.
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