A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
- Awards
- 13 nominations
Lika Berning
- Vivian
- (as Lika van den Bergh)
Alfred Kumalo
- Alf Khumalo
- (as Alf Khumalo)
Khutso Shilakwe
- K.K.
- (as Kuutso Shilakwe)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKevin Carter's daughter Megan Carter is featured in the bar scene where she turns around and says 'You must be Ken Oosterbroek.' Standing next to her is Kevin Carter's stepdaughter Sian Lloyd.
- GoofsWhen Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva are reviewing Kevin Carter's film of the vulture and child, the negatives they view through the magnifier are actually halftone images, not normal negatives that one would be examining before publication. (Halftones are the "dotted" images used to print photographs in newspapers and magazines, etc.)
- Quotes
Kevin Carter: They're right. All those people who say it's our job to just sit and watch people die. They're right.
- Crazy creditsPhotos taken by the real photographers, including portraits of one another, are used as a backdrop during the first section of the credits. The taking of some of these photographs is portrayed in the film itself.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Hour: Episode #7.81 (2011)
- SoundtracksGroovin' Jive No. 1
Written by Noise Khanyile (as Noise Kanyile)
Performed by Noise Khanyile
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This was a pretty good movie that should have been great. Somehow though it just missed capturing the real spirit of the combat photographers, so that I was left feeling kind of meh about the whole experience. Its been based on the true story of four photojournalists who put their lives on the line to capture the fall of apartheid in the late 1990's.
I think the true character of the men just got overshadowed here by the horrors they were shooting and some random, thrown in love scenes. Ryan Phillippe's accent left something to be desired too.
The cinematography is amazing though, violent and vibrant and really made me wonder how they got some of the shots they did. Carter's (Taylor Kitsch) photo of the vulture and the starving child ...Wow! That's not something I'm going to forget anytime soon. 07.13
I think the true character of the men just got overshadowed here by the horrors they were shooting and some random, thrown in love scenes. Ryan Phillippe's accent left something to be desired too.
The cinematography is amazing though, violent and vibrant and really made me wonder how they got some of the shots they did. Carter's (Taylor Kitsch) photo of the vulture and the starving child ...Wow! That's not something I'm going to forget anytime soon. 07.13
- juneebuggy
- Nov 7, 2014
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- Nhóm Bang Bang
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- Gross worldwide
- $221,292
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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