Mister Johnson (film)
1990 film by Bruce Beresford / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mister Johnson is a 1990 American drama film based on the 1939 novel by Irish author Joyce Cary. The film, set in 1929, stars first-time[1] actor Maynard Eziashi as a Nigerian who works as a clerk for the British civil service and adopts the style of the British colonialists in the belief that he is a true Englishman. It was the first American film to be shot on location in Nigeria.[2]
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Mister Johnson | |
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Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
Screenplay by | William Boyd |
Based on | Mister Johnson by Joyce Cary |
Produced by | Michael Fitzgerald |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Peter James |
Edited by | Humphrey Dixon |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Production company | Avenue Pictures |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,464,242 |
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