Zulu Dawn
1979 film by Douglas Hickox / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zulu Dawn is a 1979 American adventure war film about the historical Battle of Isandlwana between British and Zulu forces in 1879 in South Africa. The screenplay was by Cy Endfield, from his book, and Anthony Storey. The film was directed by Douglas Hickox. The score was composed by Elmer Bernstein.
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Zulu Dawn | |
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Directed by | Douglas Hickox |
Written by | Cy Endfield Anthony Storey |
Produced by | Nate Kohn James Sebastian Faulkner |
Starring | Burt Lancaster Peter O'Toole Simon Ward Nigel Davenport Michael Jayston Peter Vaughan Denholm Elliott James Faulkner John Mills |
Cinematography | Ousama Rawi |
Edited by | Malcolm Cooke |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Distributed by | American Cinema Releasing |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $11.75 million[1]($48.3 million in 2023 dollars)[2] |
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Zulu Dawn is a prequel to Zulu, released in 1964, which depicts the historical Battle of Rorke's Drift later the same day, and which was co-written and directed by Cy Endfield.