Rent Gandhi (1982)
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3h 3min
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- Synopsis:
Gandhi was not a ruler of nations, nor did he have scientific gifts. Yet this small, modest man did what others before him could not. He led an entire country to freedom - he gave his people hope. Gandhi, the man of the century is explored in this breathtaking, unforgettable motion picture. After 20 years in the making, this masterful epic garnered nine 1982 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. In stirring detail, Gandhi's life, principles and power explode on the screen with vivid scenes such as the horrific massacre at Amritsar, where the British opened fire on 15,000 unarmed men, women and children, and the dramatic march to the sea where Gandhi led thousands of his fellow Indians to prove that sea salt belonged to all and was not just a British commodity. - Actors:
- Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Günther Maria Halmer, Athol Fugard, Saeed Jaffrey, Geraldine James, Alyque Padamsee, Amrish Puri, Ian Bannen, Michael Bryant, John Clements, Richard Griffiths
- Directors:
- Richard Attenborough
- Producers:
- Richard Attenborough
- Writers:
- John Briley
- Others:
- Ronnie Taylor, John Briley, Stuart Craig, Billy Williams, Michael Seirton, Bob Laing, Bhanu Athaiya, John Mollo, John Bloom, Rohini Hattangady, George Fenton, Tom Smith, Ravi Shankar, Robin O'Donoghue, Simon Kaye, Jonathan Bates, Gerry Humphreys
- Aka:
- Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch If You Liked Revolution, 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, Acting Up: British Actors at the Oscars, Acting Up: Top 10 Performances At Cannes, All the Twos: 1972-2012, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2025, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2026, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Cinema Paradiso's 2025 Centenary Club: April - June, Drama Films & TV, Films & TV by topic, Films to Watch If You Like..., Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: John Mills, Historical British Prime Ministers On Screen, Memory Lane: Films Set in 1920s, Oscar Nominations Competition 2023, Oscar Nominations Competition 2024, Oscar Nominations Competition 2025, Oscar Nominations Competition 2026, People of the Pictures, Remembering - A Special Spring Tribute: Part One, Remembering - A Special Spring Tribute: Part Two, Remembering: Bernard Hill, Richard Attenborough: A Centenary Special Instant Expert's Guide, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 10 Films About Trains: Westerns and War Movies, Top 100 BFI Films, Top Films, What to Watch Next If You Liked Chariots of Fire
- Awards:
1983 BAFTA Best Supporting Actress
1983 Oscar Best Cinematography
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/02/2009
- Run Time:
- 191 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Italian Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Gandhi's Legacy: A Picture-in-Graphics Track
- Introduction with Richard Attenborough
- 10 Featurettes
- Archive Material
- Theatrical Trailer
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes the special features
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/08/2021
- Run Time:
- 191 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Simplified Mandarin, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
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Reviews (3) of Gandhi
Ghandi - Gandhi review by CP Customer
Beautiful photography provides a majestic backdrop to the unfolding saga of Ghandi developing as a man and finding a role in Indian life. Fabulous acting but it is a long film and you need to concentrate.Not a film for the faint hearted but worth dedicating time to.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Easy to understand - Gandhi review by AF
This epic and beautifully acted film, gives an unbiased and easy to understand "potted history" of the run up to Indian Independence and the problems of "Partition". I enjoyed it as much this time as I did when it first was released. Ben Kingsley is outstanding in his role as Gandh.
I would recommend it to anyone interested in modern history.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Great Soul - Gandhi review by Steve
A lifelong labour of love from Richard Attenborough, who was obviously able to call in a few favours as, aside from Ben Kingsley's uncanny Oscar winning performance as Mohandas Gandhi, there are dozens of British actors of a certain age, mostly cast just to deliver a line or two. Still, it's the title portrayal which stays in the memory.
The studious hagiography starts with the young lawyer thrown out of first class on a South African train in 1883 and ends with the assassination of the iconic leader in New Delhi in 1948. It looks spectacular, with the lovely photography of India in Panavision, but mostly there is political conversation, some editorialising and many speeches...
So an interest in the history is surely essential. There is an attempt to explain the heart of the man, but for three hours this is overwhelmingly about his political vision for India, and his revolutionary means of achieving it through nonviolent resistance. The script is interested in exposition and communicating the ideas, more than realism.
The recreation of the period is exceptional. Attenborough tells the momentous life with clarity and impetus until the last 30m when the hero begins to fade out of events during the war of partition. Eventually the Mahatma seems to become a benign and mythic prophet; the dissident who gave the world a model for peaceful political protest.
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