Product Description

THE POWER OF A WOMAN'S SPIRIT AND THE LOVE FOR HER ADOPTEDHOMELAND ENABLE HER TO OVERCOME PERSONAL TRAGEDY. AS A CHILD, KUKI DISCOVERED THE MAGIC OF AFRICA. AS AN ADULT, SHE MOVES THERE WITH HER FAMILY. ALTHOUGH IT'S THE PLACE SHE WAITED FOR ALL HER LIFE, SHE NEVER DREAMED OF THE PAIN AND HARDSHIP.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20296 in DVD
• Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
• Released on: 2000-08-29
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 114 minutes

Amazon.com
Based on the memoirs of party-girl-turned-conservationist Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa never comes close to living up to its title; the mood is more prosaic travelogue than oneiric wonderment. After a car accident warns Kuki of her mortality, she resolves to grow up, a process that mysteriously involves marrying a man she barely knows and moving with him and her young son to the wilds of South Africa. There she learns new beau Paolo is less reliable than she thought, but also that the sun-baked plains and roaming beasts of Africa speak to her in a way the nightlife of Italy did not. (We learn of her blossoming humanity because she introduces herself to the servants; a probing study of interpersonal relationships this isn't.) Kim Basinger obviously feels connected to the role--she can stride across a room with a majestic self-righteousness that the film should have drawn upon more--but she's defeated by a script composed of repetitive vignettes that have no cumulative effect and a director (Hugh Hudson) who keeps the film's emotional impact curiously flat and diffuse except for the crass, manipulative moments every 20 minutes or so. Sure the photography's lovely, but really, how hard is it to get a nice shot of flamingoes at dawn? --Bruce Reid

Customer Reviews

Inspiring Film
This film is a must see. "I Dreamed of Africa" is based on a true story about Kuki Gallman, her new husband Poalo, and her son. The family makes the bold decision to pick up and move to a run down ranch in beautiful Africa in order to change thier lives for the better. Together as a family they fix up the house and live thier lives in Africa. The story mainly centers around Kuki's view of thier time spent in Africa, therefore you see her pain and her perspective of everything she went through to get there and when they get there. The film has a beautiful setting with a breathtaking soundtrack.This film captures the pain and love that Kuki feels over a series of years. The transitions from year to year are very smooth and the lives of the family are easy to follow. As one watches the family go through the beauties of Africa as well as the dangers of Africa one truley begins to understand the importance of their own life . This film made me want to pick up and move to Africa as well. It is truley inspiring as you see how strong Kuki Gallman was and is and how far she will go to help her family as well as people. I highly reccomend this film.

VERY good movie
I saw this movie last night, and was absolutley blown away by the deep impact the story had on me. Kim Basigner did a winderful job in her part as Kuki (cookie). The movie has two VERY sad parts, and it seems almost unreal that those type of things could happen to someone. The cinematography is beautiful, as well as just Africa itself (the film was shot on location). I reccomend this to anybody who wants to see a pretty good movie with a pretty good actress!

A simple story of a breathtaking life.
Based on a true story I did enjoyed this movie a great deal. This is a simple story a nice one and a sad also. But this story offers hope . It is not perfect not your typical Hollywood story . I think that one quality offered by this movie it's just a simple story whithout any pretention. You could say that is a story about life and it could be set in Africa ,America in fact anywhere in this world. Because this movie is about life you can do without any plot or story line (Where will you be in 5 years? do you know ?I doubt it!maybe you do? ) . In this movie the scenery and music are beautifull so is the story of Kuki (Kim Basinger). Some of the weak point in the movie are whith Paolo for exemple when he get's beat by at least ten person kick in the face the rib's in fact all over is body and a few days laters jump's back on his horse like nothing happened . The movie is about a person looking for happiness but by not being stupid knowing that sadness is also there. So has we all do we take the good and the bad and deal with it. Again Kim Basinger is very good in this and I have nothing to say about the other actor.