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The Man Who Would Be King
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #215
- IMDb #760
- Google retired #555
- Rotten Tomatoes #222
- Metacritic #297
- Letterboxd #819
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #236
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #565
- Metacritic Critics #164
- Metacritic Audience #1134
- Kinopoisk #708
- AlloCiné #692
- Trakt #1155
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 94, everyone else 81.
See the most agreed on films →In colonial India, two former British soldiers and lifelong friends embark on an audacious adventure. They travel to a remote land called Kafiristan with a plan to use their military skills to become kings. Their scheme initially succeeds beyond their wildest dreams, as the natives mistake one of them for a god. However, their ambition and greed ultimately lead to a tragic downfall in the unforgiving mountains.
Details
- Director
- John Huston
- Writers
- Gladys Hill, John Huston, Rudyard Kipling
- Based on
- The Man Who Would Be King by Q34743
- Released
- 3 December 1975
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Arabic, Urdu
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $12.7K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →0 wins from 8 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Best Adapted Screenplay 1976 | Best Adapted Screenplay | John Huston | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction 1976 | Best Art Direction | Alexandre Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography 1976 | Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design 1976 | Best Costume Design | Edith Head | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing 1976 | Best Film Editing | Russell Lloyd | Nominee |
| Best Original Score 1976 | Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material 1976 | Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material | John Huston, Gladys Hill | Nominee |
| Golden Spike 1976 | Golden Spike | John Huston | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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8 awards — The Man Who Would Be King
×| Best Adapted Screenplay | John Huston | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Alexandre Trauner, Tony Inglis, Peter James | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Oswald Morris | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Edith Head | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Russell Lloyd | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material | John Huston, Gladys Hill | Nominee |
| Golden Spike | John Huston | Nominee |