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   > It is a pity because the film is nearly perfect.  Allied Artists   
   > could not even pay off its stars, Michael Caine and Sean Connery.   
   > Yet I would say it is pretty much the best film either of them   
   > ever made.  And that is going some.  During the age of the British   
   > East India Company two likable scoundrels, formerly soldiers of   
   > the British Army and now at loose ends decide to travel north of   
   > India to Kafiristan where with the aid of army guns they figure   
   > they should be able to set themselves up as kings.  And the scheme   
   > almost works.  Almost.  Originally this film was to be made with   
   > Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart.  It was a project that John   
   > Huston planned for decades before the film could finally be made.   
   > THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING is adventure writ large.  This is a   
   > smart, enjoyable, exciting adventure film, superbly written.   
   > Christopher Plummer is perfect as Rudyard Kipling.  Also on hand   
   > is popular Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey.  The dialog between Caine   
   > and Connery is priceless.  I give this film a very strong   
   > recommendation.   
   >   
   > [THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, Tuesday, March 25, 5:30PM]   
      
   The film is closely based on a novella by Rudyard Kipling of   
   the same name.   
      
   There's a strong thread of Freemasonry in the plot. Kipling   
   was a Brother, and Masons will recognize various references,   
   as well as deliberate obfuscations.   
      
   pt   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)