Hatari!1962
Hatari! (1962)
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Cast
as Sean Mercer
as Pockets
as Anna-Maria D'Alessandro (Dallas)
as Kurt Mueller
as Chips
as Brandy
as Indian
as Luis
as Dr. Sanderson
as Stan
as Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez
as Nurse
as Joseph
as Sikh Clerk
as Man in the Store
as Man/Masai Warrior/Native Boy
as Bartender
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Critic Reviews for Hatari!
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That Hataril, for all its elements of self-parody, is never downright dispiriting is largely due to Hawks' tireless flair for buoyant comedy.
Politics take a back seat to sex, served up in a dazzling wealth of innuendo.
The strapping physique of the film unhappily emphasizes the anemic condition of the story streaming within.
This late masterpiece (1962) by Howard Hawks transcends every literary value in the book to become a brilliantly entertaining and insightful work of pure cinema.
All in all, one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'.
Perhaps the accent on the trapping of free-roaming critters for use in zoos is a mite too heavy, but this aspect of African business rates the attention it receives here.
Audience Reviews for Hatari!
A plotless (and interminable) travelogue that seems more like a cheap excuse for Hawks to spend vacation in Africa, and it is hard to empathize with hunters working to catch animals for zoos (I was rooting for the rhinos) but at least the characters are charismatic (despite the casual sexism).
Super Reviewer
Howard Hawk's classic safari adventure may be set in Africa and have plenty of huge scenes of men in cars chasing down animals. If you take that away, it is basically a romantic comedy, though. It is highly amusing to see what men turn into when a new female enters their territory and the little fights that causes. The lovable characters and light-hearted mood of the film make for a very entertaining experience. While the action sequence of the animal hunts do get a bit repetitive, they are still impressively filmed, look and feel real without a lot of special effect that'd probably be used today. The film easily could have been 15 minutes shorter, but it's still a lovable and charming experience to spend two hours with that crew of characters.
Super Reviewer
I'd like to see a lot more John Wayne movies in the future, but for now this is the only one I know I've seen right off the bat, and I enjoyed it a lot. It has a sort of love story to it, but the parts I remember most are when Wayne and the others are chasing a bunch of animals. It's like a fast-paced African safari!
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Hatari! Quotes
| Sean Mercer: | "Oh you'll move around alright!" |
| Sean Mercer: | Oh you'll move around alright! |
| Sean Mercer: | "Start out easy" |
| Sean Mercer: | Let's go, start out easy. |