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AksyonTaon1978Tagal2h 7mIMDb5.9

Caravans

AksyonPakikipagsapalaranKasaysayan

In 1948 at the U.S. embassy in the fictional nation of Zadestan, a young diplomat is ordered to find the missing daughter of an influential U.S. Senator.

Panoorin Ngayon

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Cast

JF

James Fargo

Director

Anthony Quinn

Zulffiqar

Michael Sarrazin

Mark Miller

Christopher Lee

Sardar Khan

Jennifer O'Neill

Ellen Jasper

Joseph Cotten

Crandall

Behrouz Vossoughi

Nazrullah

Barry Sullivan

Richardson

Jeremy Kemp

Dr. Smythe

DQ

Duncan Quinn

Moheb

BG

Behrouz Gramian

Peasant Boy

Mohamad Ali Keshavarz

Shakkur

PG

Parviz Gharib-Afshar

Nur Mohammad

FA

Fahimeh Amouzandeh

Mira

Mohammad Taghi Kahnemoui

Maftoon

KT

Khosrow Tabatabai

Dancing Boy

SV

Susan Vaziri

Racha

PJ

Parviz Jafari

Capt. Majid

MP

Mohammad Poursattar

Mullah 1

James A. Michener

Writer

NV

Nancy Voyles Crawford

Writer

Thomas A. McMahon

Writer

LW

Lorraine Williams

Writer

Brian Phelan

Writer

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blenshaNov 16, 2022

Caravans

Leyluh_Nov 16, 2022

This is a rare look into the Islamic world just before the Iranian revolution, that virtually cut-off all communication with Western cultures. International intrigue, and the complexities of "cold-war" politics are just below the horizon in this all too "Ugly American" tale of the last caravan. The tribal scenes are unequaled in their energy and authenticity. The inclusion of local clans and their customs bring forth a realism unique to modern films. Unfortunately, this cannot be said of the screen play, which is shallow and reflects western values at their worst. Acting is staged at best. No attempt at character development, much less motivation. Spectacular filming of Iranian ruins. Biblical visions, for those with open minds,are stunning. We can only hope for a deeper glimpse.

TigerNov 16, 2022

The film's scenario would never happen except in a novel, or a soap opera where the central character has to "find herself". An USA Intelligence operative goes into the Persian desert to find a missing diplomat's daughter. His journey involves gun-running Arab nomads, flash floods and lots of camels. Nevertheless Caravans is good escapist fun. I could watch this film again and again, as it is great cinema. Two good bonuses are the scenery and the soundtrack. Mike Batt (a fellow Brit) composed the stirring music and it is worth buying the soundtrack CD alone (you may recall the minor pop chart hit-single by Babara Dickson, called Caravans).

Arif KhatriNov 16, 2022

I actually watched this movie being filmed while living in Isfahan, Iran in the last 1970s. My father worked for an American company, and I was in high school---there were actually 10,000 Americans living in Isfahan, (including families with children) before the revolution got underway and the evacuations of non-essential personnel started. I haven't seen the movie since the time it first came out, but I do remember that (a) the score was quite good (b) although the plot of the original Michener novel dealt with Afghanistan, and although the adaptation may have put the "location" of the action near the Pakistani border, the filming of exterior sequences took place within an hour's drive of Isfahan, VERY far from the Pakistani border.

Kim DomingoNov 16, 2022

So, OK, Citizen Kane this isn't. I re-read the original Michener book a few years ago and went looking for the movie. Only the largest video store in town had it, and you had to ask, because it was waaaay in the back stacks. They simplified and Hollywood-ized the book's plot and removed much of Michener's trademark exposition on the good things, bad things, history and cultural foibles of Afghanistan. For that matter, they scrubbed out the word "Afghanistan" and made it a generic "country in the mid-East". But it does have a lot of wonderful photography of Iran and a genuine bedouin people, who provided the extras for Anthony Quinn's "tribe". Iran had its revolution and became mostly closed to the West just a year after shooting, and it is almost heartbreaking to see all the magnificent countryside and archaeological sites that provide the backdrop, along with the knowledge that it is still so difficult, dangerous, and expensive to visit.

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