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Zulu Overview:

Zulu (1964) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Cy Endfield and produced by Joseph E. Levine, Stanley Baker and Cy Endfield.

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Zulu (1964)

By Beatrice on Apr 16, 2018 From Flickers in Time

Zulu Directed by Cy Endfield Written by John Prebble and Cy Endfield 1964/UK Diamond Films First viewing/Netflix rental Adendorff: What the hell do you mean “cowardly blacks?” They died on your side, didn’t they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little com... Read full article

Zulu (1964)

By Lê on Jul 31, 2015 From Critica Retro

Zulu (1964) A história é tão velha quanto a humanidade: um grupo invade o espaço de outro por considerar-se mais evoluído / civilizado. O discurso é de boas intenções, de levar conhecimentos e religião para o povo inferior, mas o choque de culturas é mais forte que qualquer ato de... Read full article

Zulu (1964)

By Lê on Nov 30, -0001 From Critica Retro

Zulu (1964) A história é tão velha quanto a humanidade: um grupo invade o espaço de outro por considerar-se mais evoluído / civilizado. O discurso é de boas intenções, de levar conhecimentos e religião para o povo inferior, mas o choque de culturas é mais forte que qualquer ato de... Read full article

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Zulu Quotes:

Lieutenant John Chard: Good. I can find work for baritones as well as tenors.
Hughes: Hey, Hooky... who's doing all that shooting? Who do you think?
Private Henry Hook: Who do you think? Mister flamin' Bromhead, shooting flamin' defenseless animals for the flamin' officers' flamin' dinner.
Lieutenant John Chard: [shouting] Front rank fire! Rear rank fire, reload!
Lieutenant John Chard: [repeats a few times as one line of soldiers fires and the other kneels and reloads their rifles]
Lieutenant John Chard: You didn't say a thing to help, Bromhead.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Well, when you take command, old boy, you're on your own. One of the first things that the general - my grandfather - ever taught me.
Lieutenant John Chard: Well, you've fought your first action.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Does everyone feel like this afterwards?
Lieutenant John Chard: How do you feel?
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Sick.
Lieutenant John Chard: Well, you have to feel alive to feel sick.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: You asked me, I told you.
[pause]
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: There's something else. I feel ashamed. Was that how it was for you? The first time?
Lieutenant John Chard: The first time? You think I could stand this butcher's yard more than once?
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: I didn't know.
Lieutenant John Chard: I came up here to build a bridge.
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Zulu Facts
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, from a long line of Zulu warriors and royalty, played the part of his ancestor, King Cetywayo in the film. "I played my great grandfather. The director had actually identified a radio announcer (to play the part) but when he saw me he said that he saw a family resemblance and persuaded me to take part as an extra".
Because of the apartheid laws in South Africa at the time, none of the actors who portrayed the Zulu warriors were allowed to attend the premiere of the movie.
Director Cy Endfield wanted a camera crane that was lightweight when disassembled so that it could be packed and transported through the African bush. Ken Eddy designed the first Filmair Giraffe camera crane for the job and in so doing began the world's best known camera crane company. This key piece of film gear is still used in the movie industry.
Because the film was shot in South Africa, the cast and crew were lectured on the need to refrain from fraternizing with the topless tribal dancers since the penalty for interracial sex in the country at the time was seven years hard labor.
In real life, Lt. Bromhead, played by Michael Caine as an arrogant "upper class twit", was extremely deaf. It was much more for this reason - rather than the few months' precedence in gaining his commission which Chard (Stanley Baker) claims in the movie - that Bromhead agreed to relinquish command. Chard's precedence, historically, was closer to three years than to the much more dramatic matter of months.
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