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* SpiritedYoungLady: Felicity seems this way in her few scenes.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Arranged by the participants themselves, oddly enough. Bror is a baron who doesn't have any money, and Karen is an heiress who wants to get out from under the thumb of her family. It seems like a good deal, although Karen probably changed her mind right around the time Bror gave her syphillis.
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->''Last night I dreamed of Africa...''
Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands in the years before, during, and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It includes her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
->''Last night I dreamed of Africa...''
Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands in the years before, during, and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It includes her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
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Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' (1985) tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands in the years before, during, and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It includes her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
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* UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire: Kenya is part of it. Denys notes how ridiculous it is that people in the area must fight because Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II divided up chunks of Africa.
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Creator/MerylStreep stars opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. It's directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the African landscape.
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Creator/MerylStreep stars opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. It's directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the African landscape.absolutely ''full'' of SceneryPorn.
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* TheBritishEmpire: Kenya is part of it. Denys notes how ridiculous it is that people in the area must fight because Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II divided up chunks of Africa.
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Creator/MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
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Creator/MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career stars opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly It's directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
landscape.
The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
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* SceneryPorn: The African savanna sure does look good on the screen.
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* SceneryPorn: The African savanna sure does is shot to look good on beautiful in so many scenes, especially with Denys flying his plane around the screen.landscape.
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* FindingABraInYourCar: Karen took Bror back ''after he gave her syphillis'', but after she finds someone else's underwear in her car (not shown in the movie), she kicks him out for good.
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* LadyOfAdventure: Karen goes to Africa specifically to be this. By the time she leads a caravan of cattle across the desert to an Allied army, she's definitely succeeded.
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* DoubleStandard (subverted: Karen can, eventually, hunt and farm with the best of them, and is even [[spoiler:invited into the to-this-day men-only bar at the Muthaiga Club. She remains the only woman ever to drink there.]])
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Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands, her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
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Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands, highlands in the years before, during, and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. It includes her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
MerylStreep Creator/MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Creator/RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
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family. It seems like a good deal, although Karen probably changed her mind right around the time Bror gave her syphillis.
* TheBritishEmpire: Kenya is part of it. Denys notes how ridiculous it is that people in the area must fight because Queen Victoria and Kaiser Wilhelm II divided up chunks of Africa.
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* LohengrinAndMendelssohn: "Here Comes the Bride" played on bagpipes at Karen and Bror's wedding.
* MightyWhitey: Alluded to in a scene where Denys is skeptical of Karen's plan to start a school for the local children. She is indignant, but he says he doesn't think the children of the tribes should be turned into "little Englishmen".
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the real best picture of 1985 was \"back to the future\"
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The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', and ''{{Casablanca}}''.''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice. \n
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* FakeNationality: Meryl Streep, excellently done.
* FakeBrit: Creator/RobertRedford. Director Sidney Pollack didn't even let him try to do a British accent because it would sound too silly coming from the All American Redford.
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MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by SydneyPollack, Creator/SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
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MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Robert Redford RobertRedford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
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The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''GoneWithTheWind'', ''FromHereToEternity'', ''Film/FromHereToEternity'', and ''{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
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->''Last night I dreamed of Africa...''
Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands, her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Robert Redford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''GoneWithTheWind'', ''FromHereToEternity'', and ''{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
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* DoubleStandard (subverted: Karen can, eventually, hunt and farm with the best of them, and is even [[spoiler:invited into the to-this-day men-only bar at the Muthaiga Club. She remains the only woman ever to drink there.]])
* FakeBrit: Robert Redford. Director Sidney Pollack didn't even let him try to do a British accent because it would sound too silly coming from the All American Redford.
* FakeNationality (Meryl Streep, excellently done)
* GreatWhiteHunter: Denys Finch-Hatton
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent (Robert Redford)
* SceneryPorn.
* ShootTheMoney
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->''Last night I dreamed of Africa...''
Based on the eponymous novel by Isak Dinesen, [[MoustacheDePlume pen name]] of Danish writer Karen Blixen, ''Out of Africa'' tells of Blixen's time in the Kenyan highlands, her unhappy marriage, her attempts at a failed coffee farm, and her romance with big game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton.
MerylStreep gives one of the best performances of her career opposite Robert Redford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Klaus-Maria Brandauer as Bror Blixen. Expertly directed by SydneyPollack, incredibly scored by JohnBarry, and showcasing the very best of the African landscape, ''Out of Africa'' has well earned its place as #13 on ''AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions''.
The incredible acting, smoking-hot chemistry, and heartrending storyline vault this epic romance into the same league as ''GoneWithTheWind'', ''FromHereToEternity'', and ''{{Casablanca}}''. This description in no way does this movie justice.
!!Provides examples of:
* DoubleStandard (subverted: Karen can, eventually, hunt and farm with the best of them, and is even [[spoiler:invited into the to-this-day men-only bar at the Muthaiga Club. She remains the only woman ever to drink there.]])
* FakeBrit: Robert Redford. Director Sidney Pollack didn't even let him try to do a British accent because it would sound too silly coming from the All American Redford.
* FakeNationality (Meryl Streep, excellently done)
* GreatWhiteHunter: Denys Finch-Hatton
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent (Robert Redford)
* SceneryPorn.
* ShootTheMoney
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