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The Four Feathers
| Rating: | PG-13 (for intense battle sequences, disturbing images, violence and some sensuality) |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | September 20, 2002 |
| Running time: | 127 minutes |
| Cast: | Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen |
| Director: | Shekhar Kapur |
| Producer: | Stanley Jaffe, Robert R Jaffe, Marty Katz |
| Writer: | Michael Schiffer, Hossein Amini |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Description: The story, set in 1898, follows a British officer who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plans to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancee send him four white feathers, which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.
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