Gandhi

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Original title: Gandhi
Year: 1982
Running time: 188 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Richard Attenborough
Screenwriter: John Briley
Music: Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
Cinematography: Ronnie Taylor, Billy Williams
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Roshan Seth, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Edward Fox, Candice Bergen, Saeed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri, Athol Fugard, Alyque Padamsee, Rohini Hattangadi, John Gielgud, Geraldine James, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Günther Maria Halmer, Richard Griffiths, Shreeram Lagoo, Michael Hordern, Om Puri, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Bryant, Peter Cartwright, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day-Lewis
Producer: Co-production United Kingdom-United States-India; Columbia Pictures / Goldcrest Films / International Film Investors / National Film Development Corporation of India
Genre: Drama | Biography. Colonialism. Historical. Religion. 1940s
Synopsis / Plot: Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress Party, which encourages social change through passive resistance. When his "subversive" activities land him in jail, masses of low-skilled workers strike to support his non-violent yet revolutionary position. Back in India, Gandhi renounces the Western way of life and struggles to organize Indian labor against British colonialism. A strike costs many British soldiers their lives, so the crown responds by slaughtering 1,500 Indians. Enraged, the ascetic, spiritual leader continues to preach pacifism until he has lead India out from under the tyranny of British imperialism.

Awards: 1982: 8 Academy Awards, including Movie, Director, Actor (Ben Kingsley). 11 Nominations

1982: 5 Golden Globes: Best Foreign Film, Director, Screenplay, Actor, New Star (Kingsley)

1982: 5 BAFTA Awards, including Best Director & Film. 16 Nominations

1982: National Board of Review: Best Film

1982: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Film & Best Actor (Ben Kingsley)

1982: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor (Kingsley). 3 Nominations

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1982: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director

1982: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Film and Producer

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