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Gandhi

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

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Original title

Gandhi

Year

1982

Running time

188 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Richard Attenborough

Screenwriter

John Briley. Biopic about: Mahatma Gandhi

Cast

Music

Ravi Shankar, George Fenton

Cinematography

Ronnie Taylor, Billy Williams

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

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.

Rankings Position

#54 Best Biopics/Biographical Movies
#69 Best British Movies
#88 Best Movies of the '80s

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). 3 Nominations

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

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Ranking Lists Position

13 My Favorite Biopics/Biographical Movies (102)
66 My Favorite British & Irish Movies (38)
96 My Favorites from the 80s (72)

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