The Ghost and the Darkness came out 25 years ago - a forgotten major star vehicle with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas in their primes and a large budget

despite being a footnote in terms of 90s films this was actually a huge star vehicle at the time with Val Kilmer fresh off Batman Forever and Heat and Michael Douglas of course being one of the biggest stars in the world and a big 55m production. Pitched by writer William Goldman as "Jaws meets Lawrence of Arabia" unfortunately the film doesn't quite live up to the excitement and intrigue of that premise. Suffering from haphazard editing and a rushed pace. The director apparently complained that a lot of cuts had to be made to the film which is too bad. The film ended up being a flop and not really talked about when it comes to both stars filmographies. It is worth a watch though. There is some well done tension and some fantastic cinematography of the South African on location filming and one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores that should have been nominated and probably should have won the Oscar. Unfortunately there is no Blu ray release and the version on streaming is clearly an older master. Hopefully Scream Factory or Arrow Video can get ahold of this movie and give it a brand new 4K restoration and load it with some new interviews and maybe the deleted scenes via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3lwG74H