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4K Restoration of Moustapha Akkad’s ‘Lion of the Desert,’ Starring Oliver Reed and Anthony Quinn, Bows at Cairo Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
A 4K restoration of Moustapha Akkad’s 'Lion of the Desert,' starring Oliver Reed and Anthony Quinn, is to premiere at the Cairo Film Festival.
Telling the story of Benito Mussolini’s attempt to defeat the Libyan rebellion against fascist Italian rule, the film stars Oliver Reed and Anthony Quinn and was produced and directed by Syrian-American filmmaker Moustapha Akkad. The restoration was carried out by Trancas International Films at Deluxe in London and Private Island Sound in Hollywood, bringing to life the grandeur of the desertscapes and the epic battle scenes, as well as Maurice Jarre’s score. In the film, Reed stars as General Graziani, tasked by Mussolini, played Rod Steiger, with crushing the Berber and Libyan Arab rebellion, which stood in the way of the Italian dictator’s plan to establish the so-called Fourth Shore, the settlement set to inspire the rebirth of a new Roman Empire.
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