Michael Milner (1)

I loved the film. Saw it when it came out at the cinema. Everything about this film was just perfect, from the adventurous job of catching animals in Africa for supplying to zoos around the world, the people doing the catching, the integration of the Americans, Europeans and Africans, and the actors and actresses portraying them all. And of course the live scenes with the animals speak for themselves. It was all just too marvellous. Of course the world depicted here no longer exists, if it once ever did.This book of the film by the original writer of the screenplay goes a lot deeper into the characters and their relationships than the film portrays. It gives them all a slightly harder edge than the romantic comedy version of the film. Of particular note is the more sexual side to the love triangle between Brandy and Kurt, Pockets and Chips. There is more tension here and it is less comedic. But the light-hearted moments are still present. A good book of a good film.A footnote is that Hardy Kruger bought and lived for some time on the farm where the movie was filmed. You can now go there on holiday as it is a hotel. Just look up Hatari Lodge.… (altro)