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'''''White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts''''' (usually referred as just '''''White Elephant''''') is a 1984 comedy-drama-horror film distributed by Troma Inc. | '''''White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts''''' (usually referred as just '''''White Elephant''''') is a 1984 comedy-drama-horror film distributed by Troma Inc. | ||
It | It was directed and produced by Werner Grusch, with screenplay by Werner Grusch and Ashley Pharoah (his writing debut), and stars Peter Firth. | ||
==Premise== | ==Premise== | ||
<blockquote>An entertaining, though familiar, story of a white businessman (Firth) who travels to Ghana in the hope of setting up a high-tech plastic furniture factory. He also has dreams of modernising the country by introducing the population to the wonders of the microchip. The locals resist the perils of imperialism and modernisation, however, and do their best to prevent Firth's plans from coming to fruition. Shot in Ghana by an Austrian director, and funded by British money, this likable movie is similar in tone to LOCAL HERO, with Firth being won over by the charm of the natives. Troma's poster makes it look like a horror movie, which this family movie patently isn't! A Troma pickup.<ref>*The Dark Side*, #19 (Starbrite, 1992)</ref></blockquote> | |||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
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==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310353/ IMDb page on ''White Elephant: The Battle | *[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310353/ IMDb page on ''White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts ''.] | ||
[[Category:Lost films]] | [[Category:Lost films]] | ||
[[Category:Partially found media]] | [[Category:Partially found media]] |
Revision as of 10:05, 27 July 2019
White Elephant: The Battle of the African Ghosts (usually referred as just White Elephant) is a 1984 comedy-drama-horror film distributed by Troma Inc.
It was directed and produced by Werner Grusch, with screenplay by Werner Grusch and Ashley Pharoah (his writing debut), and stars Peter Firth.
Premise
An entertaining, though familiar, story of a white businessman (Firth) who travels to Ghana in the hope of setting up a high-tech plastic furniture factory. He also has dreams of modernising the country by introducing the population to the wonders of the microchip. The locals resist the perils of imperialism and modernisation, however, and do their best to prevent Firth's plans from coming to fruition. Shot in Ghana by an Austrian director, and funded by British money, this likable movie is similar in tone to LOCAL HERO, with Firth being won over by the charm of the natives. Troma's poster makes it look like a horror movie, which this family movie patently isn't! A Troma pickup.[1]
Availability
The movie has become extremely rare and is very difficult to find in its original English dub.
A Spanish dub of the film has been found a few times, but even this one is not easily accessible.
Footage
External Link
- ↑ *The Dark Side*, #19 (Starbrite, 1992)