Hatari!

Great fun movie showing the way Africa use to be. Some very scary wildlife situations. Not for Disney fake wildlife families.

A great storyline with a jungle to keep your interest

Sean Mercer (John Wayne) and his co-workers are in the business of capturing wild African animals for zoos. They fill a quota of exotic animals including the dangerous rhinos. They take on a representative D'Allesandro; the representative turns out to be a woman (Elsa Martinelli) and of course, this is man’s work. To top this off the female that grew up with them is coming of age and stirring up some rivalry for her affections.All the people and situations are fun to watch. Some are a little cutesy, but they work. For example in one scene, all the animals watch on apprehensively as a thorn is pulled out of one’s side. They play "Baby Elephant Walk (Instrumental)”, as Elsa Martinelli becomes a surrogate mother. Will the Indian (Bruce Cabot) survive his deadly encounter with the rhino? When they capture the monkeys look closely at the birdcage helmet. Is it the same one used in “Bachelor in Paradise” (1961)?Not only is this a good movie with the standard Wayne formula, but it also has many of the actors that travel from one John Wayne movie to another. Donovan's Reef

HATARI! (1962) is a gorgeous Technicolor adventure set in old Tanganiyka, the sort of movie that, because of modern restrictions against animal abuse, will never be made again. Scenes here of catching alive a stampeding wildebeast, giraffe and rhino are not simulations. Men using jeeps and trucks race alongside terrorized galloping animals and skillfully slip ropes around their necks. It's a most impressive thing to see, if somewhat cruel.Injuries are common to this line of endeavor. In the opening hunt sequence, Bruce Cabot (as 'Indian') is horned in the thigh by an enraged rhino. He nearly bleeds to death during a five hour trip to the nearest hospital and is left permanently disabled by the wound.Weakest element is the romantic pairing of 27-year-old Elsa Martinelli with Sean Mercer (Wayne), a man twice her age. As with most Hollywood scripts of that era, their union, however unlikely, is inevitable. Here, the Italian fashion model is 'Dallas,' a photographer newly arrived from a Swiss zoo whose purpose is to take snaps of critters being snagged on the hoof. To do so, she must bump along the dusty African plains with Sean and crew.The greenhorn in their midst quickly becomes a seasoned safari vet. Her adoption against Sean's wishes of an orphaned infant elephant soon brings two more into their compound. Dallas leading her "babies" to a nearby watering hole provides a golden opportunity for one of Hank Mancini's most renowned tunes,  "Baby Elephant Walk." In another example of cradle robbing, 49-year-old Red Buttons (as comic sidekick 'Pockets') has the hots for Brandy (Michèle Girardon), a gal half his age. When Pockets tumbles from a fence, Brandy's overly-solicitous concern is evidence that the feeling is mutual.Rightly nominated for a cinematography Oscar, action sequences in this exotic Howard Hawks dramedy more than make up for its curious May/September romance interruptions. Main cast includes Hardy Krüger, Gérard Blain and Valentin de Vargas.

worth it to hear the theme "Elephant Walk"

great film from the duke as this was different from his normall type of film,great acting from support stars and the government of the country where it was made.

One of my all time favourite movies, but that probably shows my age! It arrived on time and I have already watched it.

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Excellent film, qui avait enchanté mes 12 ans au cinéma et que je revois en DVD toujours avec le même plaisir, mêlant des scènes de capture des animaux pour des zoos et des scènes de comédie entre les personnages. Un divertissement très agréable, à voir en famille et que je recommande chaudement, même si le film commence à dater : il n'est pas sûr que de tels captures pour des zoos soient encore possibles (sans parler du politiquement correct... exaspérant) et on ne verrait plus des acteurs fumer autant à l'écran (encore le politiquement correct... ou plutôt le médicalement correct, justifié) ! Film un peu long aussi... 15 mn en moins, ce serait parfait !Le témoin d'une époque donc... mais ne boudez pas votre plaisir !Un gros regret cependant : dans la (très) longue liste de sous-titres possibles, le français est inexplicablement absent ! Donc impossible de voir le film en VO avec sous-titre français., ce qui fait que la VO est réservée à ceux qui comprennent couramment l'anglais. Dommage et regrettable, donc une étoile en moins !

Arrivato per posta come previsto perfettamente funzionante ..Ho rivisto con molto piacere un film della mia gioventu..pieno di avventura ma anche di umanità...amore e...un po di comicità..Fino a che non è finito resti li a guardarlo ...Un bell ' acquisto da consigliare anche per vedere in azione grandi attori scomparsi..