Rudyard Kipling Story.

Rating: 8/10 (9 November 2013)

John Huston directed this classic film based on the Rudyard Kipling story. Christopher Plummer plays Kipling himself in the film, which sees him interviewing an older Peachy Carnehan(played by Michael Caine) who tells him how he came to his present circumstances when he and fellow British soldier and friend Daniel Dravot(played by Sean Connery) decide to travel to the Indian country of Kafristan to make their fortune among the primitive people there. They are held up as Gods, which ends up going to Danny's head as he forgets about the con, and decides to really become their leader! Things will go tragically wrong when the natives learn just how human they really are... Superb film with fine direction and performances, and a compelling story that takes the viewer to another time and place. Ending is also magnificent(though sad).