The Journey of August King

1995

Drama

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 57% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1111 1.1K

Director

John Duigan Photo
John Duigan

Top cast

Graham Paul Photo
Graham Paul as Wade
Larry Drake Photo
Larry Drake as Olaf Singletary
Thandie Newton Photo
Thandie Newton as Annalees
Danny Nelson Photo
Danny Nelson as Felix
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850.45 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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English 2.0
PG-13
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by basak-tosun 8 / 10

The film has a strong moral message to give to the viewer.

The film has a strong moral message to give to the viewer. It raises a question on the mind: is it enough to be a person working for the well-being of himself and family in a honest way in order to be considered to be a good, honorable man? The answer is no. It is not acceptable to condone the cruelty or injustice of others, a conscientious man should fight against them.At the very beginning of the film, there is a scene where a man kills his wounded dog. August King would like to stop him, but he did nothing, just turned back go his own way....At the end of the film he tells that he won't be the man he was used to be...i think he meant such situations...During his journey, August King turned to be a man who would not hesitate to break the rules to do whatever he thinks it is right to do.In sum, the film is something much more than a love story and i very much liked it.
Reviewed by KatharineFanatic

Breathtaking

Of the handful of comments for this extraordinary film, most of them have the story wrong. The tale is not about a man "falling in love with his dead wife's slave." August King becomes involved in helping a young negro girl escape from her cruel owner in the backwoods of South Carolina in the early eighteen hundreds. The love is more sacrificial than sexual, and the film teaches excellent lessons about duty, honor, compassion, responsibility, and making choices. August finds himself through helping Annalees.It's beautifully filmed and very stirring, with the kind of conclusion that makes many other films seem incomplete and shallow. This is an excellent film. It's also very family-friendly aside from some thematic elements (a slave is cleaved in half, animals are slaughtered, and so forth). I purchased it on a whim and never regretted the twenty bucks I spent. Everyone should see this at least once.
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