Talk:The Wind and the Lion

Star Trek?
Some bits of this film's soundtrack sound just like the horn-based Klingon theme used in the Star Trek films; could Jerry Goldsmith have recycled his own work there? Kelvingreen 17:56, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I would never accuse Goldsmith of "recycling" his music, but you make an interesting point: his "Raisuli's fanfare" (not necessarily the real title) does sounds like a downturning version of the Klingon leitmotif from Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The pacing is similar. But.... ;) David Spalding Talk / Contribs 21:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Synopsis
This film is near and dear to my heart. Some consider it Milius' best work. I waited something like 10 years or more for a proper, letterbox video release of the film. I'll be working on a synopsis for this article. If anyone has suggestions or ideas for a summary of this historical epic, put 'em here and I'll try to do them justice. David Spalding Talk / Contribs 21:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

a simmilar film that i search
about a woman in marocco, fall in love with a charismatic berber leader.

someone knows it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.119.217 (talk) 06:51, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

French Involvement in the Final Battle?
My apologies, perhaps I'm missing something, but where did the mention of the French alongside the Germans come from? I am fairly knowledgeable of uniforms of the period (or so I'd like to think), and I do not see any French uniforms present in the battle. The closest I can see are Blue and Red Morrocan ones, but while the coloration is right, even the local paramilitaries the French employed were dressed differently and more formally. Is it cited anywhere that the French are involved in the Raisuli's capture and/or the final shootout? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.160.136 (talk) 09:23, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I just rewatched the movie today, and was surprised to see that there indeed seemed to be non-German soldiers fighting the Berbers and Americans. In addition to the pickelhaube-wearing Germans and some Moroccan troops in the dress of the bashaw's household troops, there were quite a few soldiers in khaki with plain pith helmets; and several men in red and blue who looked a lot like French troops (uniforms reminiscent of Franco-Prussian War era). MayerG (talk) 21:19, 1 February 2015 (UTC)



It is absolutely incredible that a) Germans and Frenchs fought together, they were opponents in Morocco b) Berbers could operate a heavy cannon c) Germans would fight so confusingly - in sum it is obviously a US-american movie.

MGM Production
I'm changing the unsourced studio info in the lead, which said:


 * The film was the first co-production between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (which managed U.S. distribution through United Artists) and Columbia Pictures (which managed international distribution). Coincidentally, Columbia's current parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment currently owns some of MGM, although the U.S. rights to this film are now with Warner Bros./Turner Entertainment.

The co-production aspect is quite unlikely, as the credits only list MGM, and major studio co-productions then were very rare. The first was The Towering Inferno in 1974, and the next was most likely William Friedkin's Sorcerer in 1977.

MGM was using United Artists as distributor at the time. Columbia only did the non-U.S. distribution. - Gothicfilm (talk) 23:26, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

spelling of eden pedicaris
hi the spelling of eden pedicaris changes each time in the wikipedia entry