Gandhi Movie

Gandhi is a biopic dramatic film portraying the life of Mahatma Gandhi. He led India to freedom from British rule by standing up for his rights through non-violence. The film holds the title of most extras used in a film from the Guinness Book of World Records. It had a reported 300,000 extras.¹

Fast Facts

1. Release date: November 30, 1982
2. Director: Richard Attenborough
3. Screenwriter: John Briley
4. Producer: Richard Attenborough
5. Distributor: Columbia Pictures
6. Music: Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
7. MPAA rating: PG
8. Run time: 188 minutes
9. Awards: Eight Academy Awards, one Eddie Award, five BAFTA Awards, one British Society of Cinematographers Award, two David di Donatello Awards, one DGA Award, five Golden Globe Awards, one Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, two New York Film Critics Circle Awards
10. Based on: Mahatma Gandhi
11. Tagline: His Triumph Changed The World Forever.

Plot Summary

Mahatma Gandhi returns to his native home of India from South Africa to find many injustices plaguing the country. It was the same as in South Africa, racial prejudice and intolerance for his race was abound. Gandhi leads his countrymen in non-violent protests to gain independence from Great Britain.

Cast

• Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi
• Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke-White
• Edward Fox as Reginald Dyer
• John Gielgud as Lord Irwin
• Trevor Howard as Judge Broomfield
• John Mills as Lord Chelmsford
• Martin Sheen as Vince Walker
• Ian Charleson as Charlie Andrews
• Athol Fugard as Jan Christiaan Smuts

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