--- title: 'The Four Feathers (2002)' type: 'film' director: 'Shekhar Kapur' released: '2002-01-01' runtime_minutes: 125 genres: - 'Drama' - 'War' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-four-feathers-2002' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240510/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Four Feathers (2002) 2002 · 125 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis The Four Feathers is a 2002 epic war drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson. Set during the British Army's Gordon Relief Expedition in Sudan, well after the formation of Mahdiyya, it tells the story of a young man accused of cowardice. This film, with altered plot events, is the latest in a long line of cinematic adaptations of the 1902 novel The Four Feathers by A.E.W. Mason. Other versions of the story have been set in the 1890s, with different battle events. It was roughly based on the White Feather Campaign during World War I. The Four Feathers was released on 20 September 2002 by Paramount Pictures in the United States and by Miramax International in international markets. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $29 million against a $35 million budget. ## Credits - **Director:** [Shekhar Kapur](https://cinepixo.com/people/shekhar-kapur) - **Screenplay:** [Mark Pellington](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-pellington), [Bruce Joel Rubin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-joel-rubin), [Hossein Amini](https://cinepixo.com/people/hossein-amini), [Greg Brooker](https://cinepixo.com/people/greg-brooker) - **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner) - **Producer:** [Stanley R. Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-r-jaffe), [Marty Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/marty-katz) - **Director of Photography:** [Robert Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-richardson) - **Editor:** [Steven Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-rosenblum) ## Cast - [Kris Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/kris-marshall) as Edward Castleton - [Angela Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-douglas) as Aunt Mary - [Djimon Hounsou](https://cinepixo.com/people/djimon-hounsou) as Abou Fatma - [James Cosmo](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cosmo) as Colonel Sutch - [James Hillier](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hillier) as Drunken Corporal - [Lucy Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucy-gordon) as Isabelle - [Rupert Penry-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-penry-jones) as Tom Willoughby - [Alex Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-jennings) as Colonel Hamilton - [Kate Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-hudson) as Ethne Eustace - [Wes Bentley](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-bentley) as Jack Durrance - [Christian Coulson](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-coulson) - [Michael Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-sheen) as William Trench - [Tim Pigott-Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-pigott-smith) as General Faversham - [Heath Ledger](https://cinepixo.com/people/heath-ledger) as Harry Faversham ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-four-feathers Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-four-feathers-2002 Film facts: Wikidata (Q391540); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.