
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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- 1952
- 114 min
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[ Man Narrating ] Kilimanjaro
is a snow-covered mountain, 1 9,7 1 0 feet high...
and is said to be
the highest mountain in Africa.
Close to the western summit, there is
the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard.
No one has explained what the leopard
was seeking at that altitude.
Look at 'em.
I wonder, is it sight or is it scent
that brings them?
[ Woman ] They've been about for ever so long.
They don't mean a thing.
that it's painless now.
- Is it really?
- Yes.
That's how you know when it starts.
[ Man ]
They're a filthy bird...
but they know their business.
I used to watch the way they sailed
very carefully at first...
in case I ever wanted to use
one of them in a story.
That's funny now.
I've gotten so nervous,
not being able to do anything.
I think we might make it as easy as possible
until the plane comes.
Or until the plane doesn't come.
Mr.Johnson hasn't been a white hunter
for a quarter of a century...
not to know his way around.
If he can't get a plane,
he'll be back with another truck.
One way or another,
it's not very important.
I feel so helpless. I wish there was
something I could do.
You can take the leg off.
Or you can shoot me.
You're a good shot.
I taught you to shoot, didn't I?
Let's not be melodramatic, Harry.
You're not going to die.
No? I'm dying now.
Ask those things.
[ Woman ] They're around every camp.
I don't see why this had to happen
to your leg in the first place.
What have we done-- either one of us--
to have had this happen to us?
Well, I suppose that what I did...
was forget to put iodine on it
We were after the impala,
in case you've forgotten.
And with a camera, at that.
[ Gasps ]
Ow! Ow!
That isn't what I meant,
and it isn't how you got your leg.
- No?
- Not at all.
It was at the lake last week.
It was a lovely, peaceful day...
We could've passed them by
without incident...
but-- oh, no-- you had to
get so awfully playful.
Look at them.
There must be hundreds of them.
Harry, look at that one!
- Look at that big one over there!
Harry!
I wouldn't chance it any closer.
[ Shouting In African Language ]
Harry! Be careful!
- Harry!
- What's the matter? You frightened?
- Not in the least.
- [ Laughs ] Well, let's go!
[ Shouting In African Language ]
Come on. Come on!
Harry, easy.
You're asking for trouble.
Harry, look. Here. Here.
[ Squeals ]
- [ Squeals ]
- [ Shouts ]
Harry! Harry, we've lost
one of our boatmen.
What?
[ Screams ]
Harry!
[ Squawking ]
[ Woman ] And you insisted on carrying the boy
in your arms all the way back to camp.
And it was from all his blood and dirt
that you got that infection.
[ Chuckles ]
That could be the point of view.
From yours, it would be contact
with the lower classes.
Being a writer, I prefer to think
that it was a quirk of fate...
a mere prick of a thorn...
that laid the great man low.
A lot it matters now.
Harry, please.!
- Molo!
- Bwana.!
- Whiskey soda. Make it pronto, Molo.
- It's bad for you.
- No, it isn't . It's good for me.
- It's not good for you.
No. It's Bad for Me.
Cole Porter wrote the words and music.
There, that's poetry.
Oh, I'm full of poetry now.
- Rot and poetry-- rotten poetry.
- Harry.
Harry, it said in the first-aid book
to avoid all alcohol.
It's not good for you.
That's what I meant by giving up.
You must do everything you can.
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