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A gripping adventure of epic proportions, "The Four Feathers" is a story of heroic redemption, undying loyalty and rivalry in love. Exquisitely filmed against the austere beauty of the Moroccan desert as well as within the grand walls of English aristocracy, this thrilling tale takes audiences into exotic cultures seldom seen on film and explores the fascinating contrast between disparate civilizations. A sweeping saga that captures a friend's bond and a hero's destiny, "The Four Feathers" is a look at man's indomitable spirit to survive.
"The Four Feathers" is a Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films feature presentation. A Jaffilms Production of a Shekhar Kapur Film, "The Four Feathers" stars Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Kate Hudson, Djimon Hounsou and Michael Sheen. Directed by Shekhar Kapur from a screenplay by Michael Schiffer and Hossein Amini and based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason, the film is produced by Stanley R. Jaffe, Robert D. Jaffe, Marty Katz and Paul Feldsher. The executive producers are Allon Reich and Julie Goldstein. The film is distributed in the United States and Canada by Paramount Pictures, and throughout the rest of the world by Miramax International.
Paramount Pictures is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and media companies and a leader in the production, promotion and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and music. This film is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense battle sequences, disturbing images, violence and some sensuality.
At the helm of "The Four Feathers" is Shekhar Kapur, the director of the Academy Awardâ-winning "Elizabeth," a critically acclaimed film that also garnered Kapur a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director. Featuring a talented cast, "The Four Feathers" stars Heath Ledger ("A Knights Tale," "Monster's Ball," "The Patriot" and "10 Things I Hate About You"), Wes Bentley, whose fascinating performance in the Academy Awardâ-winning "American Beauty" earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award, and Kate Hudson, whose standout performance in "Almost Famous" won her a Golden Globe Award and an Oscarâ nomination.
The story is about Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger), admired by comrades as one of the finest British soldiers in his regiment. Passionately devoted to his beautiful bride-to-be, Ethne (Kate Hudson), Harry has a promising future in the military and a happy life ahead of him with the woman he loves. But when an army of Sudanese rebels attacks a colonial British fortress in Khartoum and his regiment is sent to active duty in North Africa, Harry becomes overwhelmed by self-doubt and uncertainty and resigns his commission as his regiment is being shipped off to war.Shocked by his son's actions, Harry's father disowns him. Assuming he is afraid, three of Harry's friends -- and even Ethne his fiancee -- each send him a white feather, a symbol of cowardice, none of them able to understand what Harry has done.
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