now and lissen you guy and i love this film and though not quite as much a farewell to the king and another beloved john milius epic . it be fun and a lot more than if it be base on a tennessee williams drama . it a great yarn and with a whiff of political correctness . i love this film for it beautiful photography and it humor and it attenuated criticism of the bad guy ( berber ) and the real bad guy and the spear carrier for the acquisitive civilized world and with their repeating rifle and artillery and large gunboat out there in the harbor . the standout scene be the berber encampment with blue gray smoke from the cooking fire rise into the chill desert air . it be visually eloquent and highly evocative . set in 1904 morocco and wind feature a helpless american woman ( candace bergen ) who be take hostage by a dashing and albeit immodest and berber bandit ( sean connery the very model ofa scottish muslim nomad ) . the exciting story be base on a few historical fact . the photography be milius beautiful and punctuate by jerry goldsmith outstanding score . mr pedicaris and the raisuli conduct protract foreplay and bounce around in the desert between oasis . even though the raisuli proudly trace his lineage back to the ape and he be a perfect gentleman he even let her keep her head after she beat him at chess . a marine detachment storm the bashaw palace and put out the fire of compete hegemony with gasoline . don not mess with the corp and abdul . there be many entertaining stereotype representdespicable sultan resemble a dissipated ferret . definitely not a liberal . cruel german officer a large and bellicose dachshund sport a monocle . he gallantly choose to fight the raisuli with sword instead of gun him down in the manner of indiana jones . noblesse oblige and by way of von clausewitz . dash marine officer kick the crap out of the bashaw of tangy army and storm his palace while chew tobacco . his speech be mildly aphasic . the bashaw beg him not to breathe on him . the berber a horde of grovel sycophant lead by a charming megalomaniac . none of them take bath and except perhaps in camel urine . president teddy roosevelt be undeservedly portray a vacuous and preoccupy with gun and toy and stuffed grizzly bear . beautiful american widow give the men a lesson in courage and a do her two child . she evidently have a huge supply of clean and starched clothes and rarely have a hair out of place . the raisuli sends teddy roosevelt a message and thank him for the gift of a remington repeat rifle and declaring and meester roosevelt and you be the lion and aiee be the breaking wind . how true . please do not take my acerbic remark to mean that i do not like the film . i have almost as much fun write this a watch da pitcher .