White Hunter Black Heart price, as the local animal tracker Kivu is killed protecting him from an elephant Wilson decides not to shoot. At times, Eastwood, as the John Huston-like character of John Wilson, can be heard drawing out his vowels, speaking in Huston's distinctive style. The film was shot on location in Kariba, Zimbabwe and surrounds including at Lake Kariba, Victoria Falls and Hwange, over two months in the summer of 1989. Some interiors were shot in and around Pinewood Studios in England. The boat used in the film was constructed in England of glass fibre and shipped to Africa for filming. It
The African Queen (film) series, it was not picked up. An elliptic commentary on the making of "The African Queen" can be found in the 1990 film "White Hunter Black Heart", directed by Clint Eastwood. "The African Queen" was part of the inspiration for the Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland in California. Imagineer Harper Goff referenced the African Queen frequently in his ideas; even his designs of the ride vehicles were inspired by the steamer used in the film. The boat used as the African Queen is actually the L.S. Livingston which had been a working diesel boat for 40 years; the steam engine