I remember a 'Daily Mail' interview with Burt Lancaster, on set in this film, where he said he was 'glad to see the Brits getting a kicking' in the film. Does anyone else remember his comment? It was obviously in 1979, as the film was being made. I suppose he was upset at the other defeat, the 'Vietnam War' only four years earlier - to America!
shareIt's unlikely he was referring to Vietnam. Lancaster comes from a circus family, and fell into Hollywood because of his good looks and athleticism. It more than likely that he shared progressive political views with others involved in the arts. He was more likely to be referring to the extreme racism that pervaded Victorian Era England, and Europe enlarge.
shareGiven the events depicted in the film you see the British set out to takeover Zululand and at the time the film was shot, it was Apartheid South Africa, Lancaster had a point!
Its that man again!!
Excuse me, the Brits did not create the system of apartheid in SA.
BL was just an Anglophobe, end of.