Does this movie have a scene where a bug burrows into a guy's ear in the desert, causing him agonizing pain? I saw a scene in a movie like that in the 90s, and I heard that happened to the real John Hanning Speke, so I wanted to figure out if this was that movie. Thanks to anybody who's seen it!
shareYes. It's in this film.
shareI don't think it was an earwig, it was a beetle of some sort.
shareI saw this scene when I was a kid (7 ou 8) and for months I had to sleep with cotton in my ears, afraid a bug would get in (i still think twice when I go to countryside...)
shareIt bothered Speke so much he poked at it with the point of a compass. He'd shake his head and pieces would come out. When he blew his nose, his ear whistled and the African bearers would laugh. Not easy to be an explorer.
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It was a beetle and he destroyed his own hearing. It's cut from this version I am currently watching, rented from Netflix.
Dang. Fortunately I got the long version of "The Far Pavilions" because I knew there was a reader's digest version of that.
Sh-it's a secret!