When Pierce Brosnan Came To Nigeria

Lest we forget.

Pierce Brosnan, the Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist who is famous for his romantic thrilling role as James Bond (1995–2005) in GoldenEye, 1995, Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997, The World Is Not Enough, 1999 and Die Another Day, 2002 was in Nigeria in 1990 to play a leading role as a British colonial officer "Harry Rudbeck" in Mister Johnson, an American drama film adaptation of a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary.
The film won the Silver Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival (1991) for Best Actor for British Nigerian actor Maynard Eziashi as "Mister Johnson".



The film was shot in Toro, a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Read Roger Ebert's excellent review on http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mister-johnson-1991.

 

Cast

Maynard Eziashi as Mister Johnson

Pierce Brosnan as Harry Rudbeck

Edward Woodward as Sargy Gollup

Beatie Edney as Celia Rudbeck

Denis Quilley as Bulteen

Nick Reding as Tring

Bella Enahoro as Bamu

Femi Fatoba as Waziri

Kwabena Manso as Benjamin

Hubert Ogunde as Brimah (as Chief Hubert Ogunde)

Sola Adeyemi as Ajali

Jerry Linus as Saleh

George Menta as Emil












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