White Hunter, Black Heart

Clint Eastwood's White Hunter, Black Heart is adapted from Peter Vietel's fictionalized tale of John Huston's filming of The African Queen. Eastwood's character, John Wilson, is a movie director who is obsessed with hunting a bull elephant while he's filming on location in Africa. Wilson is accompanied by an old friend named Pete Verrill (Jeff Fahey), whom the director brought in to help write the film he is shooting, but it becomes increasingly obvious to both Verrill and the audience that Wilson is far more interested in hunting elephants than making a movie. White Hunter, Black Hunter meanders slightly during its running time, yet anyone interested in filmmaking, as well as fans of John Huston or Clint Eastwood, will find this tribute fascinating, particularly since Eastwood's performance is among his most remarkable.