The Roots of Heaven (film)
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The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 American adventure film made for 20th Century Fox, directed by John Huston and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Romain Gary and Patrick Leigh Fermor is based on Romain Gary's 1956 Prix Goncourt-winning novel of the same name. The film stars Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom and Grégoire Aslan. Huston later said that Roots of Heaven "could have been a very fine film. And largely owing to me was not a good film at all."[5]
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Directed by | John Huston |
Screenplay by | Romain Gary Patrick Leigh-Fermor |
Based on | The Roots of Heaven (1956 novel) by Romain Gary |
Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Starring | Errol Flynn Juliette Gréco Trevor Howard |
Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
Edited by | Russell Lloyd |
Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production company | Darryl F. Zanuck Productions |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.3 million[1][2] |
Box office | $3 million[3][4] |
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