Talk:Zulu (1964 film)

Inaccurate statement about Endfield's inability to pay Zulu extras with money

This is the disputed statement:"Due to the apartheid laws in South Africa, none of the Zulu extras could be paid for their performance. Director Endfield circumvented this by leaving them all the animals, primarily cattle, used in the film; to the Zulu, this was a gift far more valuable than money."

The hyperlink leads to a page that discusses South African apartheid in general; the cited page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa) does not support the writer's statement.

Even in apartheid South Africa, Cy Endfield most certainly could have paid money to the Zulu extras who worked on his film. If it's true that Endfield "paid" the Zulus in cattle, the most logical explanation that I can think of is this: Endfield was not allowed to pay the Zulus directly. In 1964, due to the "Pass Laws" that prohibited Africans from selling their labor freely, it's likely that Endfield had to hire the Zulus through an apartheid government functionary. If Endfield had to pay via South African government officials, he may have feared that the officials would cheat the Zulus out of their rightful earnings, and the Zulus would have no recourse to be able to get their money.

Zibiza (talk) 20:59, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

The film was filmed in the actual location of Natal Province which was a semi-autonomous 'native homeland' within South Africa at the time, and this may have operated under different laws than the rest of the country. The ostensible purpose of these 'homelands' was to allow the 'natives' to continue to live the traditional lifestyle they had lived before the arrival of the colonists, and it is possible that the government in Pretoria did not want an influx of freely-convertible cash going into the province.

In addition, it is quite likely that the apartheid pay scales for extras would be different for the various categories, a 'white' extra receiving higher rates than a 'coloured' or 'black' extra, hence paying the Zulu extras in cattle would have allowed Enfield and Baker (who was co-producer) to pay them as much as a 'white', if not considerably more in equivalent monetary value. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.10.248 (talk) 08:07, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Budget

US$3,500,000. I seem to remember it being US$2.80 to the £ at the time, so £1,250,000.(178.236.117.122 (talk) 14:37, 23 January 2014 (UTC))

Source? BMK (talk) 16:26, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

For most of the relevant period there were well over two dollars to the pound, the pound only started to slip in the early seventies when the UK government-of-the-day had to resort to the IMF. For much of the 1950's there were almost five dollars to the pound.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.10.248 (talk) 08:32, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Distributor

FilmandTVFan28 and Gareth Griffith-Jones, please stop reverting each other and have a discussion here about identifying this film's distributor. Thanks, Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:27, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

I can add nothing to that already said in my edit summaries. Thanks, — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 17:30, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

It's a bad idea to convey arguments in edit summaries. I suggest that no one changes the article any further in this regard and discuss the matter to better understand how guidelines and reliable sources apply here. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:33, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

I agree. The new information about another distributor for the US. was introduced by FilmandTVFan28 and has also been reverted by Beyond My Ken — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 17:48, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

It wasn't new. The editor made it sound like that Paramount co-distributed the film with Embassy Pictures in the US when the studio only released it Internationally and Embassy only released it in the US. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 18:48, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

So it's a matter of it looking like the USA label applies to both distributors? Why don't we keep Paramount at the top and write (int'l) after it, and keep "Embassy Pictures (USA)" as it is? Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 19:16, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

That seems reasonable. BMK (talk) 01:21, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Sounds satisfying. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 01:59, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

My thanks, Erik, as ever. — | Gareth Griffith-Jones |The WelshBuzzard| — 11:35, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

No problem. :) I've made the change in the article. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 11:55, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hook's daughter or daughters?

Under 'Reception' we're told Hook's elderly daughters were so disgusted by his distorted portrayal in the film that they walked out of the premiere. Here they're clearly plural. But in the section on Hook under 'The men of the regiment' there's only one of them ('daughter'). The succession of plurals ('daughters', 'were', 'they') under 'Reception' suggests that this is the correct version, and that 'daughter' is simply a typo.213.127.210.95 (talk) 16:27, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps they should have stayed and seen the remainder of the film because Private Hook redeems himself and proves himself to be a hero in his defence of the hospital. He was after all, awarded a VC.

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The men of the regiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bourne states 'At the end of the war, he (Frank Bourne) was given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel and appointed OBE.' This page (Zulu_1964_film) claims 'He was the last British survivor of the Battle and died as a full colonel.' What rank did he acheive? 2A00:23C5:BC00:8A00:DD01:ADB5:F84F:F909 (talk) 05:25, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

“Historic Accuracy” - Biased information

The basic premises of the film are true and largely accurate; however, the film must be viewed as simply that and not a historical reenactment of real events. The words “the film must be viewed as....” are clearly biased, and should be changed to something else. The Very Best Editor (talk) 20:39, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

I have fixed this The Very Best Editor (talk) 11:02, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Men of Harlech - Apache Drums

Just watched an old and little-remembered western "Apache Drums" (1951). In the film some of the white men are Welsh silver miners (accompanied by a nonconformist minister, who is frequently rebuked for his racism by American characters). They are besieged in a building by the Indians and sing "Men of Harlech" (in Welsh) back at them. I wonder whether this was the inspiration for Stanley Baker having the South Wales Borderers anachronistically singing "Men of Harlech" (a specially-written English verse) at the Zulus. We'd need a source.Paulturtle (talk) 16:15, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

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