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Caravans(Movie, 1978)

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| 2h 7min | Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
CaravansRating: 3.0/5 (with 77 votes)
Caravans is a 1978 Iranian-American adventure drama film directed by James Fargo based on the 1963 novel by James A. Michener. Nancy Voyles Crawford wrote the screenplay. This film represents people of Afghanistan and their tradition in Qandahar, Badakhshan cities in that time and the Kochi people of Afghanistan. The film was shot in Afghanistan and Iran and starred Anthony Quinn, Jennifer O'Neill, and Michael Sarrazin. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Caravans

Academy Award for Best Costume Design

About Caravans

This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.

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Mike Batt & London Philharmonic Orchestra - Theme from caravans(Trailer, 3:36)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Middle East
Based on: "Caravans" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE)
Translated into 10 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/02/1978
Director: James Fargo
Producer: Elmo Williams
Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe
Composer: Mike Batt
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Caravanas"
"카라반스"
"Karawany"
Budget: 14,000,000 USD
Revenue: 3,930,501 USD (= 28%)

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