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	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| The man who would be Congo's king
		King Makoko might live in a one-storey concrete house, without electricity or running water, hours down a barely perceptible track through marshland and savannah, but it is hard to imagine a more daunting figure.
		No-one knows the king's exact age, and it is strictly taboo to ask, but although he must be somewhere in his mid-sixties - an advanced age in a country where the average life expectancy is 45 - the royal back is always straight as a rod.
		The king and his wife have a grown-up daughter but she is not allowed to live with them as she was born before her father was declared king.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/2752833.stm (711 words)

	Harbottle's Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
		The Man who mistook his wife for a hat
		The daring young Man on the flying trapeze
	www.professorharbottle.co.uk /man.html (34 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Man Who Would Be King (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that tells the tale of two rogue British ex-soldiers who set off from 19th century British India in search of adventure, and end up as kings of Kafiristan in modern Afghanistan.
		Dravot and Carnehan succeeded in making themselves kings, persuading the natives that Dravot was a god (the son of Alexander the Great), mustering an army, taking over villages, and dreaming of building a unified nation.
		At this point, he was seen to be "Not a God nor a Devil, but only a man!" Led by the priesthood, the people turned against their would-be rulers, pursuing them through the mountains and gorges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Man_Who_Would_Be_King (533 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
		The Man Who Would Be King appears in its original theatrical aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this double-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Ordinarily such clarity would result in excessive moiré effects and jagged edges, but that's not the case here; both of those concerns occur at times, but they seemed much milder than I expected, especially since the movie offers many fine details that normally would/should cause problems.
		While The Man Who Would Be King could possibly look a little better, it would have to be a marginal difference, as the DVD presents an absolutely fantastic picture.
	www.dvdmg.com /manwhowouldbeking.shtml (1623 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling story of the same title.
		The Kipling story tells the tale of two rogue British ex-soldiers who set off from 19th century British India in search of adventure, and end up as kings of Kafiristan.
		Although the film was shot in North Africa, the ethnic clothing and dancers in the background are clearly not middle-eastern.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Man_Who_Would_Be_King_(film) (706 words)

	Reflections on "The Man Who Would Be King".
		Reflections on "The Man Who Would Be King".
		Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling, adapted and filmed by John Huston in 1975, "The Man Who Would Be King" is a rousing and thought-provoking tale set in India during the time of the British Empire.
		Both Peachey and Danny would do anything to help a fellow Freemason, and of course one another, but otherwise they are largely their own masters and are likely to come in to conflict with man-made laws.
	www.geocities.com /stuartfernie/king.htm (943 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King -- Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A Second-class carriage at Marwar Junction, and a red-haired man asleep in it.
		A King or courtier or a courtesan or a Community was going to die or get a new Constitution, or do something that was important on the other side of the world, and the paper was to be held open till the latest possible minute in order to catch the telegram.
		'Would they could have foretold that my caravan would have been cut up by the Shinwaris almost within shadow of the Pass!' grunted the Eusufzai agent of a Rajputana trading-house whose goods had been diverted into the hands of other robbers just across the Border, and whose misfortunes were the laughing-stock of the basar.
	www.litrix.com /mbking/mbkin001.htm (12251 words)

	Movie Review of The Man Who Would Be King
		The Man Who Would Be King, a film made in the undeniably robust spirit of nineteenth-century colonialism, is a wonderful corrective to the teflon-like texture of modern life.
		The Man Who Would Be King is the kind of grand adventure story that, had you seen it when you were young, would have convinced you to become an explorer when you grew up.
		His Peachy is a crafty, cultured man who is unable to resist his mischievous side.
	www.guidetocinema.com /king.html (1234 words)

	Sportscolumn.com - Sports News - The Man who would be King - Matt Waters
		The Man who would be King - Matt Waters
		It would be a slow start that season, his batting average sank from normal levels and the homers only started to come with the warming of the weather.
		The Man who would be King - Matt Waters
	www.sportscolumn.com /story/2005/4/15/235638/171 (1147 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
		The Man Who Would Be King is based on a story by Rudyard Kipling, Sean Connery and Michael Caine are two British soldiers-of-fortune seeking their wealth in a remote region of Afghanistan.
		They are greeted by Billy Fish (Saeed Jaffrey), a stranded Ghurka soldier who aids the two in their venture to relieve the local priests of their treasure.
		Daniel joins some renegades in an attack on the nearby city of Sikandergul, and during the ensuing fighting is struck in the chest by an arrow.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /genres/drama/filmography/049.html (543 words)

	The Man who Would be King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The narrator, a journalist, encounters two ruffianly-looking adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, who announce that they are off to Kafiristan in the mountains of Afghanistan to make themselves Kings.
		They had indeed made themselves Kings, persuading the local people that they were gods, mustering their army, asserting their power over the local villages, and planning to build a Nation.
		The elaboration has fooled critics, who mistake it for complexity, which they are used to mistaking for profundity.
	www.kipling.org.uk /rg_wouldbeking1.htm (886 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Man Who Would Be King at Epinions.com
		THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING is John Huston's summing up of the lessons of his adventurous life, a film he tried to make for nearly 30 years.
		At each step of their ascent, they meet men who are at first humble and fear "enemies all around" but then become full of themselves, lord it over people, and end up (as the Scots who invented Golf) having others play polo with their heads.
		But most of all, there is the wisdom and dream of an old man who has seen it all, who is going through troubles of his own, and who knows eventually, whatever our religion, we are all Christs.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-4AAB-D5016E0-39287A12-prod5 (1527 words)

	(DVD Review) The Man Who Would Be King
		From the hand of one of the industry's finest directors ever, John Huston, comes the epic movie adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's famous short story "The Man Who Would Be King".
		This is a wonderful story of two rogue British soldiers who stay on in India after the British Empire "acquired" it, and their somewhat shady dealings which culminate in a scam/journey that would forever change their lives and the history of a fictional nation.
		The film also heavily centers on the characters of Peachy and Danny and their relationship, and this is where things go transiently wrong for the two adventurers.
	www.yanman.com /HomeTheater/Reviews/ManWhoReview.htm (709 words)

	Division of Labour: The Man Who Would Be King
		Division of Labour: The Man Who Would Be King
		His post reminded me of the classic film, The Man Who Would Be King (1975) based on Kipling's short story, directed by John Huston, and starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine.
		How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others.
	divisionoflabour.com /archives/002180.php (231 words)

	Steve Sailer "Man Who Would Be King" A September 2001 forecast of the outcome of the upcoming Afghanistan War ...
		Steve Sailer "Man Who Would Be King" A September 2001 forecast of the outcome of the upcoming Afghanistan War against the Taliban based on an analysis of the short story by Rudyard Kipling and the movie by John Huston, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine
		Rudyard Kipling, the youngest man to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (at age 41 in 1907), was only 22 when he wrote "The Man Who Would Be King." Yet, he'd already been shot at by a Pathan tribesman in the famous Khyber Pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		Billy Fish tries to explain to the king why his marriage would be an affront to Kafir beliefs.
	www.isteve.com /Man_Who_Would_Be_King.htm (2413 words)

	Paul Proctor -- The Man Who Would Be King
		He was born in an out-of-the-way place, the son of a poor mother and father whom the world would one day call blessed.
		So, as you celebrate the life of Elvis and mourn his passing, a man who loved singing not only rock and roll but great hymns and gospel music, ask yourself whose kingdom reaped the most from his career– Jesus’ or Lucifer’s.
		The King in Jerusalem suffered and died for YOURS.
	www.newswithviews.com /PaulProctor/proctor2.htm (672 words)

	Dicky Drew-Smythe @ The Man Who Would Be King - John Huston's Film
		The dapper, moustachioed, small-knit man sat astride his grey horse, holding a stick in one hand and a plastic cup of tea in the other.
		The scene was Morocco, just outside a small village called Tifoultoute, the location for a spectacular film titled "The Man Who Would Be King", and the man on the grey horse was Captain Richard Drew-Smythe, army and battle technical advisor to the movie company.
		The spectacular and colourful story tells of two tough, shrewd and inseparable ex-British Army sergeants who, in the 1880s, decide to make the hazardous journey from India, through Afghanistan, to the wild and primitive country of Kafiristan and there make their fortunes and set themselves up as kings...
	www.zipworld.com.au /~lnbdds/king (978 words)

	The man who would be king of Iraq \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The man who would be king of Iraq
		The man who would be king of Iraq
		Sherif Ali, who talks the talk of a thoughtful, 21st-century monarch, says Iraq needs a system that is, "open, liberal, modern, and just." A return to monarchy isn't reactionary, he says.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0627/p07s01-woiq.html (1117 words)

	THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING IN IRAN
		THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING IN IRAN
		Pahlavi, who says his speeches and articles reach Iran via satellite and his Web site, believes the Iranian people, and even some officials within the regime, are ready for a change.
		Pahlavi defends his father as a "decent man" who "tried to do the best that he could for the country", but he admits he made mistakes.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles_2001/nov_2001/reza_pahlavi_abc_interview_151101.htm (725 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King
		I drowsed, and wondered whether the telegraph was a blessing, and whether this dying man, or struggling people, was aware of the inconvenience the delay was causing.
		“Would they could have foretold that my caravan would have been cut up by the Shinwaris almost within shadow of the Pass!” grunted the Eusufzai agent of a Rajputana trading-house whose goods had been feloniously diverted into the hands of other robbers just across the Border, and whose misfortunes were the laughing-stock of the bazar.
		Who’s the Grand-Master of the sign cut in the stone?’ and he thumped his hand on the block that he used to sit on in Lodge, and at Council, which opened like Lodge always.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/8king10h.htm (13961 words)

	The Truth Seeker - The Man Who Would Be King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Princess Diana on the other hand would have taken to it like a natural: she possessed popular appeal and charm in abundance along with a genuine common touch that reached out to all humanity.
		In effect she was used to infuse her bloodlines qualities to the next generation of Windsor’s, and had she dutifully played her part she would probably still be alive.
		A campaign, say authors King and Beveridge, that made her powerful enemies in the US as well as Britain and resulted in the CIA working with Britain’s MI6 in an operation that ultimately led to her fatal “accident.” Or as the authors refer to it her “judicial murder.”
	www.thetruthseeker.co.uk /article.asp?ID=195 (1038 words)

	MMI Movie Review: The Man Who Would Be King
		They are, of course, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan, the charmingly arrogant rogues of Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King," further immortalized by Sean Connery and Michael Caine in John Huston's 1975 film.
		There's never a bad time to rent "The Man Who Would Be King." I can think of few movies in all filmdom that tell a story so magnificently, even on a small screen.
		The reason "The Man Who Would Be King" still resonates, I suspect, is the combination of Kipling the master storyteller, Huston the master filmmaker, and the year 1975, when post-Vietnam America was willing to explore a little moral ambiguity.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/manwhowouldbeki-cm-73587927.html (459 words)

	The man who would be king, again, of Afghanistan
		Before enlisting the king in a new nation-building scheme, it might pay to look at how he went about building Afghan unity the last time he was in charge.
		Living in exile in Rome since 1973, the king is more presentable than the bloodstained Northern Alliance, but he brings something else to the table as well: a plan.
		Among the resettled families were the parents of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, who was born in 1962 in a village outside of Kandahar.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/15/ED48199.DTL (1039 words)

	THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		It's the kind of remark you might expect from a Milos Forman movie, but this is Edinburgh, and the man telling me this is not only at liberty but also manifestly sane.
		Charming and urbane, and possessed of a French accent with what may perhaps be a Highland lilt, Prince Michael is not a man to incite armed rebellion, and bears no malice towards the Windsors.
		What I would like to see is an independent Scotland, with a written, popular constitution preserving the rights of the realm of Scotland, and a monarchy if the Scots wish to have it.
	www.royalhouseofstewart.org.uk /news6.htm (452 words)

	The man who would be king - Salon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Then, of course, there is Peter Jackson's amazing vision of Tolkien's "Return of the King." Ever since its publication half a century ago, Tolkien's masterpiece has had nothing but sad tales to tell about those who use and abuse power for its own sake.
		I wanted to include more of the landscape, and Richard Cartwright, a very fine photographer who was shooting the official stills for the movie, was kind enough to lend me his panoramic Hasselblad camera.
		It would be impossible to do this without her.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/int/2003/10/24/viggo/index_np.html (1490 words)

	The Paper Chase: The Man Who Would Be King - TV.com
		He is absentmindedly riding Bell's bike and gets hit by Leanne Laski (Darleen Carr) who turns out to be the President of the Law Review (a prestigeous publication put out by the best of the law students).
		She runs into some of the girls from the school who are feeling like prisoners there and she innocently observes that the only thing that they could do would be to do something bad enough to be expelled, but not bad enough to be put in Juvenile Hall.
		Tell the world what you think of The Man Who Would Be King, write a review for this episode.
	www.tv.com /paper-chase/the-man-who-would-be-king/episode/41577/summary.html (434 words)

	The Man Who Would Be King (1975) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		He fell some hundred feet to the bottom of the ravine floor before his fall was broken by a big pile of cardboard boxes.
		What most viewers do not realize about The Man Who Would Be King (1975) is that it is not about a legendary place, although Rudyard Kipling may have thought so when he wrote the story, because no white man had ever been there and returned to tell about it.
		The people of Nuristan are believed to be descendants of Alexander the Great, who came there in 328 BC, just as the movie states.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0073341 (521 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "The Man Who Would Be King" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		There's no telling if "The Man Who Would Be King" would have been a different movie had Huston gotten to make it in the '50s with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart, as he originally intended after acquiring the movie rights to Rudyard Kipling's short story.
		Even then, the film would likely have featured Huston's darkly amused fatalism toward the men who would be kings that characterized "The Asphalt Jungle" and especially "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," which remains one of the toughest and least compromised of American movies.
		Sold and acclaimed as a great adventure in the swashbuckling tradition, "The Man Who Would Be King" is closer in spirit to Akira Kurosawa than Errol Flynn.
	archive.salon.com /ent/movies/dvd/review/2000/09/21/man_would_be_king (779 words)

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