Out of Africa

Denys (Robert Redford) dies in a plane crash. At his funeral, Karen (Meryl Streep) reads part of an A.E. Housman poem. Later, she moves to Denmark and writes some memoirs under the name Isak Denisen. She never goes back to Africa.

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Continuity mistake: When Denys Finch-Hatton takes Karen Blixen on a flight in his open bi-plane, he hands her a pair of goggles just before they board the plane. As they sit in the plane she is goggle-less and he hands her another pair.

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Denys: I like animals. Nothing they do is half-hearted. Everything they do is for the first time: they hunt, they eat, they mate.

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Trivia: The title of the movie (and book) is derived from the writings of Roman historian Pliny the Elder: "Out of Africa always something new" (original Latin - Ex Africa semper aliquid novi).

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