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Gandhi   1982         PG, 188 min. Genre: Drama Director: Richard Attenborough   Cast: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Martin Sheen, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Ian Charleson, Saeed Jaffrey, Nigel Hawthorne, Gunther Maria Halmer, Geraldine James, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Ian Bannen   This film was a highlight of the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Ben Kingsley). The power and passion of Gandhi (Kingsley), who preached nonviolent resistance to British rule, is the focus as the story follows Gandhi's life from a young South African lawyer to leader of an independent India. In all, the film collected nine Oscars and was nominated for three others. Cast Ben Kingsley Mahatma Gandhi Candice Bergen Margaret Bourke-White Edward Fox Gen. Dyer John Gielgud Lord Irwin Martin Sheen Walker Trevor Howard Judge Broomfield John Mills The Viceroy Ian Charleson Charlie Andrews Saeed Jaffrey Sardar Patel Nigel Hawthorne Kinnoch Gunther Maria Halmer Herman Kallenbach Geraldine James Mirabehn Amrish Puri Khan Roshan Seth Pandit Nehru Ian Bannen Sr. Police Officer

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