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简介：EastofElephantRockisa1977BritishindependentdramafilmdirectedbyDonBoydandstarringJohnHurt,JeremyKempandJudiBowker.ItwasBoyd'ssecondfeaturefilmfollowinghislittle-noticed1975IntimateReflections.LikeWilliamSomersetMaugham's1927playTheLetterandtwosubsequentfilmadaptations,itsnarrativecontentdependedonthe1911EthelProudlockmurderinKualaLumpur,Malaysia,whichbecameacausecélèbrescandalisingBritishcolonialsocietyandwhichhadbeenfeaturedinaSundayObserverarticleasrecentlyastheyearbefore.Boyd,drawinginpartonhisownexperienceofgrowingupinanincreasinglydysfunctionalfamilyinKenyaduringtheMauMaurebellion,wantedtotellastoryaboutthedeclineoftheEmpireandthesurrenderofresponsibility.IntheeventhisprojectwasforthemostpartridiculedbutthefilmdiddrawwarmsupportfromthefilmdirectorBryanForbes.…