Adapted by William Harrison from his novel Burton and Speke, and directed by Bob Rafelson, MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON opens. Exceptional, all but forgotton historical bio-pic centering on intrepid Bit explorers Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke's obsessive search for the source of the Nile in Africa circa. 1859. Sweeping, reflective epic starring Patrick Bergin and Iain Glen