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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur is known for adapting The Four Feathers, the book by A.E.W. Mason published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
The Four Feathers. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1902 book
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The Four Feathers
A.E.W. Mason, 1902
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The Four Feathers
Shekhar Kapur, 2002

Set in 1885, the story follows a British officer who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment’s plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.