List of Contents

Foreword
“So what am I doing here?” – Introduction
Rorke’s Drift, by John Prebble

PART I: PREPARING FOR BATTLE
1. “All’s up with us!”
– Researching the story
2. “Because we’re here, lad”
– John Prebble
3. “We can co-operate, as they say”
– Developing the screenplay
4. “I suppose you have seniority?”
– Cy Endfield
5. “You’re a soldier now!”
– Creating the characters
6. “Welshmen will not yield”
– Stanley Baker
7. “I came up here to build a bridge”
– Making the deal

PART II: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT
8. “Fall them in, call the roll”
– Casting the actors
9. “Do carry on with your mud pies”
– Locations, props and costumes
10. “Thousands of ’em”
– Working with Zulus
11. “It’s your country, isn’t it?”
– Filming under Apartheid
12. “Damned hot work”
– Shooting the action
13. “Like a train in the distance”
– Editing and sound
14. “Sing!”
– Music and narration

PART III: VICTORY AND AFTERMATH
15. “Stuff me with green apples!”
– Censorship
16. “Dwarfing the mightiest!”
– Publicity, promotion and premieres
17. “Well, we didn’t do too badly”
– Release and box-office
18. “Volley fire present!”
– Reviews and criticism
19. “No comedians, please”
– Myths, gaffes and spoofs
20. “They’re saluting you!”
– The legacy of Zulu
21. “Was that how it was for you – the first time?”
– Zulu memories

Appendix: Draft Shooting Schedule
Credits and Crew List, Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Index

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