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Conan The Barbarian
1981
Years after the brutal murder of his parents, Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance on the evil Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). With his trusted companions, Conan has a series of marvelous adventures which culminate in a face-off against Thulsa Doom. The film, directed by John .. Read more
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cassandra Gaviola, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Sandahl Bergman |
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| Director | John Milius |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Conan The Barbarian
Years after the brutal murder of his parents, Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance on the evil Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). With his trusted companions, Conan has a series of marvelous adventures which culminate in a face-off against Thulsa Doom. The film, directed by John Milius, is vigorous and bloody sword-and-sorcery epic featuring Schwarzenegger's breakthrough role.
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cassandra Gaviola, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Sandahl Bergman, James Earl Jones, Gerry Lopez, Mako, William Smith, max von sydow (pres/narr), Max Von Sydow, Max von Sydow, Ben Davidson |
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| Director | John Milius |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 18 Apr 2005 Production year: 1981 |
| Format | DVD |
Conan The Barbarian (1981)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger may have ventured out in clothes since this movie, but here's how fans first remember him: bare and belted, a Nordic superman justified in his use of force to avenge his parents' deaths. Director John Milius quotes Nietzsche and ladles on the fantasy atmosphere with a Wagnerian flourish that's too heavyweight and humourless for its own good, and Big Arnie's, good. But the movie looks fabulous, rather like Arnie himself.
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Intolerably doomladen, slow-moving and mainly unintelligible rubbish which failed to put a lift into the long-announced sword-and-sorcery cycle.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
The ultimate fantasy/hero film
In my opinion this is the ultimate fantasy/hero film, it still looks great today and hasn't dated in the slightest. This was Arnie's first and still his best film (yes better than Terminator). He's just so perfect for the role of Conan and the script writers were right on the money by choosing to give him very little to say. Instead of the usual chatty - full of one-liners super hero, we have a dark brooding anti-hero who loves violence and has a lust for revenge.
James Earl Jones puts in a stonking performance as the villain and the rest put in more than adequate perfomances considering almost none of them come from acting backgrounds but are made up for surfers, body builders and american football players.
Ignore the terrible sequel to this film, the change in director and cast did Conan the Destoryer no favours at all. It's such a pity as there's so much left to the Conan story that we'll never get to see. -
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Classic
This film is a must see! Cinematography is excellent, settings well picked and acting excellent also - yes, even Arnie's wooden acting was not apparent on this occasion as he was made to play this role. This was the first of three films, but alas Conan the Destroyer butchered any chances of this trilogy ever happening, shame really. All the actors seemed to fit perfectly. Ask yourself who could make this fascinating story work on film in today's Hollywood listings?
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Come back Conan
- 15 Jun 2006
For many fans of Robert E Howard's fantasy novels the figure of Conan the Barbarian will be forever obscured by the spectre of one-time Austrian bodybuilder now Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. For Howard purists the Dino De Laurentiis-produced Conan The Barbarian and Conan The Destroyer proved a little less than faithful to the origins of their Hyperborean Age hero. However, it's unlikely that De Laurentiis' Conans would be viewed with the same degree of scorn reserved for the... Read more
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Conan The Barbarian
Years after the brutal murder of his parents, Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance on the evil Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). With his trusted companions, Conan has a series of marvelous adventures which culminate in a face-off against Thulsa Doom. ...
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