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How did you buy your ticket? View All Videos View All Photos Movie Info. Orphaned boy Conan Arnold Schwarzenegger is enslaved after his village is destroyed by the forces of vicious necromancer Thulsa Doom James Earl Jones , and is compelled to push "The Wheel of Pain" for many years.
Once he reaches adulthood, Conan sets off across the prehistoric landscape of the Hyborian Age in search of the man who killed his family and stole his father's sword. Fantasy, Adventure, Action. John Milius. Robert E. May 14, wide. May 30, MCA, Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan. James Earl Jones Thulsa Doom. Sandahl Bergman Valeria. Gerry Lopez Subotai. Mako The Wizard. Ben Davidson Rexor.
Sven-Ole Thorsen Thorgrim. Max von Sydow King Osric. Valerie Quennessen The Princess. Cassandra Gaviola The Witch. William Smith Conan's Father. John Milius Director. Howard Writer. John Milius Screenwriter.
Oliver Stone Screenwriter. Edward Summer Writer. Constantine Conte Executive Producer. Dino De Laurentiis Executive Producer. Raffaella De Laurentiis Producer. Buzz Feitshans Producer. Edward R. Pressman Producer. Edward Summer Associate Producer. Basil Poledouris Original Music. Duke Callaghan Cinematographer.
Schwarzenegger's slight Teutonic accent is actually even an advantage, since Conan lived, of course, in the eons before American accents. The movie is a triumph of production design, set decoration, special effects and makeup.
At a time when most of the big box-office winners display state-of-the-art technology, "Conan" ranks right up there with the best. Ron Cobb, the sometime underground cartoonist who did the production design on this film and on " Alien " supervises an effort in which the individual frames actually do look like blow-ups of panels from the Marvel Comics "Conan" books.
Since this Conan could have so easily looked ridiculous, that's an accomplishment. But there is one aspect of the film I'm disturbed by. It involves the handling of Thulsa Doom, the villain. He is played here by the fine black actor James Earl Jones , who brings power and conviction to a role that seems inspired in equal parts by Hitler, Jim Jones, and Goldfinger. But when Conan and Doom meet at the top of the Mountain of Power, it was, for me, a rather unsettling image to see this Nordic superman confronting a black, and when Doom's head was sliced off and contemptuously thrown down the flight of stairs by the muscular blond Conan, I found myself thinking that Leni Reifenstahl could have directed the scene, and that Goebbels might have applauded it.
Am I being too sensitive? But when Conan appeared in the pulps of the s, the character suggested in certain unstated ways the same sort of Nordic super-race myths that were being peddled in Germany. These days we are more innocent again, and Conan is seen as a pure fantasy, like his British cousin, Tarzan, or his contemporary, Flash Gordon. My only reflection is that, at a time when there are no roles for blacks in Hollywood if they are not named Richard Pryor , it is a little unsettling to see a great black actor assigned to a role in which he is beheaded by a proto-Nordic avenger.
That complaint aside, I enjoyed "Conan. After the initial premise which usually involves revenge is established, we suspect there's little to look forward to except the sets, special effects, costumes, makeup, locations, action, and surprise entrances.
Almost by definition, these movies exclude the possibility of interesting, complex characters. He didn't say much about what the story for this follow-up would have been but expressed a desire to include more creatures in the franchise, which budget issues prevented on Conan The Barbarian.
Following the failure of Conan The Barbarian Momoa later opened up about the movie's issues. While he felt he worked hard to bring the character to life, he also felt the movie fell short in other areas, which is likely a reference to its undercooked story. Following the box-office failure of 's Conan The Barbarian , various efforts have been made to continue the series with spinoffs or reboots.
Djimon Hounsou spent years developing a movie about Thulsa Doom, the evil sorcerer played by James Earl Jones in the movie, while Amber Heard was once linked to a Red Sonja project. The most exciting of these was The Legend Of Conan , where Arnold Schwarzenegger would have returned for a direct sequel to the original. This entry was likened to Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven , but the studio ultimately passed on producing it, likely due to the failure of several Schwarzenegger's most recent movies.
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