Krull

Titolo originale: Krull
Regia: Peter Yates |
Anno: 1983
Origine: Spain | United Kingdom | Italy | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Avventura Fantasy Fantascienza
Tag: kingdom | dead body | magical object | fortress | swashbuckler | doppelgänger | cyclops | changeling | dark fantasy | warrior | action hero | sword and sorcery | outer space | good versus evil |
Cast: Ken Marshall | Lysette Anthony | Freddie Jones | Francesca Annis | Alun Armstrong | David Battley | Bernard Bresslaw | Liam Neeson | John Welsh | Graham McGrath | Tony Church | Bernard Archard | Belinda Mayne | Dicken Ashworth | Todd Carty | Robbie Coltrane | Clare McIntyre | Bronco McLoughlin | Andy Bradford | Gerard Naprous | Bill Weston | Lindsay Crouse | Michael Elphick | Derek Lyons | Trevor Martin | Dinny Powell | Nosher Powell | Tom Rumpf |

Un principe insieme alla sua fratellanza cerca di salvare la sua sposa da un esercito di invasori alieni giunti improvvisamente sul loro pianeta natale.

Approfondimenti

The cast was predominantly British, including several members of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) [...] D
The cyclops says that fire mares can travel a thousand leagues in a day. A league was defined as the [...] D
During filming in the Abruzzi region in Italy the Director asked the entire crew to suggest an alter [...] D
The dub for the death screams of the Slayers was taken from the Mahar shrieks in Centro della Terra: [...] D
One of six movies Peter Yates directed for Columbia/TriStar. The films include Krull (1983), Suspect [...] D
To prepare for his role as Prince Colwyn, Ken Marshall worked out constantly prior to principal phot [...] D
Show-business trade-paper 'Variety' described the movie as "Excalibur (1981) meets Guerre stellari ( [...] D
The movie has been notable for featuring early screen appearances of Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane [...] D
In December, 1988, Lysette Anthony told Playboy Magazine that she detests the film, not only because [...] D
When the film was released on the big screen and on VHS in New Zealand, it was given a G-rating, des [...] D
Final cinema movie of actor John Welsh. D
Special make-up effects artist Christopher Tucker was originally going to design the creatures and m [...] D
A cavernous grotto, glistening gems encrusted in its walls, was a welcome set after two bitterly col [...] D
As a promotional gimmick for the film, the studio created an essay contest for people to get married [...] D
Lysette Anthony revealed in a 2018 interview that Harvey Weinstein raped her when she was 19, right [...] D
This motion picture was one of the most expensively produced of its time. D
Frank Price, then-president of Columbia Pictures, determined that an unknown American actress would [...] D
According to special make-up designer Nick Maley, the special effects character of the Beast was "th [...] D
There is a real-life "Glaive" weapon, but it is different to the fictional one seen in the movie. Th [...] D
Peter Yates's only sword and sorcery/fantasy film. D
Within weeks of the start of principal photography, the wardrobe department evolved into a showcase [...] D
This film contains several obvious similarities to The Lord of the Rings, such as the Dark Lord's Ev [...] D
The Glave turns up in the final battle sequence of Ready Player One (2018) used by Sho. D
Several games were developed and released as promotional tie-ins, including two Parker Brothers game [...] D
A short behind-the-scenes promotional documentary about the making-of the film was made for televisi [...] D
In Italy, while the main unit followed the movement of Prince Colwyn and his army across the planet [...] D
Bernard Bresslaw, who is 6'7" tall, wore lifts to make him several inches taller. D
Director Peter Yates reportedly hated making this film so much he took a vacation to the Caribbean i [...] D
Sixteen Clydesdale horses trained for months in order to play the "Fire Mares". D
A hand that could physically transform into a "Changeling Claw" was developed for the movie, but due [...] D
Stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong scoured the United Kingdom for sixteen Clydesdale horses to purchase [...] D
Images of the "Glaive" weapon object were associated with the film's promotion and frequently linked [...] D
For the final month of principal photography, the production unit moved to locations in Italy to fil [...] D
Due to poor box office results, a sequel was never produced. D
Since around 1980, this movie has been rumored to have originally been planned to tie-in with the ro [...] D
Despite being panned by critics at the time, the film has since gained a cult following. D
The movie's sole screenwriter Stanford Sherman later went on to co-write with director Stewart Raffi [...] D
Bernard Bresslaw also played the giant Gort in La spada di Hok (1980). D
For nearly four weeks, the cast and crew moved to Pinewood Studio's biggest stage used for the James [...] D
In the original screenplay, Colwyn saves Ynyr from the spider in the Widow of the Web's cave by kill [...] D
Ken Marshall's only role in a movie where he received top billing. D
Ken Marshall was cast in the lead central role in the film having portrayed the title role in the th [...] D
For the quicksand in the swamp, four tons of painted cork were used. D
Ken Marshall fashioned his performance on Errol Flynn, and performed all of his own stuntwork includ [...] D
A gymnasium, equipped with an Olympic-size trampoline, was set up in a vacant storeroom to facilitat [...] D
Freddie Jones and Francesca Annis appeared together again in Dune (1984). D
The destruction of the Black Fortress at the end was filmed upside down, so it appeared its pieces w [...] D
Prior to the departure of the cast and the majority of the crew to Italy, sixteen Clydesdale horses, [...] D
For five months, a cast and crew of several hundred created the planet of Krull, inhabiting ten soun [...] D
The Widow of the Web's aging makeup had 23 elements to apply on the actress' face, head, and body. D
One of two movies directed by Peter Yates that were first released theatrically in 1983. The other w [...] D
The production utilized ten sound stages at Pinewood Studios, including the biggest of them all, the [...] D
Forty Slayers were made for the movie. Twenty were manufactured in only ten days. D
A total of 40 Slayer costumes were made for this film. D
Twenty-three movie sets were constructed for filming. D
Princess Lyssa Lysette Anthony's voice was dubbed in the final cut by Lindsay Crouse. Robbie Coltran [...] D
Part of an early-to-mid 1980s cycle of sword and sorcery motion pictures. D
Following almost a year of pre-production, which saw Peter Yates meticulously storyboarding, product [...] D
Many movie posters for the film featured a long preamble that read: "Beyond our time, beyond our uni [...] D

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Errori

When Rell the Cyclops is being crushed supposedly between two solid walls, there is no blood, intern [...] D
At 13:00 Colwyn jumps onto a stone water basin. As he lands on the edge, big chunks of what seems to [...] D
At around 12:00 minutes during the castle fight a Slayer is killed by Colwyn. The Slayer's worm crea [...] D
When Colwyn and his allies see the Black Fortress they intend to attack he says, "It's almost dawn - [...] D
In the film a character claims that the planet is known as Krull and the main villain of the movie i [...] D
In the Emerald Seer's cave the sound of the King's men's feet doesn't match the material they are wa [...] D
As the Black Fortress falls apart a part of the rock release/activation mechanism can be seen. At 1: [...] D
During the battle in the swamp at 46:20, a Slayer is hit by Rell's trident which embeds itself firml [...] D
At around 11:30 a Slayer is knocked of the battlements by a courtier wielding a chair. At least two [...] D
When the "Fire Mares" first appear they are shod, but a later close-up of their feet (with fire) sho [...] D
At the end of the movie when Colwyn, Lyssa and their colleagues escape the dark fortress and begin c [...] D
The widow and her "reflection" of her younger self in the mirror move differently. D
When in the trapped spiked room, the spikes are obviously stopped or pulled by the actors when they [...] D
The Emerald Temple is supposedly a structure of gigantic proportions way off in the distance (around [...] D
When the bandits corral the Fire Mares in the canyon the waving arm of a crew member briefly pops ou [...] D
In the first shot of the Black Fortress, the film is being played backwards as shown by the smoke fr [...] D
When Ynyr comes back from the Widow of the Web and declares "At sunrise the Black fortress will appe [...] D
In a shot where a tiger is following Titch inside the Black Fortress, the horizontal "wipe" edit is [...] D
A bandit who is supposed to be struggling in quicksand up to his neck manages to throw Colwyn a heav [...] D
When the "Fire Mares" appear, it is obvious that some are not mares (female) at all, but some are ge [...] D
When Menno sinks in the quicksand, nobody throws a rope out to him, despite at least one of the brig [...] D
During the battle in the swamp at around 46:26, a Slayer sinks into the sandy ground after having be [...] D
During the slayers' attack on the castle during the wedding, some of them are seen climbing the wall [...] D
It's clear many of the shots of Colwyn catching the glaive one-handed are actually him throwing it p [...] D
At around 19:30 Colwyn scrambles along the side of a barren slope with very distinct features. This [...] D
When Rell the Cyclops is being crushed between the walls of the fortress, the walls are obviously ma [...] D

Frase

[Slayers are attacking the castle] Prince Colwyn: [...] D
Ergo: Rell, I'll ride with you. Rell the Cyclops: [...] D
Rhun: Rocks in our pockets and gravestones above o [...] D
Ergo: You are his queen? Princess Lyssa: Yes. Er [...] D
Prince Colwyn: Would you follow a king to the blac [...] D
Turold: From this day, my kingdom is no more. Eir [...] D
Prince Colwyn: [looking at Torquil and his men] Yo [...] D
Ynyr: I came to find a king, and I find a boy inst [...] D
Ynyr: Do not use it until you need it. Prince Col [...] D
Prince Colwyn: Who are you? Ynyr: I am Ynyr. Pri [...] D
[Colwyn and Ergo meet Torquil and his gang for the [...] D
Velta: Let me comfort you. Prince Colwyn: I can't [...] D
[Ynyr has fixed Colwyn's wounds and starts to leav [...] D
Ergo: My name is no jest, beanpole. It's all very [...] D
Ergo: Where are my papers? Blast, I must really ge [...] D
Kegan: Well. Merith: Well what? Kegan: Who's the [...] D
Prince Colwyn: The reward is freedom... and fame! [...] D
Torquil: Silence! You're surrounded by a hundred m [...] D
Princess Lyssa: Power is fleeting; love is eternal [...] D
Prince Colwyn: The forest is not safe. You best tr [...] D
Ergo: There was a difference of opinion concerning [...] D
Ynyr: In the fortress you will need more than men [...] D
Titch: We're in sight of the trees, brother. Seer [...] D
[Colwyn and Lyssa meet for the first time] Prince [...] D
Ynyr: [Last lines. Voiceover, reciting a prophecy] [...] D
Prince Colwyn: Now we have no way to find the fort [...] D
Ynyr: The beast has many weapons. This was one of [...] D
Velta: You must eat something. Prince Colwyn: I'm [...] D
Prince Colwyn: Lyssa! Ynyr: She's alive. Prince [...] D
The Beast: Love is fleeting. Power is eternal. D
Rhun: [dying] I was wrong. The journey was worthwh [...] D
Prince Colwyn: The glave is nothing but an ancient [...] D
Ynyr: We all risk our lives on this journey. My ri [...] D
Ynyr: Lyssa? Lyssa? Lyssa Widow of the Web: Who s [...] D
Rell the Cyclops: I must remain here. Prince Colw [...] D
Ergo: Got any sugarballs? Titch: No. Ergo: Gumdr [...] D
[Ynyr leaves to go see The Widow of the Web] Ynyr [...] D
Seer: The temple is at the center of the swamp whe [...] D
Seer: Here is the knowledge you seeeeeekkkk! D
Torquil: Only the king and his lord marshall have [...] D
Ynyr: We three will go on. The rest will remain he [...] D
Torquil: [about the journey and Colwyn's offer to [...] D
Torquil: [Colwyn gives the king's key to Torquil t [...] D
Ynyr: I cannot stop the sand. Lyssa Widow of the [...] D
Ergo: You are no great chooser of roads, old man. [...] D
Ergo: He marches us towards a solid face of rock. [...] D
Lyssa Widow of the Web: These are the sands of my [...] D
Ergo: Wait! Wait for me. I've just remembered, I h [...] D
[Colwyn and Lyssa are trying to escape from the sl [...] D
Ynyr: [Seeing the Widow of the Web as the Lyssa he [...] D
The Beast: You have been brought here for a marria [...] D
Prince Colwyn: You've been with us for a long way [...] D
Ynyr: [out of patience with Colwyn's attitude] The [...] D
The Beast: I will allow you to go wherever you ple [...] D
Princess Lyssa: My father says that good fighters [...] D
Eirig: We sent to you for help. Turold: None came [...] D
Ergo: If I had my wish I'd be out of this gloomy p [...] D
Torquil: I don't kill men without good reason. Pr [...] D
Ynyr: Well, I too was young once. I too loved as y [...] D
Ynyr: I seek the widow. Lyssa Widow of the Web: E [...] D

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