Un guerriero barbaro decide di vendicare la morte dei suoi genitori e della sua tribù, massacrati da un malvagio stregone ed i suoi seguaci quando era solo un bambino.Un guerriero barbaro decide di vendicare la morte dei suoi genitori e della sua tribù, massacrati da un malvagio stregone ed i suoi seguaci quando era solo un bambino.Un guerriero barbaro decide di vendicare la morte dei suoi genitori e della sua tribù, massacrati da un malvagio stregone ed i suoi seguaci quando era solo un bambino.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 2 vittorie e 10 candidature totali
- King Osric
- (as Max Von Sydow)
- The Witch
- (as Cassandra Gaviola)
- The Princess
- (as Valerie Quennessen)
- Turanian War Officer
- (as Erick Holmey)
Recensioni in evidenza
As an actor, five times Mr. Universe and seven times Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger might only be slightly less wooden than The Tree of Woe to which he is nailed, but with more muscle mass in one arm than the average man has in his entire body, he makes a perfect Conan the Barbarian. As expected, Arnold mauls his dialogue like he's chewing on a vulture's neck, but he gives the role everything he's got, especially when it comes to swinging a sword and slicing up men like they're so much Extrawurst. Arnie flexes his muscles, blood and limbs fly in all directions, and Hollywood's greatest action star is born.
Milius's film might threaten to become mired by a sense of self importance at times, but with bags of atmosphere, superb production design by Ron Cobb, and stunning cinematography, plus oodles of brutal hacking and slashing, all accompanied by a breath-taking symphonic score by Basil Poledouris, Arnie's first major movie ultimately emerges triumphant.
Conan has a sweeping epic feel, and is heavily dependent upon and driven by its setting and music to a degree that is very rare. As important as the deeds of the legendary hero, which are shown in brief and violent spurts of action, are the place and the culture that shaped that legend. The journey that created the myth, in short, is equal to the myth itself, and this is the logic and justification for the setting-heavy approach taken by Milius. And Basil Poledouris' wonderful music, which starts out Wagnerian and brassy, but adds middle Eastern touches as Conan's journey takes him in that direction, tracks along with Conan to show up the breadth of his epic journey while celebrating his heroic achievements.
Ultimately the story that gets told is somewhat less worthy of Milius' Wagnerian ambitions than are the music and the visuals, but the overall results more than justify the effort, especially when compared to the Italian sword and sandal knock-offs which followed this much copied but never equaled classic of the fantasy genre.
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- QuizArnold Schwarzenegger called Max von Sydow the first "incredible dramatic actor" he ever worked with. He finds von Sydow's performance "staggering."
- BlooperWhen Conan leaves the wizard to go to the mountain on the camel, he carries a bunch of purple flowers. By the time he reaches the mountain, the flowers are white.
- Citazioni
Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
- Curiosità sui crediti"A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALFREDO"
- Versioni alternativeUK version is cut by 19 secs to remove horse falls (one of which can still be seen in the accompanying documentary on the UK DVD) and the sex scene with the witch is shortened to remove one brief shot of her bare behind and to reduce her groaning sounds from 6 to 3. The 2007 Definitive Edition DVD remains cut for horsefalls though the sex scene is intact.
- ConnessioniEdited into Hercules: Les Contemptibles (1997)
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Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paesi di origine
- Siti ufficiali
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Conan, el bárbaro
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Aziende produttrici
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 20.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 39.565.475 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 9.603.139 USD
- 16 mag 1982
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 68.851.475 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione
- 2h 9min(129 min)
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1