Conan the Barbarian
Director: John Milius
Genre: Adventure, Action, Sword and sorcery, Costume drama, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Thriller, Sword and sorcery films, Fantasy Adventure
Year: 1982
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: James Earl Jones, William Smith, Sandahl Bergman, Gerry Lopez, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Franco Columbu, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mako, Jack Taylor, Max von Sydow, Valerie Quennessen, Ben Davidson, Gary Herman, Luis Barboo, Leslie Foldvary, Erik Holmey, Cassandra Gava
Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 fantasy film. It is based on the stories by Robert E. Howard, a pulp fiction writer of the 1930s, about the adventures of the eponymous character in a fictional pre-historic world of dark magic and savagery. The film adaptation was written and directed by John Milius, and produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis and Buzz Feitshans. Basil Poledouris provided the music. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a young barbarian (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents. The target of his hatred is Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult.
Ideas for a film about Conan were proposed as early as 1970. A concerted effort by Edward R. Pressman and Edward Summer to produce the film started in 1975. It took them two years to obtain the film rights, after which they recruited Schwarzenegger for the lead role and Oliver Stone to draft a script. Pressman lacked capital for the endeavor, and in 1979, after having his proposals for investments rejected by the major studios, he sold the project to Raffaella's father, Dino. Milius was appointed as director and he rewrote Stone's script. The final
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