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Conan the Barbarian

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6.8/10 • 2.6K

1982-04-02 • 2h 9m

AdventureFantasyAction

Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King.

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

Directors
John Milius
Characters
Robert E. Howard
Editors
Carroll Timothy O'Meara

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  1. Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Conan

  2. James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones

    Thulsa Doom

  3. Max von Sydow

    Max von Sydow

    King Osric

  4. Sandahl Bergman

    Sandahl Bergman

    Valeria

  5. Ben Davidson

    Ben Davidson

    Rexor

  6. Cassandra Gava

    Cassandra Gava

    The Witch

  7. Gerry Lopez

    Gerry Lopez

    Subotai

  8. Mako

    Mako

    The Wizard / Narrator

  9. Valérie Quennessen

    Valérie Quennessen

    The Princess

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talisencrw

Apr 28, 2016

8/10

Though definitely a guilty pleasure from the cheesy 80's of which I grew up, this is such outstandingly fun. It's so unique a cinematic experience, knowing what we know of Schwarzenegger's life and career the 34 years since, seeing him at this juncture, as he's just starting out. (No, I haven't seen 'Stay Hungry' yet.) Part of me always wishes he had simply stuck to these films (as well as the 'Terminator' series), and was still making them. In his prime, I dare you to find anyone better at this kind of material. Director Milius has a fine feel for the swords-and-sandals/fantasy worldscape this material requires. An excellent and underrated supporting cast is here at well to help Arnie out, too.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$73,951,475.00
Keywords
epicbased on novel or bookgladiatorfightmagicrepaymentmythologydespotblack magicwarlordstone agethiefbarbarianwizardwarriorserpentaction herosword and sorcerymysticismgood versus evilirreverentgrandadmiring