IN AN AGE when blood and gore realism was a hallmark and element of so many pictures, SWASHBUCKLER offers a quaint bit of contrast. Without doing a total number on a particular genre a la AIRPLANE, this film hearkens back to the likes of THE SEAHAWK and THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD both with the greatest of all screen Swashbucklers, Errol Flynn.
IN SETTING UP the production, the producer/director/casting agency all quickly got on the same page. Meticulously designing, constructing and executing a film that had nothing quite like it at that point in time.
IN BRINGING TOGETHER a cast which would do justice to their vision of the story, they went with top talent; all of whom just happened to be "Hot Box Office". Robert Shaw (THE STING, JAWS), James Earl Jones, Genevieve Bujold (ANNE OF AS THOUSAND DAYS, EARTHQUAKE)_, Peter Boyle (JOE, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE)and Beau Bridges making up the major players, were all at the top of their collective game and at Box Office $$$$.
THE INCLUSION OF great sets, location shooting, costuming, weaponry and the all important "Pirate Ships" easily transported us from 20th century America to a 17th century "Spanish Maine" (the Carribbean).
THE PURPOSE OF doing the film in this manner was to make a very untypical picture for the '70's. We the audience were invited to see an "Old Fashioned" movie, through the eyes of a kid; the way that we should view life, itself.
WHY THEY PROBABLY could have garnered an unthinkable "G" Rating!
HORRORS, NOT THAT!
"Highly Recommended" (and little seen today)!
IN SETTING UP the production, the producer/director/casting agency all quickly got on the same page. Meticulously designing, constructing and executing a film that had nothing quite like it at that point in time.
IN BRINGING TOGETHER a cast which would do justice to their vision of the story, they went with top talent; all of whom just happened to be "Hot Box Office". Robert Shaw (THE STING, JAWS), James Earl Jones, Genevieve Bujold (ANNE OF AS THOUSAND DAYS, EARTHQUAKE)_, Peter Boyle (JOE, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE)and Beau Bridges making up the major players, were all at the top of their collective game and at Box Office $$$$.
THE INCLUSION OF great sets, location shooting, costuming, weaponry and the all important "Pirate Ships" easily transported us from 20th century America to a 17th century "Spanish Maine" (the Carribbean).
THE PURPOSE OF doing the film in this manner was to make a very untypical picture for the '70's. We the audience were invited to see an "Old Fashioned" movie, through the eyes of a kid; the way that we should view life, itself.
WHY THEY PROBABLY could have garnered an unthinkable "G" Rating!
HORRORS, NOT THAT!
"Highly Recommended" (and little seen today)!