The War Lord (1965)

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers:

John Collier (writer)
Millard Kaufman (writer)
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Release Date:

17 noviembre 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed...

Plot Keywords:

Historical | 10th Century | Castle | Medieval | Norman

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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Cast

Charlton Heston	...	Chrysagon
Richard Boone	...	Bors
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Bronwyn
Maurice Evans	...	Priest
Guy Stockwell	...	Draco
Niall MacGinnis	...	Odins
James Farentino	...	Marc
Henry Wilcoxon	...	Frisian Prince
Sammy Ross	...	Volc
Woodrow Parfrey	...	Piet
John Alderson	...	Holbracht
Allen Jaffe	...	Tybald
Michael Conrad	...	Rainault
Dal Jenkins	...	Dirck
Johnny Jensen	...	Boy Prince
Forrest Wood	...	Chrysagon Man
Belle Mitchell	...	Old Woman
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Paul Frees	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Franklin J. Schaffner		(as Franklin S. Schaffner)

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
John Collier		writer
Millard Kaufman		writer
Leslie Stevens		play "The Lovers"

Producida por
Walter Seltzer	....	producer

Música original por
Jerome Moross
Hans J. Salter

Fotografía por
Russell Metty

Montaje por
Folmar Blangsted

Dirección artística
Henry Bumstead
Alexander Golitzen

Decorados
Oliver Emert
John McCarthy Jr.

Diseño de vestuario por
Vittorio Nino Novarese

Departamento de maquillaje
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Norman Deming	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Joe Canutt	....	action sequences director
Douglas Green	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jim Danforth	....	property maker (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
William Russell	....	sound
Waldon O. Watson	....	sound

Efectos especiales
Albert Whitlock	....	matte supervisor

Visual Effects
Jim Danforth	....	art department model maker (uncredited)

Especialistas
Joe Canutt	....	stunt coordinator
Joe Canutt	....	stunts
Hal Needham	....	stunts
Jerry Brown	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Orrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Shannon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Sheppard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buddy Van Horn	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Eliot Elisofon	....	color consultant

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Frank Khoury	....	driver (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Ray Berwick	....	bird trainer
Vittorio Nino Novarese	....	technical advisor
Kenny Williams	....	choreographer: fertiltiy routine

Production Companies

• Court Productions
• Fraser Productions
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

También conocida como:

Señor de la guerra, El (Spain) [es]

Duración:

France:122 min | USA:123 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16 (nf)

Filming Locations:

Colusa County, California, USA

Company:

Court Productions

Trivialidades:

According to Charlton Heston's published diaries, "Charlton Heston: The Actor's Life; Journals 1956-1976" he wanted Julie Christie to be his co-star, but she was vetoed by the studio.

Quotes:

Chrysagon: From under his right hand, I took that sword. I've lived twenty years with that cold wife.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bowling for Columbine (2002)

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Costume pictures often reek of Classics Illustrated comic books. This is among the few whose script as released is not an insult.

This movie's atmosphere is incredibly strong - I was absolutely sure that this was shot on location in Europe until I recognized the Universal hillside around twenty minutes from the end. Rarely does a Hollywood film hide its backlot origins so thoroughly.

If you want a movie about long ago and far away, this one is highly recommendable, unless of course you need light sabers or all-powerful rings to hold your attention.

Minor drawbacks must be acknowledged. The girl can't deliver her lines, there's a handful of process shots in one sequence where the black lines around the actors' heads are visible, and Paul Frees not only delivers the opening narration but voices both the jester and Michael Conrad, later familiar from "Hill Street Blues." Someone in Universal's sound department thought that Frees' voice blended in; it doesn't. (You can hear Frees as four separate characters in "Spartacus." And "Flight From Ashiya" sets some kind of record.)

None of these quibbles matter. The "War Lord" is romantic, poetic, mildly gritty (by today's standards), the cinematography and music are gorgeous and the closing action sequences feature classic Hollywood stunts by Joe Canutt, Hal Needham, Richard Farnsworth and Buddy Van Horn.

This database lists at least 250,000 worse ways to spend two hours than "The War Lord." Make yourself comfortable and enjoy.