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Conan the Barbarian

Year:

1982

Duration:

129 min

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

John Milius

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1982-05-14

Filming Locations: Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Earnings

Budget: $20,000,000

Opening Weekend: $9,603,139 (USA) (14 May 1982)

Gross: $38,511,612 (USA) (5 July 1982)

Cast

Actor

Character

Franco Columbu

Conan the Barbarian

Leslie Foldvary

Conan the Barbarian

Nadiuska

Conan the Barbarian

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Conan

James Earl Jones

Thulsa Doom

Max von Sydow

King Osric

Sandahl Bergman

Valeria

Ben Davidson

Rexor

Cassandra Gava

The Witch

Gerry Lopez

Subotai

Mako

The Wizard / Narrator

Valérie Quennessen

The Princess

William Smith

Conan's Father

Luis Barboo

Red Hair

Gary Herman

Osric's Guard

Erik Holmey

Turanian War Officer

Akio Mitamura

Mongol General

Jorge Sanz

Young Conan

Jack Taylor

Priest

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Thorgrim

Kiyoshi Yamasaki

Sword Master

Pilar Alcón

Orgy Slave Girl (uncredited)

Florencio Amarilla

Man (uncredited)

Ron Cobb

Black Lotus Street Peddler

Dragon Dronet

Pit Fighter

Donald Gibb

Osric's Guard

Andrea Guzon

Breeding Woman (uncredited)

Corrie Jansen

Beautiful Woman Jumping to her Death (uncredited)

Celia Milius

High Priestess (uncredited)

John Milius

Foodseller in the Old City

Did you know?

Trivia

The script called for weapons of many different kinds.

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When this film was released, audiences filled up three auditoriums; a third of the audience were made up of bodybuilders. People lined up around the block in 16 cities for up to eight hours to see it.

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John Milius hired Ron Cobb to be the production designer after seeing his work on Alien (1979).

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Goofs

During the orgy battle, Conan slashes a priest across his belly. The actor can be seen pulling a cord to operate a blood pack visible beneath his clothing.

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When Thulsa Doom's followers throw their torches into the fountain after his death, one extra is seen to be wearing white sneakers under his priest's robe.

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When Conan is being chased by dogs about 25 minutes into the film, at least two of the dogs are German Shepherds. This breed was not created until the 1890s.

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Quotes

Conan: Adieu!

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Conan's Father: For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. This you can trust.

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Subotai: Hey, old man, where did you get this stuff?

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Faq

Is the Extended Cut on the Blu-ray different to the known Extended Version?

Yes but only on the US Blu-ray an Extended Cut is featured that differs from the known Extended Version. While the old US DVD is identical to the Extended Cut of the UK Blu-ray, they changed back an alteration between theatrical version and the Extended Cut for the US Blu-ray. In other words, the US Blu-ray features at a certain point an alternative scene of the theatrical version, while the old US DVD and the new UK Blu-ray contain the alternative scene of the Extended Version.In addition, the UK Blu-ray shows either the additionally censored UK version of the Extended Cut or the uncensored version, depending on the settings of the Blu-ray player. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

Why was Arnold cast as Conan?

In the Making of Conan documentary on the DVD. Ed Pressman stated that he had seen Pumping Iron, the feature length documentary about Arnold's days as a champion body builder and Arnold had become a household name and had thought Conan was the perfect role for Arnold.

Was Valeria a virgin when she met Conan?

Possibly. That would explain her shy, hesitant response to his seducing her with the red jewel known as the Eye of the Serpent.

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