When was conan the barbarian filmed

Director Marcus Nispel. Top credits Director Marcus Nispel. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Gore Trailer. International Trailer. Trailer 2. Teaser Trailer. Clip Conan the Barbarian. Photos Top cast Edit. Jason Momoa Conan as Conan. Ron Perlman Corin as Corin. Rose McGowan Marique as Marique.

Rachel Nichols Tamara as Tamara. Bob Sapp Ukafa as Ukafa. Steven O'Donnell Lucius as Lucius. Nonso Anozie Artus as Artus. Raad Rawi Fassir as Fassir. Laila Rouass Fialla as Fialla. Milton Welsh Remo as Remo. Nathan Jones Akhun as Akhun. Ioan Karamfilov Donal as Donal. Marcus Nispel. Sep 21, The movie that put Arnold on the map to becoming one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, The film itself is ok, Nothing brilliant but for its year it was pretty fun, Maybe not as fun as it should of been, It had some good and bloody action scenes and the effects were pretty good for its day, Just your typical revenge plot and it's not greatly acted, Arnold did ok but his main acting goal was to flex whenever the camera was on him, Although what's not to love about him knocking out a camel with one punch or biting off the neck of a vulture Great stuff It's a film that just about stands the test of time mainly due to the fact it's the film that created the legend Mr.

Jamie C Super Reviewer. Mar 09, The first film to get Arnie on the way to the man he is today, and the first of three very similar fantasy flicks.

Based on a pulp comic character from the 30's this film franchise turned the idea on its head and into a cult spanning many different formats and influencing other fantasy films, it also helped some videogames along the way.

The plot is simple, Conan is taken from his family who have been conveniently killed by a band of nasty warriors dressed in black. He is put into slavery and made to do hard labour for the rest of his foreseeable future. The torturous slavery makes Conan big and strong despite the apparent lack of decent food, nutrients, fishfingers or milk. He eventually is sold into gladiatorial fighting where he becomes a brilliant battler and swordsman and wins his freedom.

From there on he's off to avenge his families death, as you do. Obvious premise but its an old film folks. Yes the film is old, back in 82 things were different, what you see now when watching is a horribly cliched, predictable, hammy, semi cheap looking mess, but back then it was fresh All the bad guys wear black and look a bit camp with their wigs and handlebar moustaches, you wonder why exactly these groups of bad guys always attack and kill helpless useless peasants, what's in it for them?

Yeah I know I'm being picky, it matters not really, the film is old and all these barbarian films are pretty much the same, its all about the spectacle and fantasy right. This first film is definitely more adult than the rest, lots of blood splashing about with limbs being hacked off Yet despite that there isn't too much action really, more character development surprisingly and what action there is has some nice effects too, nice snake work and some nice animated spirits also.

To be honest I've actually always preferred the original 'Beastmaster' film over Conan. There a few nice moments in this but really its pretty tepid, if only 'The Beastmaster' starred Arnie. And what the hell was that huge wheel thing Conan pushes for half his life suppose to be? In the end the final teasing image and narration about King Conan is actually far more interesting and intriguing than the film that preceded it. Phil H Super Reviewer. May 03, It's Arnold Schwarzenegger's seminal role Conan the Barbarian.

Based on Robert E. Howard's fantasy series, Conan and his band of thieves are hired to free a king's daughter from the clutches of an evil sorcerer.

While Schwarzenegger doesn't do much "acting" per se, he has a tremendous screen presence that carries the film. Additionally, Basil Poledouris provides a majestic score which does an excellent job at giving the film an epic feel. However, there are some pacing issues that cause the film to drag at times, and the storytelling is a rather weak.

Still, Conan the Barbarian is a classic '80s action film that delivers a thrilling adventure. Dann M Super Reviewer. Oct 30, And, mind you, this movie is over 2 hours long. The titular character, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, gets his first line approximately 20 minutes into the picture. Probably a good idea, since he appears labored each time he speaks. There's also a bigger problem, something in the script stage which should have been worked out ahead of production: the film feels like it was designed to be broken up into smaller adventures for a future release.

Scenes fade to black after an action sequence and, truth be told, I could imagine the screenwriters adapting Conan comic books for this film, taking random books and trying to make them go together.

Not much of it makes sense, though I'm not sure it's supposed to. This is designed to be goofy fun, mimicking the original source material. It's not the exact spot. But again you can see the mountains that you see in the movie at the bottom when Conan arrives riding a horse before meeting the wizzard, if you place yourself there with google earth. Interiors like the orgy, the kitchen same stage of the orgy , tower of set, etc, were filmed inside of the abandoned tractor factory in fuenlabrada, Madrid.

For this purpose, Milius hired Basil Poledouris, a former classmate from the film department at the University of Southern California, and tasked him to make "a continuous musical drama. The violent early portions of the movie are filled with intense pieces including "Anvil of Crom", played by 24 french horns, strings and timpani, and "Riders of Doom", loosely inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's score to Alexander Nevsky.

Thulsa Doom's theme, which recurs throughout the film, is based on the Gregorian chant, "Dies Irae". A number of quieter pieces fill the middle of the movie, including "Civilization", "The Leaving", and "The Search", before the music again intensifies for a series of battle sequences at the end of the film. Several of the pieces, including the "Anvil of Crom" are frequently used in the trailers of other films by Universal Pictures.

Much of the film's music was also reused in Conan the Destroyer. Translation of "fati" as "of Doom", i. In the silent film Cabiria , a slave named Maciste pushes a mill wheel for ten years just as Conan does. Conan Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Conan the Barbarian movie. Edit source History Talk 4. Thulsa Doom. King Osric.

Cancel Save. The ambitious young Stone approached the film as the first of twelve projected stories, picturing Schwarzenegger returning every year or two to do a new one a la the James Bond franchise. His storytelling had the feel of a fever dream, a quality undoubtedly exacerbated by Stone's heavy drug use at the time. Pressman described the script as "hell on Earth," something akin to Dante's Inferno. Meanwhile, Pressman was experiencing difficulties finding a director.

Stone, who had always wanted to direct, was briefly considered as an option to co-direct alongside Joe Alves, an FX man and second unit director on Jaws 2. Alan Parker's name was brought up at one point. De Laurentiis liked the script despite thinking it was too violent and, after an extended period of negotiations, bought it and took over control of financing and production.

Pressman retained a co-producer credit and approval rights over changes to the script, cast and crew. Ever the out-of-the-box thinker, De Laurentiis decided to approach John Milius — writer of the ultraviolent Dirty Harry and Magnum Force — to direct the film and rework the screenplay. Milius had already shown interest in the project but remained wary, given the over-the-top nature of Stone's first draft.

Finally, spurred on by his friend Ron Cobb, he agreed to join the project on the condition that he be allowed to rewrite the screenplay to reflect his own distinctive interests. Milius was already infamous in Hollywood as one of the most iconoclastic of the New Hollywood film brats. An avid surfer and adrenaline junkie, he was also obsessed with Japanese culture, particularly its more militaristic aspects.

A big fan of films like Seven Samurai and Kwaidan , he worked much of their aesthetic into his work on Conan. The latter film, for example, was the inspiration for the painted symbols and angry ghosts that appear in Conan's post-crucifixion resurrection ritual.

Milius retained many scenes from the first half of Stone's draft — the Tree of Woe, the Tower of Set sequence — but discarded the mutant-heavy second half. His personal 'survival of the fittest' philosophy informed much of what he brought to the new screenplay, including the extended prologue depicting Conan's evolution from weedy kid to grain-grinder to muscled warrior.

While working on the script, Milius had one group of researchers digging up material on ancient cults and another compiling information on early weapons and their usage. Milius and Ron Cobb wanted a consistent and relatively believable world and, to this end, studied Celtic and Nordic design and history in order to picture the cultural forces that had shaped them.

In other words: what might the world have looked like a millennium or two before the Celts and Nords as we know them? Howard's story 'The Phoenix and the Sword.

Production designer Ron Cobb, who worked on Star Wars , Alien and Raiders of the Lost Ark , said that he didn't want to be too explicit in showing historical influences:. I've then combined, refined and repeated those designs all throughout the picture, applying them when necessary. This has resulted in a fair amount of that design history being obscured to the viewer, and to me too, for that matter. That's interesting, that much of the symbology I'm applying has become a mystery even to me.

I think it's much more important, in the sense of design, to be as original and consistent as possible in this picture and to evoke a sense of mystery and purpose, rather than spell everything out. I don't think that kind of underlining is really necessary. Cobb said he enjoyed "being able to create a realistic, believable prehistory.

Milius was a big fan of legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta's paintings of Conan and his world. As Cobb tells Cinefantastique' s Paul Sammon: "in certain cases it really is better, if you're filming a pre-existing character, not to have had any prior experience with him.

Neither John nor I really knew much about Conan before we started this. Milius did his research, though, reading much of Howard's work before filming. He tells Sammon: "Howard is not a writer that I would say was going to be influential on my work for the rest of my life — he's not Melville or Conrad — but he had some great images and visions… Most importantly, Howard and I share the same view of civilization.

Which is, to put it mildly, a highly skeptical one. Finally, Milius also incorporated bits and pieces from post-Howard Conan stories and comics. For example, the scene in which Conan finds his sword in the tomb of a long-dead Atlantean king is taken from L. Schwarzenegger was the only one who had already been cast before Milius was hired.

He actually slimmed down from his bodybuilder's physique for the role of Conan, taking up swimming and running. Schwarzenegger loved playing Conan, telling Cinefantastique 's Sammon: "One of the qualities of movie acting is that it allows you to play.

And it's fun to swing a sword and see someone die in a gush of blood. This is like being a kid and playing Cowboys and Indians all over again. In those days before his superstardom, Schwarzenegger praised Milius for his then-unusual casting choices: "Milius is the only guy who would hire me and Gerry and Sandahl for [Conan]…The majority of directors would have only looked at those actors who were bankable.

Someone else, for example, might have picked Charles Bronson and then just rewritten the script, picking up Conan from the time he was I think that picking us took an enormous amount of courage on John's part.

According to Milius, many of the roles were given to novice actors because their appearances and personalities lined up with the parts. The director cast his long-time surfing buddy Gerry Lopez as Subotai the thief. Lopez tells Sammon: "John and I have one thing strongly in common. We both grew up in fantasy worlds, of war and warriors, and we've both managed to carry those things through to adulthood.

Milius wanted to cast a dancer as Valeria, and ended up choosing Sandahl Bergman on the recommendation of Bob Fosse, who had directed her in All That Jazz. Like Schwarzenegger, Bergman enjoyed the physicality of the role, telling Sammon: "All this hacking and stabbing is great fun. It's also given [the cast] a chance to learn a marvelous variety of martial arts.