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ERIK IL VICHINGO

(Erik the Viking)

1989, regia di Terry Jones

Scheda: Nazione: GB-Svezia - Produzione: KB Erik the Viking, Prominent Features, Svensk Filmindustri - Distribuzione: Medusa Distribuzione, Pentavideo, Medusa Video, Orion Pictures, Transvideo - Soggetto: Terry Jones - Sceneggiatura: Terry Jones - Fotografia: Ian Wilson - Montaggio: George Akers - Costumi: Pam Tait - Musiche: Neil Innes - Effetti speciali: The Computer Film Company - Formato: Panavision Technicolor - Durata: 104' (91').

Cast: Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Tsutomu Sekine, Antony Sher, Gary Cady, Charles McKeown, Tim McInnerny, John Gordon Sinclair, Richard Ridings, Freddie Jones, Samantha Bond, Danny Schiller, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, Matyelok Gibbs.

Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - kataweb.it - mymovies.it - film.spettacolo.virgilio.it: «Nella terra dei vikinghi non sorge mai il sole. Il giovane Erik (Robbins), su consiglio della maga Freya (Kitt), prende il coraggio a quattro mani e parte verso la terra di Argard dove vivono gli Dei e gli Eroi morti in battaglia. Dopo aver sconfitto il Mostro degli Oceani e il terribile Halfaan il Nero, Erik riesce nella sua impresa, riportando finalmente il sole nella sua terra. Si sente odore di Monty Python in questo film (c'č John Cleese oltre allo stesso Terry Jones), ma non c'č la loro comicitą sfrenata. Un po' indeciso tra quella e il fantasy, Jones resta a metą del guado. Ottimo comunque Tim Robbins».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - devildead.com: «Mythology according to writer-director Terry Jones, former Monty Python member, Erik the Viking is based on stories Jones wrote for his seven-year-old son. The eponymous Erik (Tim Robbins), tired of raping and pillaging, visits the soothsayer Freya (Eartha Kitt) and asks her how to stop the destruction of the dark, war-plagued Age of Ragnarok. She sends him on a quest to the Atlantis-like Hy-Brasil to find the Horn Resounding, which he must sound three times in order to wake the gods. Then the long winter of Ragnarok will give way to a new golden age. It's a nice idea that doesn't quite work. Jones has said he conceived the film as an adventure, but Erik the Viking lacks that genre's edge-of-the-seat pace and tension. In fact it's more like a collection of extended comedy bits than a full-length feature. There are, however, some unforgettable performances, including a delightful turn by director Jones himself as King Arnulf of Hy-Brasil. John Cleese is also marvelous as the villainous Halfdan the Black. But Tim Robbins looks terribly confused in the lead, and Mickey Rooney is badly miscast in a cameo as Erik's grandfather. Despite its many flaws, children will probably enjoy Erik the Viking».

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