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Vichinghi e popoli del Nord - Artů, Lancillotto, Ivanhoe e dintorni

il mistero del principe valiant

(Prince Valiant)

1997, regia di Anthony Hickox

Scheda: Nazione: Irlanda-GB-Germania - Produzione: Constantin Film Produktion - Distribuzione: Cecchi Gori, 20th Century Fox, Constantin Film, Lusomundo, VCL Communications - Soggetto (dai fumetti di Hal Foster): Michael Frost Beckner - Sceneggiatura: Michael Frost Beckner, Anthony Hickox, Carsten H.W. Lorenz - Fotografia: Roger Lanser - Montaggio: Robert L. Simpson - Scenografie: Bernhard Henrich, Sonja Klaus - Musiche: David Bergeaud - Effetti speciali: Michael Luppino, Uli Nefzer, Adrian Banton, Kevin Phelan - Formato: Color - Durata: 92'.

Cast: Jodie Kidd, Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann, Edward Fox, Udo Kier, Warwick Davis, Ben Pullen, Zach Galligan, Marcus Schenkenberg, Joanna Lumley, Ron Perlman, Anthony Hickox, Peri Callimanopulos, Matthew Downes, Chesney Hawkes, Hamish Campbell-Robertson, Walter Gotell, Gavan O'Herlihy.

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Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - film.tv.it - cinema.it.msn.com - it.movies.yahoo.com: «Siamo ai tempi di re Artů, con annessi cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda e scudieri rampanti. Valiant č uno di questi: si sostituisce al padrone gravemente ferito, sconfigge in duello il principe Arn, sposo promesso della splendida principessa Ilene, e si insedia nel cuore di lei. Ma la vita non č una soap opera: mentre i cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda sbevazzano e spadazzano ai tornei, i rudi vichinghi, sobillati da Sligon e dalla fata Morgana, si introducono a castello e trafugano la mitica Excalibur. Artů incolpa del furto gli innocenti scozzesi, si prepara a dare guerra e ordina a Valiant di portare in salvo la bella Ilene in Galles. Ma lungo il viaggio...».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - mooviees.com - tvguide.com - superheroeslives.com - allwatchers.com - filmtracks.com: «Harold R. Foster's Arthurian comic strip has remained popular for more than half a century, and has inspired both live-action and animated adaptations onto the screen. The 1954 Fox film, with an impressive cast and budget, was for a long time the only Prince Valiant representation on film. The 1990's brought new life to the comic with the animated series that became a staple of The Family Channel. As could be predicted, the renewed attention to the series caused more interest to rise for the prospect of another live-action film. In 1997, director Anthony Hickox, who had envisioned a Valiant-gone-James-Bond kind of twist on the story, ended up producing in Germany a more traditional rendering of the tale. In English, the film was quick in production, short on money, and creative in its special effects solutions. The task was just as fluid for composer David Bergeaud. Known best for his work on the television shows Earth 2 and The Outer Limits, Bergeaud was originally challenged to produce a Prince Valiant score that melded traditional orchestral elements with modern rock instrumentation. Yet, as the production of the film focused more on a straight, non-Bond portrayal of Valiant, Bergeaud eventually dropped the rock elements and produced a solely orchestral and similarly synthesized score. Given the film's dramatic post-production edits, the score's mere existence in its current form serves as testimony to Bergeaud's editing effort...» (David Bergeaud).

Approfondimenti: Movie Review

Conosciuto anche con il titolo: Prinz Eisenherz.

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