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Thulsa Doom, der grausame Hohepriester des Schlangenkultes, überfällt mit seinen Kriegern ein wehrloses Dorf. Gnadenlos tötet er alle Bewohner, unter anderem auch die Eltern des kleinen Conan, und verschleppt die Kinder als Sklaven. 15 Jahre. Conan der Barbar ist ein zum Genre des Barbarenfilms zählender Low-Fantasy-Film und Genreklassiker von nach Motiven von Robert E. Howard, der seit. Conan the Barbarian ist der Originaltitel von: Conan der Barbar, Romanfigur des Autors Robert E. Howard und Vorlage der nachfolgenden Auflistungen; Conan. Schon gewusst? Conan war Deutscher! Vor 38 Jahren kam der Film ins Kino, der Arnold Schwarzenegger zum Hollywoodstar machte. infinityfishing.eu: Finden Sie Conan - Der Barbar (Special Edition) in unserem vielfältigen DVD- & Blu-ray-Angebot. Gratis Versand durch Amazon ab einem. infinityfishing.eu: Finden Sie Conan 1 - Der Barbar [Blu-ray] in unserem vielfältigen DVD- & Blu-ray-Angebot. Gratis Versand durch Amazon ab einem Bestellwert von. Der Babar Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger), in seiner Kindheit von einem bösen Priester verschleppt und zur Sklaverei verdammt, sucht nach Rache.
A source close to the production said this was done because Lopez failed to "[maintain] a certain quality to his voice. Sean Connery and John Huston were considered for the other roles.
He and the film crew coordinated their schedules to allow him to join the play's remaining performances. The Japanese-American actor Mako Iwamatsu, known professionally as " Mako ", was brought onto the project by Milius for his experience; [58] he had played roles in many plays and films and had been nominated for Academy Awards and a Tony.
Milius hired more than 1, extras in Spain. The drafting of a story for a Conan film started in ; Summer conceived a script with the help of Roy Thomas , [33] a comic-book writer and Conan expert who had been writing the character's adventures for years for Marvel Comics.
Their script was abandoned when Oliver Stone joined the project. His screenplay was written under the influence of the drugs [75] and the result was what Milius called a "total drug fever dream", albeit an inspired one.
When Milius was appointed as director, he took over the task of writing the screenplay. The Japanese supernatural tale of " Hoichi the Earless ", as portrayed in Masaki Kobayashi 's Kwaidan , inspired the painting of symbols on Conan's body and the swarm of ghosts during the barbarian's resurrection, [83] and Akira Kurosawa 's Seven Samurai influenced Milius's vision of Conan's final battle against Doom's men.
Milius felt, "all the basic emotions [in the script] are always accessible to audiences. All of the things that Conan does we all feel ourselves.
He just acts on them with more intensity than we do. He is a character who relies on the animal. And I always believe that the animal instincts are often the worst part of them.
All you do when you evolve is corrupt yourself sooner or later. King Conan [86]. Filming started at England's Shepperton Studios in October , with Schwarzenegger, made up to look like Conan as a king in his old age, reading an excerpt from "The Nemedian Chronicles", which Howard had penned to introduce his Conan stories.
This footage was initially intended to be a trailer, but Milius decided to use it as the opening sequence of the film, instead. The initial location for principal photography was former Yugoslavia, but because of concerns over the country's stability after the death of its head of state, Josip Broz Tito , and the fact that the Yugoslavian film industry proved ill-equipped for large-scale film production, the producers elected to move the project to Spain, which was cheaper and where resources were more easily available.
It took several months to relocate; [90] the crew and equipment arrived in September, [91] and filming started on January 7, The Tree of Woe was layers of plaster and Styrofoam applied onto a skeleton of wood and steel.
It was mounted on a turntable, allowing it to be rotated to ensure the angle of the shadows remained consistent throughout three days of filming.
Schwarzenegger sat on a bicycle seat mounted in the tree while fake nails were affixed to his wrists and feet.
It was expensive to build large sets, [] and Milius did not want to rely on optical effects and matte paintings painted landscapes.
The crew instead adopted miniature effect techniques playing on perspective to achieve the illusion of size and grandeur for several scenes.
Scale models of structures were constructed by Emilio Ruiz and positioned in front of the cameras so that they appeared as full-sized structures on film; using this technique, the Shadizar set was extended to appear more than double its size.
Cobb's direction for the sets was to "undo history", "to invent [their] own fantasy history", and yet maintain a "realistic, historical look". Several action scenes in Conan were filmed with a "mini jib " a remote-controlled electronic camera mounted on a motorized lightweight crane that Nick Allder , the special effects supervisor, had devised when he worked on Dragonslayer The three actors were given martial arts training ahead of filming.
From August , [90] they were tutored by Kiyoshi Yamazaki, a karate black belt and master swordsman, [] who drilled them in sword-fighting styles that were meant to make them look proficient in using their weapons.
Tim Huchthausen, the prop maker, worked with swordsmith Jody Samson to create the sturdy weapons Milius thought necessary.
Both weapons were realized from Cobb's drawings. Their blades were hand ground from carbon steel and heat treated and left unsharpened.
The copious amounts of blood spilled in the fight scenes came from bags of fake blood strapped to the performers' bodies.
Animal blood gathered from slaughterhouses was poured onto the floor to simulate puddles of human blood.
Accidents also happened in stunts that did not involve weapons. A stuntman smashed his face into a camera while riding a horse at full gallop, [] and Schwarzenegger was attacked by one of the trained dogs.
Carlo De Marchis, the special make-up effects supervisor, and Colin Arthur, former Studio Head of Madame Tussaud's , were responsible for the human dummies and fake body parts used in the film.
A more elaborate head was used for the close-up shots; this prop spurted blood and the movements of its eyes, mouth, and tongue were controlled by cables hidden beneath the snow.
The snake's body had a diameter of 2. Its skeleton was made from duralumin an alloy used in aircraft frames and its skin was vulcanized foam rubber.
Controlled by steel cables and hydraulics, the snake could exert a force between 3. Another two snakes of the same dimensions were made, one for stationary shots and one for decapitation by Schwarzenegger.
The dummy bird's feathers and wings were from a dead vulture, and its control mechanisms were routed inside the false tree. According to Sammon, "one of the greatest special effects in the film [was] Thulsa Doom's onscreen transformation into a giant snake".
After Jones was filmed in position, he was replaced by a hollow framework with a rubber mask that was pushed from behind by a snake head-shaped puppet to give the illusion of Doom's facial bones changing.
The head was then replaced with a 6-foot 1. For the final part of the sequence, a real snake was filmed on a miniature set. Few optical effects were used in Conan the Barbarian.
Milius professed ambivalence to fantasy elements, preferring a story that showcases accomplishments realized through one's own efforts without reliance on the supernatural.
He also said that he followed the advice of Cobb and other production members on the matters of special effects. Among their tasks for Conan were adding glint and sparkle to the Eye of the Serpent and Valeria's Valkyrie armor.
For the scene in which Valeria and Subotai had to fend off ghosts to save Conan's life, the "boiling clouds" were created by George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, while VCE was given the task of creating the ghosts.
Their first attempt—filming strips of film emulsion suspended in a vat of a viscous solution—elicited complaints from the producers, who thought the resulting spirits looked too much like those in a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark , so VCE turned to animation to complete the task.
First, they drew muscular warriors in ghostly forms onto cels and printed the images onto film with an Oxberry animation stand and contact printer.
The Oxberry was fitted with a used lens that introduced lens flares to the prints; VCE's intention with using the old lens was to make the resultant images of the ghosts seem as if they were of real-life objects filmed with a camera.
The final composite was produced by passing the reels of film for the effects and the live-action sequences through a two-headed optical printer and capturing the results with a camera.
Milius recruited his friend, Basil Poledouris , to produce the score for Conan ; they had had a successful collaboration on Big Wednesday.
The composer was given the opportunity to compose the film's music based on the initial storyboards and to modify it throughout filming before recording the score near the end of production.
The system helped make his job easier and faster; it could automatically adjust tempos when the user changed the positioning of beats. In the montage where Conan grows up, for example, Poledouris had Randles prepare, over the phone, a long accelerando that landed on precise moments in the picture along the way.
Poledouris would otherwise have had to conduct the orchestra and adjust his compositions on the fly. Milius and Poledouris exchanged ideas throughout production, working out themes and "emotional tones" for each scene.
After principal photography was completed, Milius sent him two copies of the edited film: one without music, and the other with its scenes set to works by Richard Wagner, Igor Stravinsky , and Sergei Prokofiev , to illustrate the emotional overtones he wanted.
Poledouris said he started working on the score by developing the melodic line—a pattern of musical ideas supported by rhythms. The first draft was a poem sung to the strumming of a guitar, composed as if Poledouris was a bard for the barbarian.
Laurence E. MacDonald, Professor of Music at Mott Community College , said the theme stirs up the appropriate emotions when it is repeated during Conan's vow to avenge his parents.
Poledouris completed the music that accompanies the attack on Conan's village at the beginning of the film in October After learning that Excalibur had used Orff's work, he changed his mind and asked his composer for an original creation.
Poledouris's theme for Doom consists of "energetic choral passages", [] chanted by the villain's followers to salute their leader and their actions in his name.
The lyrics were composed in English and roughly translated into Latin; [] Poledouris was "more concerned about the way the Latin words sounded than with the sense they actually made.
The film's music mostly conveys a sense of power, energy, and brutality, yet tender moments occur. According to MacDonald, Poledouris deviated from the practice of scoring love scenes with tunes reminiscent of Romantic period pieces; instead, Poledouris made Conan and Valeria's melancholic love theme unique through his use of "minor-key harmony".
There is innate intelligence behind Poledouris's scheme, and the pinnacles reached are often eloquent with haunting intensity. From late November , Poledouris spent three weeks recording his score in Rome.
In , the producers began advertising to publicize the film. Teaser posters were put up in theaters across the United States. The posters reused Frazetta's artwork that was commissioned for the cover of Conan the Adventurer A Hollywood insider said the executives were concerned about the film's portrayal of violence.
The premiere was delayed until the following year so changes could be made. In Washington, D. The majority of those in the lines was male; a moviegoer in Los Angeles said, "The audience was mostly white, clean-cut, and high-school or college age.
It was not the punk or heavy-leather crowd, but an awful lot of them had bulging muscles. Conan the Barbarian has been released in several different versions on home video.
In addition to the minute theatrical print, Universal distributed the film in minute and minute cuts on VHS in the s.
A slightly extended version was created for the film's special edition DVD release in ; it features five minutes of additional footage for a minute running time.
This same version was later released on blu-ray in with a remixed soundtrack, the version on Amazon Prime however, is the minute US theatrical cut.
The media's reactions toward Conan were polarized. Aspects of the film heavily criticized by one side were regarded in a positive light by the other; Professor Gunden stated, "for every positive review the film garnered, it received two negative ones.
Ebert called Conan the Barbarian "a perfect fantasy for the alienated preadolescent", [19] whereas Schickel said, " Conan is a sort of psychopathic Star Wars , stupid and stupefying.
At the time Conan was released, the media were inclined to condemn Hollywood's portrayals of violence; typical action films showed the hero attaining his goals by killing all who stood in his way.
David Denby wrote in his review for New York magazine that the action scenes were one of the film's few positive features; however, exciting as the scenes were, those such as the decapitation of Conan's mother seemed inane.
Comparison with the source material also produced varying reactions among the critics. Danny Peary and Schickel expected a film based on pulp stories and comic books to be light-hearted or corny, and Milius's introduction of Nietzschean themes and ideology did not sit well with them.
A particular point of contention was the film's version of Conan's origin, which is at odds with Howard's hints about the character's youth.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance was frequently mentioned in the critiques. Gunden said von Sydow showed little dedication to his role, [55] and Clarens judged Jones's portrayal of Thulsa Doom to be worse than camp.
David A. According to Arthur D. Murphy, a film-industry analyst, it was the first time that a single distributor captured such a substantial share of the film market.
The videocassette version of the film was released on October 2, Sprague and his wife, Catherine. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:.
The central theme in Conan the Barbarian is the Riddle of Steel. At the start of the film, Conan's father tells his son to learn the secret of steel and to trust only it.
Initially believing in the power of steel, Thulsa Doom raids Conan's village to steal the Master's sword.
Subsequently, the story centers on Conan's quest to recover the weapon in which his father has told him to trust. When Conan recovers his father's sword, it is after he has broken it in the hands of Doom's lieutenant during their duel.
According to Grindley, that moment—Conan's breaking of his father's sword—"[fulfills] a snickering spectrum of Oedipal conjecture" and asserts Homer's view that "the sword does not make the hero, but the hero makes the sword.
Another established literary trope found in the plot of Conan the Barbarian is the concept of death, followed by a journey into the underworld, and rebirth.
Donald E. Palumbo, the Language and Humanities Chair at Lorain County Community College , noted that like most other sword-and-sorcery films, Conan used the motif of underground journeys to reinforce the themes of death and rebirth.
In the later parts of the film, Conan experiences two underground journeys where death abounds: in the bowels of the Tower of Serpents where he has to fight a giant snake and in the depths of the Temple of Set where the cultists feast on human flesh while Doom transforms himself into a large serpent.
Whereas Valeria dies and comes back from the dead albeit briefly , Conan's ordeal from his crucifixion was symbolic. Although the barbarian's crucifixion might evoke Christian imagery, [] associations of the film with the religion are roundly rejected.
Milius stated his film is full of pagan ideas, a sentiment supported by film critics such as Elley [84] and Jack Kroll.
Milius's concept of Conan the Barbarian as an opera was picked up by the critics; Elley and Huckvale saw connections to Wagner's operas.
Conan's adventures and ordeals seem to be inspired by the trials of the opera's titular hero : witnessing his parents' deaths, growing up as a slave, and slaying a giant serpent—dragon.
Furthermore, Schwarzenegger's appearance in the role of Conan evoked images of Siegfried, the role model of the "Aryan blonde beast", in the lecturer's mind.
Hoberman and James Wolcott ; they highlighted the film's Nietzschean epigraph and labeled its protagonist as Nietzsche's übermensch.
According to Roberts, the films were following the ideas and aesthetics laid down in Leni Riefenstahl 's directorial efforts for Nazi Germany. Roberts cautioned that any political readings into these sword-and-sorcery films with regards to fascism is subjective.
Conan is also seen as a product of its time: The themes of the film reflect the political climate of the United States in the s.
Ronald Reagan was the country's president and the ideals of individualism were promoted during his two terms in office. He emphasized the moral worth of the individual in his speeches, encouraging his fellow Americans to make the country successful and to stand up against the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Dave Saunders, a film writer and lecturer at South Essex College of Further and Higher Education , linked facets of Conan the Barbarian to aspects of Reaganism [] —the conservative ideology that surrounded the president's policies.
Feeney from L. Weekly in []. Sexual politics were also examined in thematic studies of the film. The feminist movement experienced a backlash during the opening years of the s and action films then were helping to promote the notions of masculinity.
While Conan strides forth in the picture with his sword held high, Valeria "squats in an impossible pose with her leather body-suit [in the shape of a teddy] forming a dark shape between her thighs".
Whereas most comic book and pulp adaptations were box office failures in the s, Conan the Barbarian was one of the few that made a profit. Howard's stories were considered by Sammon to be inferior to the film that started the trend.
Several of those involved in the film reaped short-term benefits. Sandahl Bergman's Golden Globe for her role as Valeria marks her greatest achievement in the film industry; her later roles failed to gain her further recognition.
The sequel was also profitable, but many of De Laurentiis's later big-budget projects did not recoup their production costs and he was forced to declare bankruptcy in Although the toy company abandoned the license after its executives decided Conan was "too violent" for children, Pressman convinced them to let him produce a film based on their new Masters of the Universe toy line.
Those who benefited most from the project were Basil Poledouris and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Poledouris's reputation in the film industry increased with the critical acclaim his score received; [] MacDonald noted Poledouris's work on Conan as "one of the most spectacular film music achievements of the decade", [] and Page Cook named it as the only reason to watch the film and as the second best film sound track after E.
Conan brought Schwarzenegger worldwide recognition as an action star [] and established the model for most of his film roles: "icy, brawny, and inexpressive—yet somehow endearing.
Bush to be president, he was introduced as "Conan the Republican" [] —a moniker that stuck with him throughout his political career and was often repeated by the media during his term as Governor of California.
Conan the Destroyer was released in , with Schwarzenegger and Mako reprising their roles. A planned third entry in the trilogy, Conan the Conqueror , was previewed at the end of Destroyer.
The film had been planned for a release, with the intended director being either Guy Hamilton or John Guillermin. Arnold Schwarzenegger was committed to the film Predator , and De Laurentiis's contract with the star had expired after his obligation to Red Sonja and Raw Deal , and he was not keen to negotiate a new one.
The third Conan film fell into development hell , and a derivation of the script eventually was adapted into Kull the Conqueror , released in The planned story was a direct sequel to the original film, "bypassing" Conan the Destroyer and the film starring Jason Momoa.
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Know, O Prince; that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of Hither came I, Conan, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, to tread jeweled thrones of the earth beneath my feet.
But now my eyes are dim. Sit on the ground with me, for you are but the leavings of my age. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure.
Anvil of Crom. Blaring French horns and pounding drums distinguish Conan the Barbarian ' s main theme. Riddle of Steel. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery.
You must learn its riddle, little Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one, no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts.
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Robert E. Howard , The Phoenix on the Sword , Conan has "sullen", "smoldering", and "volcanic" blue eyes with a black "square-cut mane". Howard once describes him as having a hairy chest and, while comic book interpretations often portray Conan as wearing a loincloth or other minimalist clothing to give him a more barbaric image, Howard describes the character as wearing whatever garb is typical for the kingdom and culture in which Conan finds himself.
Howard never gave a strict height or weight for Conan in a story, only describing him in loose terms like "giant" and "massive". In a letter to P.
Schuyler Miller and John D. Conan himself says in " Beyond the Black River " that he had " Although Conan is muscular, Howard frequently compares his agility and way of moving to that of a panther see, for instance, " Jewels of Gwahlur ", " Beyond the Black River ", or " Rogues in the House ".
His skin is frequently characterized as bronzed from constant exposure to the sun. In his younger years, he is often depicted wearing a light chain shirt and a horned helmet, though appearances vary with different stories.
Howard imagined the Cimmerians as a pre-Celtic people with mostly black hair and blue or grey eyes. Ethnically, the Cimmerians to which Conan belongs are descendants of the Atlanteans , though they do not remember their ancestry.
In his fictional historical essay " The Hyborian Age ", Howard describes how the people of Atlantis—the land where his character King Kull originated—had to move east after a great cataclysm changed the face of the world and sank their island, settling where Ireland and Scotland would eventually be located.
Thus they are in Howard's work the ancestors of the Irish and Scottish the Celtic Gaels and not the Picts , the other ancestor of modern Scots who also appear in Howard's work.
In the same work, Howard also described how the Cimmerians eventually moved south and east after the age of Conan presumably in the vicinity of the Black Sea , where the historical Cimmerians dwelt.
Despite his brutish appearance, Conan uses his brains as well as his brawn. The Cimmerian is a highly skilled warrior, possibly without peer with a sword, but his travels have given him vast experience in other trades, especially as a thief.
He's also a talented commander, tactician, and strategist, as well as a born leader. In addition, Conan has advanced knowledge of languages and codes and is able to recognize, or even decipher, certain ancient or secret signs and writings.
For example, in " Jewels of Gwahlur " Howard states: "In his roaming about the world the giant adventurer had picked up a wide smattering of knowledge, particularly including the speaking and reading of many alien tongues.
Many a sheltered scholar would have been astonished at the Cimmerian's linguistic abilities. In " A Witch Shall be Born ", Conan fights armed men until he is overwhelmed, captured, and crucified , before going an entire night and day without water.
However, Conan still possesses the strength to pull the nails from his feet, while hoisting himself into a horse's saddle and riding for ten miles.
Another noticeable trait is his sense of humor, largely absent in the comics and movies, but very much a part of Howard's original vision of the character particularly apparent in " Xuthal of the Dusk ", also known as "The Slithering Shadow.
He is a loyal friend to those true to him, with a barbaric code of conduct that often marks him as more honorable than the more sophisticated people he meets in his travels.
Indeed, his straightforward nature and barbarism are constants in all the tales. Conan is a formidable combatant both armed and unarmed.
With his back to the wall, Conan is capable of engaging and killing opponents by the score. Conan is not superhuman, though; he needed the providential help of Zelata's wolf to defeat four Nemedian soldiers in Howard's novel The Hour of the Dragon.
Some of his hardest victories have come from fighting single opponents of inhuman strength: one such as Thak, an ape-like humanoid from " Rogues in the House ", or the strangler Baal-Pteor in "Shadows in Zamboula".
Conan is far from untouchable and has been captured or defeated several times on one occasion, knocking himself out drunkenly after running into a wall.
Howard frequently corresponded with H. Lovecraft , and the two would sometimes insert references or elements of each other's settings in their works.
Later editors reworked many of the original Conan stories by Howard, thus diluting this connection. Nevertheless, many of Howard's unedited Conan stories are arguably part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Sprague de Camp , Roland J. Green , John C. Hocking , Robert Jordan , Sean A. Moore , Björn Nyberg , Andrew J. Some of these writers have finished incomplete Conan manuscripts by Howard.
Others were created by rewriting Howard stories which originally featured entirely different characters from entirely different milieus.
Most, however, are completely original works. In total, more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories featuring the Conan character have been written by authors other than Howard.
The Gnome Press edition — was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime.
The later volumes contain some stories rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp like " The Treasure of Tranicos " , including several non-Conan Howard stories, mostly historical exotica situated in the Levant at the time of the Crusades , which he turned into Conan yarns.
The Gnome edition also issued the first Conan story written by an author other than Howard—the final volume published, which is by Björn Nyberg and revised by de Camp.
These were completed by de Camp and Carter. The series also included Howard stories originally featuring other protagonists that were rewritten by de Camp as Conan stories.
New Conan stories written entirely by de Camp and Carter were added as well. Lancer Books went out of business before bringing out the entire series, the publication of which was completed by Ace Books.
Eight of the eventual twelve volumes published featured dynamic cover paintings by Frank Frazetta that, for many fans, [ who?
For decades to come, most other portrayals of the Cimmerian and his imitators were heavily influenced by the cover paintings of this series.
The exception are the Ace Maroto editions — , which include both new material by other authors and older material by Howard, though the latter are some of the non-Conan tales rewritten as Conan stories by de Camp.
Notable later editions of the original Howard Conan stories include the Donald M. Later series of new Conan material include the Bantam editions — and Tor editions — In an attempt to provide a coherent timeline which fit the numerous adventures of Conan penned by Robert E.
Howard and later writers, various "Conan chronologies" have been prepared by many people from the s onward. Note that no consistent timeline has yet accommodated every single Conan story.
The following are the principal theories that have been advanced over the years. The very first Conan cinematic project was planned by Edward Summer.
Summer envisioned a series of Conan films, much like the James Bond franchise. He outlined six stories for this film series, but none were ever made.
An original screenplay by Summer and Roy Thomas was written, but their lore-authentic screen story was never filmed. However, the resulting film, Conan the Barbarian , was a combination of director John Milius ' ideas and plots from Conan stories written also by Howard's successors, notably Lin Carter and L.
Sprague de Camp. The addition of Nietzschean motto and Conan's life philosophy were crucial for bringing the spirit of Howard's literature to the screen.
The plot of Conan the Barbarian begins with Conan being enslaved by the Vanir raiders of Thulsa Doom , a malevolent warlord who is responsible for the slaying of Conan's parents and the genocide of his people.
The vengeful Conan, the archer Subotai and the thief Valeria set out on a quest to rescue a princess held captive by Thulsa Doom. The character of Conan was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and was his break-through role as an actor.
This film was followed by a less popular sequel, Conan the Destroyer in The third film in the Conan trilogy was planned for to be titled Conan the Conqueror.
The director was to be either Guy Hamilton or John Guillermin. Since Arnold Schwarzenegger was committed to the film Predator and De Laurentiis's contract with the star had expired after his obligation to Red Sonja and Raw Deal , he wasn't keen to negotiate a new one; thus the third Conan film sank into development hell.
The script was eventually turned into Kull the Conqueror. There were rumors in the late s of another Conan sequel, a story about an older Conan titled King Conan: Crown of Iron , but Schwarzenegger's election in as governor of California ended this project.
However, in June the rights reverted to Paradox Entertainment , though all drafts made under Warner remained with them.
In August , it was announced that Millennium Films had acquired the rights to the project. Howard creation. The story of the film was supposed to be set 30 years after the first, with some inspiration from Clint Eastwood 's Unforgiven.
Conan the Barbarian has appeared in comics nearly non-stop since The comics are arguably, apart from the books, the vehicle that had the greatest influence on the longevity and popularity of the character.
Aside from an earlier and unofficial Conan comic published in Mexico, [34] the two main publishers of Conan comics have been Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics.
Dark Horse launched their Conan series in Dark Horse Comics is currently publishing compilations of the s Marvel Comics series in trade paperback format.
Barack Obama , former President of the United States, is a collector of Conan the Barbarian comic books and a big fan of the character [35] and appeared as a character in a comic book called Barack the Barbarian from Devil's Due.
Smith was succeeded by penciller John Buscema , while Thomas continued to write for many years. Later writers included J.
In , Conan the Barbarian series spawned the more adult-oriented, black-and-white comics magazine Savage Sword of Conan , written by Thomas with art mostly by Buscema or Alfredo Alcala.
Marvel also published several graphic novels starring the character [ citation needed ] , and a handbook with detailed information about the Hyborian world.
Conan the Barbarian is also officially considered to be part of the larger Marvel Universe and has interacted with heroes and villains alike. Originally written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by John Buscema, the strip was continued by several different Marvel artists and writers.
Dark Horse Comics began their comic adaptation of the Conan saga in Tim Truman replaced Busiek when Busiek signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics ; however, Busiek issues were sometimes used for filler.
This series is an interpretation of the original Conan material by Robert E. Howard with no connection whatsoever to the earlier Marvel comics or any Conan story not written or envisioned by Howard supplemented by wholly original material.
The series ran for twenty-six issues, including an introductory "zero" issue. It ran for twenty-five issues, and expanded on Robert E.
Howard's Queen of the Black Coast. TSR, Inc. In the British company Mongoose Publishing bought a license and acquired in turn the rights to make use of the Conan gaming franchise, publishing a Conan role-playing game from until In Mongoose Publishing dropped the Conan license.
In February , another British company, Modiphius Entertainment , acquired the license, announcing plans to put out a new Conan role-playing game in August of that year.
Long after the Kickstarter ended the core rulebook was launched in PDF format on January the 31st, Nine video games have been released based on the Conan mythos.
The name Conan and the names of Robert E. However, since Robert E. Howard published his Conan stories at a time when the date of publication was the marker — , and any new owners failed to renew them to maintain the copyrights, [46] the exact copyright status of all of Howard's 'Conan' works is in question.
Howard stories, including several Conan stories. Therefore, with Howard having died in , his works have been in the public domain since In September , it was announced that Netflix made a larger deal involving Malmberg and Mark Wheeler from Pathfinder Media [note 1] between Netflix and Conan Properties International for the exclusive rights to the Conan library for the rights for live-action and animated films and TV shows.
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The dummy bird's feathers and wings were from a dead vulture, and its control mechanisms were routed inside the false tree.
According to Sammon, "one of the greatest special effects in the film [was] Thulsa Doom's onscreen transformation into a giant snake".
After Jones was filmed in position, he was replaced by a hollow framework with a rubber mask that was pushed from behind by a snake head-shaped puppet to give the illusion of Doom's facial bones changing.
The head was then replaced with a 6-foot 1. For the final part of the sequence, a real snake was filmed on a miniature set.
Few optical effects were used in Conan the Barbarian. Milius professed ambivalence to fantasy elements, preferring a story that showcases accomplishments realized through one's own efforts without reliance on the supernatural.
He also said that he followed the advice of Cobb and other production members on the matters of special effects.
Among their tasks for Conan were adding glint and sparkle to the Eye of the Serpent and Valeria's Valkyrie armor. For the scene in which Valeria and Subotai had to fend off ghosts to save Conan's life, the "boiling clouds" were created by George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, while VCE was given the task of creating the ghosts.
Their first attempt—filming strips of film emulsion suspended in a vat of a viscous solution—elicited complaints from the producers, who thought the resulting spirits looked too much like those in a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark , so VCE turned to animation to complete the task.
First, they drew muscular warriors in ghostly forms onto cels and printed the images onto film with an Oxberry animation stand and contact printer.
The Oxberry was fitted with a used lens that introduced lens flares to the prints; VCE's intention with using the old lens was to make the resultant images of the ghosts seem as if they were of real-life objects filmed with a camera.
The final composite was produced by passing the reels of film for the effects and the live-action sequences through a two-headed optical printer and capturing the results with a camera.
Milius recruited his friend, Basil Poledouris , to produce the score for Conan ; they had had a successful collaboration on Big Wednesday.
The composer was given the opportunity to compose the film's music based on the initial storyboards and to modify it throughout filming before recording the score near the end of production.
The system helped make his job easier and faster; it could automatically adjust tempos when the user changed the positioning of beats.
In the montage where Conan grows up, for example, Poledouris had Randles prepare, over the phone, a long accelerando that landed on precise moments in the picture along the way.
Poledouris would otherwise have had to conduct the orchestra and adjust his compositions on the fly. Milius and Poledouris exchanged ideas throughout production, working out themes and "emotional tones" for each scene.
After principal photography was completed, Milius sent him two copies of the edited film: one without music, and the other with its scenes set to works by Richard Wagner, Igor Stravinsky , and Sergei Prokofiev , to illustrate the emotional overtones he wanted.
Poledouris said he started working on the score by developing the melodic line—a pattern of musical ideas supported by rhythms.
The first draft was a poem sung to the strumming of a guitar, composed as if Poledouris was a bard for the barbarian. Laurence E. MacDonald, Professor of Music at Mott Community College , said the theme stirs up the appropriate emotions when it is repeated during Conan's vow to avenge his parents.
Poledouris completed the music that accompanies the attack on Conan's village at the beginning of the film in October After learning that Excalibur had used Orff's work, he changed his mind and asked his composer for an original creation.
Poledouris's theme for Doom consists of "energetic choral passages", [] chanted by the villain's followers to salute their leader and their actions in his name.
The lyrics were composed in English and roughly translated into Latin; [] Poledouris was "more concerned about the way the Latin words sounded than with the sense they actually made.
The film's music mostly conveys a sense of power, energy, and brutality, yet tender moments occur. According to MacDonald, Poledouris deviated from the practice of scoring love scenes with tunes reminiscent of Romantic period pieces; instead, Poledouris made Conan and Valeria's melancholic love theme unique through his use of "minor-key harmony".
There is innate intelligence behind Poledouris's scheme, and the pinnacles reached are often eloquent with haunting intensity. From late November , Poledouris spent three weeks recording his score in Rome.
In , the producers began advertising to publicize the film. Teaser posters were put up in theaters across the United States.
The posters reused Frazetta's artwork that was commissioned for the cover of Conan the Adventurer A Hollywood insider said the executives were concerned about the film's portrayal of violence.
The premiere was delayed until the following year so changes could be made. In Washington, D. The majority of those in the lines was male; a moviegoer in Los Angeles said, "The audience was mostly white, clean-cut, and high-school or college age.
It was not the punk or heavy-leather crowd, but an awful lot of them had bulging muscles. Conan the Barbarian has been released in several different versions on home video.
In addition to the minute theatrical print, Universal distributed the film in minute and minute cuts on VHS in the s.
A slightly extended version was created for the film's special edition DVD release in ; it features five minutes of additional footage for a minute running time.
This same version was later released on blu-ray in with a remixed soundtrack, the version on Amazon Prime however, is the minute US theatrical cut.
The media's reactions toward Conan were polarized. Aspects of the film heavily criticized by one side were regarded in a positive light by the other; Professor Gunden stated, "for every positive review the film garnered, it received two negative ones.
Ebert called Conan the Barbarian "a perfect fantasy for the alienated preadolescent", [19] whereas Schickel said, " Conan is a sort of psychopathic Star Wars , stupid and stupefying.
At the time Conan was released, the media were inclined to condemn Hollywood's portrayals of violence; typical action films showed the hero attaining his goals by killing all who stood in his way.
David Denby wrote in his review for New York magazine that the action scenes were one of the film's few positive features; however, exciting as the scenes were, those such as the decapitation of Conan's mother seemed inane.
Comparison with the source material also produced varying reactions among the critics. Danny Peary and Schickel expected a film based on pulp stories and comic books to be light-hearted or corny, and Milius's introduction of Nietzschean themes and ideology did not sit well with them.
A particular point of contention was the film's version of Conan's origin, which is at odds with Howard's hints about the character's youth.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance was frequently mentioned in the critiques. Gunden said von Sydow showed little dedication to his role, [55] and Clarens judged Jones's portrayal of Thulsa Doom to be worse than camp.
David A. According to Arthur D. Murphy, a film-industry analyst, it was the first time that a single distributor captured such a substantial share of the film market.
The videocassette version of the film was released on October 2, Sprague and his wife, Catherine. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:.
The central theme in Conan the Barbarian is the Riddle of Steel. At the start of the film, Conan's father tells his son to learn the secret of steel and to trust only it.
Initially believing in the power of steel, Thulsa Doom raids Conan's village to steal the Master's sword. Subsequently, the story centers on Conan's quest to recover the weapon in which his father has told him to trust.
When Conan recovers his father's sword, it is after he has broken it in the hands of Doom's lieutenant during their duel.
According to Grindley, that moment—Conan's breaking of his father's sword—"[fulfills] a snickering spectrum of Oedipal conjecture" and asserts Homer's view that "the sword does not make the hero, but the hero makes the sword.
Another established literary trope found in the plot of Conan the Barbarian is the concept of death, followed by a journey into the underworld, and rebirth.
Donald E. Palumbo, the Language and Humanities Chair at Lorain County Community College , noted that like most other sword-and-sorcery films, Conan used the motif of underground journeys to reinforce the themes of death and rebirth.
In the later parts of the film, Conan experiences two underground journeys where death abounds: in the bowels of the Tower of Serpents where he has to fight a giant snake and in the depths of the Temple of Set where the cultists feast on human flesh while Doom transforms himself into a large serpent.
Whereas Valeria dies and comes back from the dead albeit briefly , Conan's ordeal from his crucifixion was symbolic. Although the barbarian's crucifixion might evoke Christian imagery, [] associations of the film with the religion are roundly rejected.
Milius stated his film is full of pagan ideas, a sentiment supported by film critics such as Elley [84] and Jack Kroll. Milius's concept of Conan the Barbarian as an opera was picked up by the critics; Elley and Huckvale saw connections to Wagner's operas.
Conan's adventures and ordeals seem to be inspired by the trials of the opera's titular hero : witnessing his parents' deaths, growing up as a slave, and slaying a giant serpent—dragon.
Furthermore, Schwarzenegger's appearance in the role of Conan evoked images of Siegfried, the role model of the "Aryan blonde beast", in the lecturer's mind.
Hoberman and James Wolcott ; they highlighted the film's Nietzschean epigraph and labeled its protagonist as Nietzsche's übermensch. According to Roberts, the films were following the ideas and aesthetics laid down in Leni Riefenstahl 's directorial efforts for Nazi Germany.
Roberts cautioned that any political readings into these sword-and-sorcery films with regards to fascism is subjective. Conan is also seen as a product of its time: The themes of the film reflect the political climate of the United States in the s.
Ronald Reagan was the country's president and the ideals of individualism were promoted during his two terms in office. He emphasized the moral worth of the individual in his speeches, encouraging his fellow Americans to make the country successful and to stand up against the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Dave Saunders, a film writer and lecturer at South Essex College of Further and Higher Education , linked facets of Conan the Barbarian to aspects of Reaganism [] —the conservative ideology that surrounded the president's policies.
Feeney from L. Weekly in []. Sexual politics were also examined in thematic studies of the film.
The feminist movement experienced a backlash during the opening years of the s and action films then were helping to promote the notions of masculinity.
While Conan strides forth in the picture with his sword held high, Valeria "squats in an impossible pose with her leather body-suit [in the shape of a teddy] forming a dark shape between her thighs".
Whereas most comic book and pulp adaptations were box office failures in the s, Conan the Barbarian was one of the few that made a profit. Howard's stories were considered by Sammon to be inferior to the film that started the trend.
Several of those involved in the film reaped short-term benefits. Sandahl Bergman's Golden Globe for her role as Valeria marks her greatest achievement in the film industry; her later roles failed to gain her further recognition.
The sequel was also profitable, but many of De Laurentiis's later big-budget projects did not recoup their production costs and he was forced to declare bankruptcy in Although the toy company abandoned the license after its executives decided Conan was "too violent" for children, Pressman convinced them to let him produce a film based on their new Masters of the Universe toy line.
Those who benefited most from the project were Basil Poledouris and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Poledouris's reputation in the film industry increased with the critical acclaim his score received; [] MacDonald noted Poledouris's work on Conan as "one of the most spectacular film music achievements of the decade", [] and Page Cook named it as the only reason to watch the film and as the second best film sound track after E.
Conan brought Schwarzenegger worldwide recognition as an action star [] and established the model for most of his film roles: "icy, brawny, and inexpressive—yet somehow endearing.
Bush to be president, he was introduced as "Conan the Republican" [] —a moniker that stuck with him throughout his political career and was often repeated by the media during his term as Governor of California.
Conan the Destroyer was released in , with Schwarzenegger and Mako reprising their roles. A planned third entry in the trilogy, Conan the Conqueror , was previewed at the end of Destroyer.
The film had been planned for a release, with the intended director being either Guy Hamilton or John Guillermin. Arnold Schwarzenegger was committed to the film Predator , and De Laurentiis's contract with the star had expired after his obligation to Red Sonja and Raw Deal , and he was not keen to negotiate a new one.
The third Conan film fell into development hell , and a derivation of the script eventually was adapted into Kull the Conqueror , released in The planned story was a direct sequel to the original film, "bypassing" Conan the Destroyer and the film starring Jason Momoa.
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Original introduction in the film. Know, O Prince; that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of Hither came I, Conan, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, to tread jeweled thrones of the earth beneath my feet.
But now my eyes are dim. Sit on the ground with me, for you are but the leavings of my age. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure.
Anvil of Crom. Blaring French horns and pounding drums distinguish Conan the Barbarian ' s main theme. Riddle of Steel.
The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, little Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one, no one in this world can you trust.
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Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom.
When he grows up he becomes a fearless, invincible fighter. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom. Director: John Milius.
Writers: Robert E. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Medieval movies. In " The Black Stranger ", Conan saves the exile Zingaran Lady Belesa at considerable risk to himself, giving her as a parting gift his fortune in gems big enough to have a comfortable and wealthy life in Zingara, while asking for no favors in return.
Reviewer Jennifer Bard also noted [12] that when Conan is in a pirate crew or a robber gang led by another male, his tendency is to subvert and undermine the leader's authority, and eventually supplant and often, kill him e.
Conversely, in " Queen of the Black Coast ", it is noted that Conan "generally agreed to Belit's plan. Hers was the mind that directed their raids, his the arm that carried out her ideas.
It was a good life. George Baxter noted that "Conan's recorded history mentions him as being prominently involved, at one time or another, with four different pirate fraternities, on two different seas, as well being a noted leader of land robbers at three different locales.
Yet, we hardly ever see him involved in, well, robbing people. To be sure, he speaks about it often and with complete candor: "We Kozaks took to plundering the outlying dominions of Koth, Zamora, and Turan impartially" he says in " Shadows in the Moonlight ".
But that was before the story began. And "We're bound for waters where the seaports are fat, and the merchant ships are crammed with plunder!
But this plundering will take place after the story ends. When we see Conan onstage, we see him do many other things: he intervenes in the politics and dynastic struggles of various kingdoms; he hunts for hidden treasure; he explores desert islands and lost cities; he fights countless terrible monsters and evil sorcerers; he saves countless beautiful women and makes them fall in love with him What we virtually never see Conan do is engage in the proper business of an armed robber, on land or by sea—which is to attack people who never threatened or provoked you, take away their possessions by main force, and run your sword through them if they dare to resist.
A bit messy business, that. Armchair adventurers, who like to enjoy a good yarn in the perfect safety and comfort of their suburban homes, might not have liked to read it.
Robert E. Howard , The Phoenix on the Sword , Conan has "sullen", "smoldering", and "volcanic" blue eyes with a black "square-cut mane".
Howard once describes him as having a hairy chest and, while comic book interpretations often portray Conan as wearing a loincloth or other minimalist clothing to give him a more barbaric image, Howard describes the character as wearing whatever garb is typical for the kingdom and culture in which Conan finds himself.
Howard never gave a strict height or weight for Conan in a story, only describing him in loose terms like "giant" and "massive".
In a letter to P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Conan himself says in " Beyond the Black River " that he had " Although Conan is muscular, Howard frequently compares his agility and way of moving to that of a panther see, for instance, " Jewels of Gwahlur ", " Beyond the Black River ", or " Rogues in the House ".
His skin is frequently characterized as bronzed from constant exposure to the sun. In his younger years, he is often depicted wearing a light chain shirt and a horned helmet, though appearances vary with different stories.
Howard imagined the Cimmerians as a pre-Celtic people with mostly black hair and blue or grey eyes. Ethnically, the Cimmerians to which Conan belongs are descendants of the Atlanteans , though they do not remember their ancestry.
In his fictional historical essay " The Hyborian Age ", Howard describes how the people of Atlantis—the land where his character King Kull originated—had to move east after a great cataclysm changed the face of the world and sank their island, settling where Ireland and Scotland would eventually be located.
Thus they are in Howard's work the ancestors of the Irish and Scottish the Celtic Gaels and not the Picts , the other ancestor of modern Scots who also appear in Howard's work.
In the same work, Howard also described how the Cimmerians eventually moved south and east after the age of Conan presumably in the vicinity of the Black Sea , where the historical Cimmerians dwelt.
Despite his brutish appearance, Conan uses his brains as well as his brawn. The Cimmerian is a highly skilled warrior, possibly without peer with a sword, but his travels have given him vast experience in other trades, especially as a thief.
He's also a talented commander, tactician, and strategist, as well as a born leader. In addition, Conan has advanced knowledge of languages and codes and is able to recognize, or even decipher, certain ancient or secret signs and writings.
For example, in " Jewels of Gwahlur " Howard states: "In his roaming about the world the giant adventurer had picked up a wide smattering of knowledge, particularly including the speaking and reading of many alien tongues.
Many a sheltered scholar would have been astonished at the Cimmerian's linguistic abilities. In " A Witch Shall be Born ", Conan fights armed men until he is overwhelmed, captured, and crucified , before going an entire night and day without water.
However, Conan still possesses the strength to pull the nails from his feet, while hoisting himself into a horse's saddle and riding for ten miles.
Another noticeable trait is his sense of humor, largely absent in the comics and movies, but very much a part of Howard's original vision of the character particularly apparent in " Xuthal of the Dusk ", also known as "The Slithering Shadow.
He is a loyal friend to those true to him, with a barbaric code of conduct that often marks him as more honorable than the more sophisticated people he meets in his travels.
Indeed, his straightforward nature and barbarism are constants in all the tales. Conan is a formidable combatant both armed and unarmed.
With his back to the wall, Conan is capable of engaging and killing opponents by the score. Conan is not superhuman, though; he needed the providential help of Zelata's wolf to defeat four Nemedian soldiers in Howard's novel The Hour of the Dragon.
Some of his hardest victories have come from fighting single opponents of inhuman strength: one such as Thak, an ape-like humanoid from " Rogues in the House ", or the strangler Baal-Pteor in "Shadows in Zamboula".
Conan is far from untouchable and has been captured or defeated several times on one occasion, knocking himself out drunkenly after running into a wall.
Howard frequently corresponded with H. Lovecraft , and the two would sometimes insert references or elements of each other's settings in their works.
Later editors reworked many of the original Conan stories by Howard, thus diluting this connection. Nevertheless, many of Howard's unedited Conan stories are arguably part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Sprague de Camp , Roland J. Green , John C. Hocking , Robert Jordan , Sean A. Moore , Björn Nyberg , Andrew J. Some of these writers have finished incomplete Conan manuscripts by Howard.
Others were created by rewriting Howard stories which originally featured entirely different characters from entirely different milieus. Most, however, are completely original works.
In total, more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories featuring the Conan character have been written by authors other than Howard.
The Gnome Press edition — was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime.
The later volumes contain some stories rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp like " The Treasure of Tranicos " , including several non-Conan Howard stories, mostly historical exotica situated in the Levant at the time of the Crusades , which he turned into Conan yarns.
The Gnome edition also issued the first Conan story written by an author other than Howard—the final volume published, which is by Björn Nyberg and revised by de Camp.
These were completed by de Camp and Carter. The series also included Howard stories originally featuring other protagonists that were rewritten by de Camp as Conan stories.
New Conan stories written entirely by de Camp and Carter were added as well. Lancer Books went out of business before bringing out the entire series, the publication of which was completed by Ace Books.
Eight of the eventual twelve volumes published featured dynamic cover paintings by Frank Frazetta that, for many fans, [ who?
For decades to come, most other portrayals of the Cimmerian and his imitators were heavily influenced by the cover paintings of this series. The exception are the Ace Maroto editions — , which include both new material by other authors and older material by Howard, though the latter are some of the non-Conan tales rewritten as Conan stories by de Camp.
Notable later editions of the original Howard Conan stories include the Donald M. Later series of new Conan material include the Bantam editions — and Tor editions — In an attempt to provide a coherent timeline which fit the numerous adventures of Conan penned by Robert E.
Howard and later writers, various "Conan chronologies" have been prepared by many people from the s onward. Note that no consistent timeline has yet accommodated every single Conan story.
The following are the principal theories that have been advanced over the years. The very first Conan cinematic project was planned by Edward Summer.
Summer envisioned a series of Conan films, much like the James Bond franchise. He outlined six stories for this film series, but none were ever made.
An original screenplay by Summer and Roy Thomas was written, but their lore-authentic screen story was never filmed. However, the resulting film, Conan the Barbarian , was a combination of director John Milius ' ideas and plots from Conan stories written also by Howard's successors, notably Lin Carter and L.
Sprague de Camp. The addition of Nietzschean motto and Conan's life philosophy were crucial for bringing the spirit of Howard's literature to the screen.
The plot of Conan the Barbarian begins with Conan being enslaved by the Vanir raiders of Thulsa Doom , a malevolent warlord who is responsible for the slaying of Conan's parents and the genocide of his people.
The vengeful Conan, the archer Subotai and the thief Valeria set out on a quest to rescue a princess held captive by Thulsa Doom.
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