Gunan, King of the Barbarians (Italian: Gunan il guerriero), aka The Invincible Barbarian[2] is a 1982 film directed by Franco Prosperi.[1]
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| Directed by | Franco Prosperi |
| Screenplay by | Piero Regnoli[1] |
| Story by | Piero Regnoli[1] |
| Produced by | Pino Buricchi[1] |
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| Cinematography | Pasquale Fanetti[1] |
| Music by | Roberto Pregadio[1] |
Production company | Leader Films[1] |
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Running time | 80 minutes[1] |
Production
editGunan, King of the Barbarians uses footage from One Million Years B.C..[1]
Release
editGunan, King of the Barbarians was released in Italy on 9 September 1982.[1] The film has also been released as The Invincible Barbarian.[3]
As of 2016 the only available copies of Gunan, King of the Barbarians were home made DVDs sold on eBay that are sourced from pan-and-scan transfers from VHS tapes.[4]
Reception
editColin Greenland reviewed The Invincible Barbarian for Imagine magazine, and stated that "What makes this Invincible Barbarian invincible? Probably the fact that everybody he comes up against is even more stupid than he is. See how long you can watch this one without giggling."[5]
From retrospective reviews, the German book Lexicon des Fantasy-Films referred to the film as a rip-off of Conan the Barbarian but "only dumber".[6]
References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 201.
- ^ Rushing, Robert A. (2016). Descended from Hercules: Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen. McFarland. ISBN 978-0253022585.
- ^ Rushing 2016, p. 186.
- ^ Rushing 2016, p. 112.
- ^ Greenland, Colin (May 1984). "Fantasy Media". Imagine (review) (14). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 45.
- ^ Hahn, Ronald M.; Jansen, Volker; Stresau, Norbert (1986). Lexikon des Fantasy-Films. München. p. 201.
Sources
edit- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
- Rushing, Robert A. (2016). Descended from Hercules: Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen. McFarland. ISBN 978-0253022585.
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