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17 November 1965 (USA) morePlot:
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal villiage where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Charlton Heston | ... | Chrysagon | |
| Richard Boone | ... | Bors | |
| Rosemary Forsyth | ... | Bronwyn | |
| Maurice Evans | ... | Priest | |
| Guy Stockwell | ... | Draco | |
| Niall MacGinnis | ... | Odins | |
| James Farentino | ... | Marc | |
| Henry Wilcoxon | ... | Frisian Prince | |
| Sammy Ross | ... | Volc | |
| Woodrow Parfrey | ... | Piet | |
| John Alderson | ... | Holbracht | |
| Allen Jaffe | ... | Tybald | |
| Michael Conrad | ... | Rainault | |
| Dal Jenkins | ... | Dirck | |
| Johnny Jensen | ... | Boy Prince |
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According to Charlton Heston's published diaries, "Charlton Heston: The Actor's Life; Journals 1956-1976" he wanted Julie Christie to be his co-star, but she was vetoed by the studio. moreFAQ
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Costume pictures often reek of Classics Illustrated comic books. This is among the few whose script as released is not an insult.
This movie's atmosphere is incredibly strong - I was absolutely sure that this was shot on location in Europe until I recognized the Universal hillside around twenty minutes from the end. Rarely does a Hollywood film hide its backlot origins so thoroughly.
If you want a movie about long ago and far away, this one is highly recommendable, unless of course you need light sabers or all-powerful rings to hold your attention.
Minor drawbacks must be acknowledged. The girl can't deliver her lines, there's a handful of process shots in one sequence where the black lines around the actors' heads are visible, and Paul Frees not only delivers the opening narration but voices both the jester and Michael Conrad, later familiar from "Hill Street Blues." Someone in Universal's sound department thought that Frees' voice blended in; it doesn't. (You can hear Frees as four separate characters in "Spartacus." And "Flight From Ashiya" sets some kind of record.)
None of these quibbles matter. The "War Lord" is romantic, poetic, mildly gritty (by today's standards), the cinematography and music are gorgeous and the closing action sequences feature classic Hollywood stunts by Joe Canutt, Hal Needham, Richard Farnsworth and Buddy Van Horn.
This database lists at least 250,000 worse ways to spend two hours than "The War Lord." Make yourself comfortable and enjoy.