Conan the Destroyer

Director: Richard Fleischer Richard Fleischer

Overview

"Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the role that first brought him fame in Richard Fleischer's Conan the Destroyer. The film comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no subtitles, but the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a trailer, biographies of the cast and crew, and production notes. This is a disappointing disc from Universal considering the cult status this film possesses."

Product Details

Release Date:	03/31/1998
UPC:	0025192017223
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	PG
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	19,828

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arnold Schwarzenegger	Conan
Grace Jones	Zula
MAKO	Akiro "The Wizard"
Tracey Walter	Malak
Sarah Douglas	Queen Taramis
Olivia d'Abo	Princess Jehnna
Pat Roach	Mam Ape/Thoth-Amon
Jeff Corey	Grand Vizier
Sven-Ole Thorsen	Togra
Bruce Fleischer	Village Heckler
Ferdy Mayne	The Leader,The Leader
Terry O'Neill	Village Heavy
John Sabol	Warrior in village
Angel Ashley	Actor
Sarah Miles	Actor
Valérie Quennessen	The Princess
Basil Poledouris	Composer

Technical Credits

Roy Thomas

Gerry Conway

Stanley Mann

Robert E. Howard

Richard Fleischer	Director
Roy Thomas	Screenwriter
Gerry Conway	Screenwriter
Raffaella De Laurentiis	Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Stephen F. Kesten	Executive Producer,Producer
Vic Armstrong	Stunts
Stanley Mann	Screenwriter
Robert E. Howard	Screenwriter
Edward R. Pressman	Producer,Executive Producer
Charles L. Finance	Special Effects
Wayne Artman	Sound Effects
Tom Beckert	Sound Effects
Milton C. Burrow	Sound Effects
Manuel Topete	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

While Conan the Destroyer is not quite the sequel fans expected to John Milius's ultimate sword-and-sorcery adventure, Conan the Barbarian, it still manages to win over an audience with its bizarre B-movie charm. Where Milius gave his adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Conan saga a dark, gritty, and deadly serious tone, this sequel, directed by Richard Fleischer, has a bright comic-book feel. Obviously intended for a younger audience weaned on He-Man cartoons, the film moves along at a rapid pace that would not be out of place in the world of Saturday-morning television. The fact that this film's audience is the young, and that this one doesn't have quite the budget of the first one, becomes apparent during a scene in which Conan fights a man in one of the worst monster masks ever seen onscreen. Also missing in this sequel is Milius's powerful dialogue, co-written by Oliver Stone, that gave Conan the Barbarian such an epic sense of scale. Despite these painfully obvious faults, the film, with co-stars like exotic '80s singer Grace Jones and basketball star Wilt Chamberlain as members of Conan's gang, is so gleefully goofy it's hard not to love. Made at a time when Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting skills had still not caught up with his level of worldwide stardom, Conan the Destroyer makes for a fascinating reminder of when his still-new film career was as powerful as Conan himself.