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Features: Director's Cut, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Editor's Note
Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him to his true home--and end the Age of Ragnarok, bringing peace to the kingdom. To get there he has to lead a pathetic group of seasick sailors through the Gates of the World and into sunlight, on their way to Valhalla. But all threatens to come undone when the local blacksmith plots to sabotage the journey to protect his lucrative weapons business. The film includes wonderfully unexpected turns from Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt and an especially funny performance by John Cleese as a torturing warlord who enjoys having men killed in myriad creative ways. The film is more similar in tone to Terry Gilliam's JABBERWOCKY than to any of the Monty Python farces.
Plot Summary
Erik, a fine specimen of Viking-hood, one day questions the ethics of his livelihood-- daily raping and pillaging--and sets out on a journey in search of enlightenment and the Gods of Valhalla. His men become adept at creating chaos on this wacky adventure.
| Features | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 2/21/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 101072 | | UPC: 00027616126252 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Many of the greatest sailors were pukers."----Thorfinn Skullsplitter (Richard Ridings) | | "Being nice to each other is what it's all about."----the people of Hy Brasil |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[ERIK THE VIKING] has much of the invgorating upside-down Python sensibility....Robbins more than holds his comic own..." 10/28/1989 p.13Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Tim Robbins as Erik practically squirms with glee in his quest to reach Asgard and return sunlight to his stricken, squinting townsfolk, while a smattering of the usual suspects lend proceedings an alluring cosiness." 12/01/2006 p.129 Sight and Sound
"Tim Robbins is engaging as the ingenuous young here Erik, and some of the supporting cast give entertaining, pantomime-style performances." 12/01/2006 p.88 |
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