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Director:
Writers:
Luigi Cozzi (screenplay)
Luigi Cozzi (story)
Release Date:
26 August 1983 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Legend Lives! more
Plot:
The story of the Greek mythological figure, updated in this 80's version. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
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A masterpiece of b-grade cinematography more (28 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lou Ferrigno | ... | Hercules | |
| Sybil Danning | ... | Ariadne | |
| Brad Harris | ... | Augias | |
| Ingrid Anderson | ... | Cassiopea | |
| William Berger | ... | King Minos | |
| Rossana Podestà | ... | Hera | |
| Mirella D'Angelo | ... | Circe | |
| Bobby Rhodes | ... | King Xenodama | |
| Gianni Garko | ... | Valcheus (as John Garko) | |
| Yehuda Efroni | ... | Dorcon | |
| Delia Boccardo | ... | Athena | |
| Claudio Cassinelli | ... | Zeus | |
| Franco Garofalo | ... | The Thief (as Frank Garland) | |
| Gabriella Giorgelli | ... | Mother (as Gabriella George) | |
| Raf Baldassarre | ... | Sostratos (as Ralph Baldassar) |
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Also Known As:
Ercole (Italy)
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Runtime:
USA:98 min | Finland:100 min (1984)
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Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:PG | USA:PG
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Referenced in I Love You, Man (2009) more
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Hercules is a masterpiece of b-grade (well, maybe c-grade) cinematography, standing proudly next to Ed Wood's "Plan Nine From Outer Space" and his other brilliantly stupid stuff. Of course, it is not a movie for mainstream, as well as it is not a movie for people without well-developed sense for humor. To enjoy it, you must drop your seriousness, be open-minded and remember that this is a comedy. It doesn't matter that the author didn't meant it as a comedy, far from it, it makes it even more funny. Every single second of the movie is pure dadaism, complete negation, comparable to Monthy Python's works. It makes you ask all the time: "Why??? Why is are the ancients monsters fighting with Hercules robots (and using laser)? Why does Zeus look like submissive Santa Clause? Why does Hercules, after every fight, take his dead enemy and throw him into space? Why is the main evil-guy speaking about "the come of the mighty phoenix" when there never appears anything like that? And was the scene with bear meant seriously???" The stunning idiocy of the author and incredibly bad performance of all the actors are making this movie simply fascinating. It is one of the worse films I have ever seen, but at the same time, I laughed this much only when watching Monthy Pythons, Ed Wood's stuff and the speech of Czech Mr. Premier two weeks ago. I strongly recommend to check it out.