Krull (1983)

Director:

Peter Yates

Writer:

Stanford Sherman (written by)

Release Date:

29 July 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

A world light-years beyond your imagination.

Plot:

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

Plot Keywords:

Fortress | King | Monster | Seer | Magic Weapon

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Ken Marshall	...	Prince Colwyn
Lysette Anthony	...	Princess Lyssa
Freddie Jones	...	Ynyr
Francesca Annis	...	Lyssa, Widow of the Web
Alun Armstrong	...	Torquil
David Battley	...	Ergo
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Rell the Cyclops
Liam Neeson	...	Kegan
John Welsh	...	The Seer
Graham McGrath	...	Titch
Tony Church	...	Turold
Bernard Archard	...	Eirig
Belinda Mayne	...	Vella
Dicken Ashworth	...	Bardolph
Todd Carty	...	Oswyn

Also Known As:

Dragons of Krull
Dungeons and Dragons
Krull: Invaders of the Black Fortress
The Dungeons of Krull

Runtime:

USA:121 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-12 (cut) (1983) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Australia:G | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance

Trivia:

Frank Price, then-president of Columbia Pictures, determined that an unknown American actress would help state side ticket sales as opposed to an unknown English actress. With that logic in mind, Price met with Lysette Anthony and informed her that all of her dialogue had been dubbed by actress Lindsay Crouse. Anthony was totally unaware that her voice was to be dubbed prior to the meeting.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Rell is being crushed between the walls of the fortress, the walls are obviously made of soft elastic material.

Quotes:

Prince Colwyn: Now we have no way to find the fortress.
Ynyr: There is one who might help.
Prince Colwyn: Who?
Ynyr: The Widow of the Web.
Torquil: That creature helps no one. For none who go there return.
Ynyr: She has great powers.
Torquil: Yeah, to kill.
Ynyr: She may not kill me. For I know her name.
Torquil: Her name is death.
Ynyr: She had another name once. An ancient and powerful name.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

Why you MUST give Krull a second look.

'Fantasy', in the traditional 'Dungeons & Dragons' sense, in the movies is often seen by the general public as a warning sign (and often rightly so). On the surface, Krull does seem like standard fantasy cliche. Prince must rescue princess from monster. Not very promising so far, is it? Already starting to lose interest? YOU FOOLS! Consider these additional elements: An orchestral soundtrack by the mighty James Horner (Titanic), which is possibly the best score he has ever written, possibly even THE best score ever written; A brilliant mostly-British cast, including Liam Neeson, Robbie Coltrane, Tucker Jenkins :) and a host of other distinguished actors; A script which is so corny that it cannot fail to be fantastic when delivered with such hammed-up enthusiasm by the actors; and finally a few brilliant touches such as the boyhood-dream-weapon the Glave - a giant mind-controlled shuriken. This film falls in to the same category as Flash Gordon which was released a few years before - epic, brit-centric, totally entertaining masterpieces of camp grandeur. Don't write it off until you've seen it enough to appreciate its subtleties.