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 | Planet | King | Rescue | Monster

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Ken Marshall	...	Colwyn
Lysette Anthony	...	Lyssa
Freddie Jones	...	Ynyr
Francesca Annis	...	Widow of the Web
Alun Armstrong	...	Torquil
David Battley	...	Ergo
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Cyclops
Liam Neeson	...	Kegan
John Welsh	...	Seer
Graham McGrath	...	Titch
Tony Church	...	Turold
Bernard Archard	...	Eirig
Belinda Mayne	...	Vella
Dicken Ashworth	...	Bardolph
Todd Carty	...	Oswyn
Robbie Coltrane	...	Rhun
Clare McIntyre	...	Merith
Bronco McLoughlin	...	Nennog
Andy Bradford	...	Darro
Gerard Naprous	...	Quain
Bill Weston	...	Menno
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lindsay Crouse	...	Princess Lyssa (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Elphick	...	Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Derek Lyons	...	White Slayer with Tiger (uncredited)
Trevor Martin	...	The Beast (voice) (uncredited)
Dinny Powell	...	Slayer in the Swamp (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	...	Slayer in the Swamp (uncredited)
Tom Rumpf	...	Sword Fighter (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Yates

Writing credits
Stanford Sherman		(written by)

Produced by
Geoffrey Helman	....	associate producer
Ted Mann	....	executive producer
Ron Silverman	....	producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Peter Suschitzky		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ray Lovejoy

Casting by
Patsy Pollock

Production Design by
Stephen B. Grimes		(as Stephen Grimes)

Art Direction by
Tony Curtis
Norman Dorme
Colin Grimes
Tony Reading

Set Decoration by
Herbert Westbrook

Costume Design by
Anthony Mendleson

Makeup Department
Christine Allsopp	....	special makeup unit
Alan Boyle	....	makeup artist
Linda DeVetta	....	makeup assistant (as Linda De Vetta)
Nick Dudman	....	special makeup unit
Nick Forder	....	special makeup unit
Magdalen Gaffney	....	special makeup unit
Joyce James	....	hairdresser
Bob Keen	....	special makeup unit
Beryl Lerman	....	special makeup unit
Nick Maley	....	special makeup designer
Christine Overs	....	special makeup unit
Richard Padbury	....	special makeup unit
Barbara Ritchie	....	hair stylist
Stuart Robinson	....	special makeup unit (as Stewart Robinson)
Joan White	....	hairdresser
Gloria Maley	....	special makeup unit (uncredited)
Marian Nicholson	....	special makeup unit (uncredited)
Joseph Ross	....	special makeup effects (uncredited)
David White	....	special makeup unit trainee (uncredited)

Production Management
Vicente Escrivá hijo	....	location production manager: Lanzarote
Mario Pisani	....	production manager: Italy
Nigel Wooll	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Armstrong	....	second assistant director
Derek Cracknell	....	assistant director
Derek Cracknell	....	second unit director
Dominic Fulford	....	assistant director: second unit
Kuki López Rodero	....	assistant director: Lanzarote
Luciano Sacripanti	....	assistant director: Italy
Vic Smith	....	second assistant director
Gareth Tandy	....	assistant director: visual effects unit
Ken Tuohy	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Albert Blackshaw	....	construction manager
Francesco Chianese	....	art director: Italy
Bert Hearn	....	property master
Andrew Holder	....	modeller
Maurice Jones	....	stand-by props
Danny Skundric	....	stand-by props
Peter Voysey	....	sculptor
Mick Chubbock	....	plasterer (uncredited)
Paul Duff	....	carpenter (uncredited)
David Fyson	....	production buyer (uncredited)
Duncan Guest	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Robert Jackson	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Brian Muir	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Bill Stallion	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Mark White	....	props (uncredited)
Mark White	....	props: re-shoot (uncredited)

Sound Department
Alan Corder	....	assistant foley editor
Richard Daniel	....	sound technician
Dino Di Campo	....	dialogue editor
Nicholas Hosker	....	assistant sound effects editor
Jack T. Knight	....	foley editor (as Jack Knight)
Ray Merrin	....	assistant re-recording mixer
William Parnell	....	assistant dialogue editor
Bill Rowe	....	supervising sound re-recording mixer
Winston Ryder	....	supervising sound effects editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Ken Weston	....	boom operator
Scott Brose	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Lionel Strutt	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Alan Barnard	....	special effects technician
Peter Biggs	....	special effects technician
Chris Corbould	....	special effects technician
Michael Dunleavy	....	special effects technician
John Evans	....	special effects
Cyril Forster	....	special effects technician
Martin Gant	....	special effects technician
Robert Gavin	....	assistant special effects editor
Andrew Kelly	....	special effects technician
Norman Kerss	....	special effects technician
John Markwell	....	special effects technician
Mark Meddings	....	special effects
John Pakenham	....	special effects technician
Mike Round	....	special effects editor
Phil Sanderson	....	assistant special effects editor (as Philip Sanderson)
Terry Schubert	....	special effects technician
Roy Spencer	....	special effects technician
Margaret Thompson	....	assistant special effects editor
Ron Vincent	....	special effects projectionist
Brian Warner	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Steven Archer	....	animator
Robin Browne	....	optical effects
Peter Chiang	....	special effects graphic artist
John Fletcher	....	optical effects unit
Jamie Harcourt	....	optical effects unit
David Litchfield	....	optical effects unit
Derek Meddings	....	visual effects supervisor
John Morgan	....	camera operator: visual effects unit
Terry Reed	....	supervising modelmaker
Jonathan Taylor	....	camera focus: visual effects unit
Keith Thomas	....	optical effects unit
Malcolm Vinson	....	optical effects unit
Peter Wilkinson	....	construction manager: visual effects unit
Paul Wilson	....	visual effects photography
Ken Worringham	....	optical effects unit
Craig Chandler	....	optical effects (uncredited)
Alan Church	....	optical camera operator (uncredited)
Martyn Hall	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Vic Armstrong	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Bowes	....	stunts
Graeme Crowther	....	stunts
Terry Forrestal	....	stunts
Nick Hobbs	....	stunts
Billy Horrigan	....	stunts (as Bill Horrigan)
Arthur Howell	....	stunts
Lorenzo Lorenzi	....	stunts: climbing sequence
Les Maryon	....	stunts
Gareth Milne	....	stunts
Dinny Powell	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunts
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (as Fred Powell)
Roy Street	....	stunts
Terry Walsh	....	stunts
Vic Armstrong	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dickey Beer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brian Bowes	....	stunt double: Ken Marshall (uncredited)
Peter Brace	....	stunts (uncredited)
Andy Bradford	....	stunt double: Ken Marshall (uncredited)
Andy Bradford	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Brandon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ken Buckle	....	stunts (uncredited)
Terry Cade	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sergio Casadei	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Lane Cooper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Barry De Boulay	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Dowdall	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Max Faulkner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Gillard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Haggerty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alf Joint	....	stunts (uncredited)
Wendy Leech	....	stunt double: Lysette Anthony (uncredited)
Wendy Leech	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Lodge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gerard Naprous	....	stunts (uncredited)
Terence Plummer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Greg Powell	....	stunt double: Cyclops (uncredited)
Bill Reed	....	stunts (uncredited)
Terry Richards	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kiran Shah	....	stunt double: Graham McGrath (uncredited)
Kiran Shah	....	stunts (uncredited)
Colin Skeaping	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Smart	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Sullivan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tip Tipping	....	stunts (uncredited)
Derek Ware	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chris Webb	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Weston	....	stunts (uncredited)
Les White	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nick Wilkinson	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chic Anstiss	....	camera operator: second unit
Bob Bridges	....	video operator
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Mike Harris	....	video operator
Paul Kenward	....	clapper loader
Billy Malone	....	assistant camera
John May	....	gaffer
Kelvin Pike	....	camera operator
Peter Robinson	....	camera focus
Mike Rutter	....	camera focus: second unit
John Sullivan	....	best boy
Jack Thetford	....	gaffer
Chris Warren	....	video operator
Maurice Gillett	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Vince Goddard	....	electrician (uncredited)
Douglas Webb	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rosemary Burrows	....	wardrobe supervisor
Renee Heimer	....	wardrobe
Ken Lawton	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Gill Smith	....	assistant film editor
Gordon Stainforth	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Bob Badami	....	music editor
James Horner	....	conductor
Greig McRitchie	....	orchestrator
John Richards	....	music recording engineer
Ian Underwood	....	synthesizer effects

Transportation Department
Michael Marks	....	transportation supervisor

Other crew
Verena Baldeo	....	production assistant: Italy
Sallie Beechinor	....	production assistant
Paolo Fabbri	....	location manager: Italy
Rafael García	....	caterer: Italy
Sara Keene	....	unit publicist
Jak King	....	production accountant
Michael John Knatchbull	....	location manager
Cheryl Leigh	....	continuity
Rachel Neale	....	production assistant
Melinda Rees	....	continuity: second unit
Lili Ungar	....	promotion consultant
Vic Armstrong	....	head wrangler (uncredited)
Nikolas Korda	....	runner (uncredited)
Craig Miller	....	marketing consultant (uncredited)
Tony Miller	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Enzo Sisti	....	production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents) (as Columbia Pictures)
• Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance (uncredited)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1984) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Films (1983) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cinema Classics (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2000) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• Hollydan Works (1999) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (198?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Videosonic Arts (1985) (Greece) (VHS)

Other Companies

• The Ambrosian Singers  chorus
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music performed by
• Berman's and Nathan's  costumes (as Bermans and Nathans Limited)
• Rank Film Laboratories  processing and opticals
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and opticals
• E.M.I. Elstree Studios  re-recorded at (as EMI Studios, Elstree, England)
• C.T.S. Studios  music recorded at (as C.T.S. Studios, Wembley, England)
• Filmfex Animation Services  additional optical effects (uncredited)
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:121 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Dolby Stereo)

Certification:

Australia:G | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-12 (cut) (1983) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (1992) (2000) | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Norway:12

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

James Horner's score is based on the score he did the previous year for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ynyr comes back from the widow of the web and declares "At sunrise the Black fortress will appear in the Iron desert!" he falls over. As he does so he damages the 'rock' he is standing on, revealing the polystyrene it's made from underneath.

Quotes:

Rell the Cyclops:I must remain here.
Prince Colwyn:Is it time?
Prince Colwyn:[Rell nodds] You've done enough Rell. Stay here.
Rell the Cyclops:[they shake hands] Each to his fate.
Prince Colwyn:Each to his fate.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

A superb classic that should be more revered..

I love these sorts of films; attempts at fantasy which diverge from the usual sort of run of the mill stuff. Krull remains original even now. Where computerised effects are mainstream today, in this film they are rarely used and the crew get round it with more hands on methods; making the entire piece look far more realistic.

Granted the plot could be a little cliched, but the way in which the story tackles it is good, and you won't be bored by the various chapters that are presented. You get whisked away and there is enough background and adventure to substantiate the film and you aren't left wondering if there could have been more to it, but rather, you are immersed *in* the film and finish watching it with a sentimental 'Aww.. that was brilliant, is that it? I want more..' The various characters that the protagonist meets throughout the story is cool, and really lends to the effectiveness of the developing background. It all becomes entwined, and makes for a fulfilling plot.

If you liked Legend (Tom Cruise, Mia Sara) for its different direction or Dragonslayer for its dynamic special effects, then you'll probably like this similarly-aged colleague of that era.