"The Seventh Scroll" (1999) TV mini-series 1999-

Director:

Kevin Connor

Writers:

Sergio Donati (writer)
Kevin Connor (writer)
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

24 June 1999 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

In the year 3000 BC an illegitimate son is born to Queen Lostris and the brave warrior Tanus. Her devoted eunuch Taita...

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Cast

Wilfried Baasner

...

Lord Intef (unknown episodes)

Series Directed by
Kevin Connor		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Kevin Connor		(unknown episodes)
Sergio Donati		(unknown episodes)
Ciro Ippolito		(unknown episodes)
Alan Shearman		(unknown episodes)
Wilbur Smith		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Kevin Connor	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Ciro Ippolito	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Edoardo Margheriti	....	line producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Matthew McCauley		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Ennio Guarnieri		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Cornelia von Braun		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Keith Wilson		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Alistair Kay		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Giancarlo Colis		(2 episodes, 1999)

Series Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	key hair stylist (unknown episodes, 1999)
Desideria Corridoni	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Giulio Pezza	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Alessandra Venzi	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Marco Olivieri	....	unit manager (unknown episodes)
Corrado Sofia	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ahmed Boulane	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
David Byrne	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Bill Kirk	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Franco Maria Salamon	....	second unit director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Tommaso Dubla	....	head painter (2 episodes, 1999)
Abdellah Baadil	....	art department assistant (unknown episodes)
Mike Fowlie	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Philip Murphy	....	props (unknown episodes)
Massimo Sergianni	....	construction manager (unknown episodes)
Luca Tranchino	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Joe Gallagher	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes, 1999)
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Alan Snelling	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Ian Tapp	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Paolo Lato	....	visual effects producer (2 episodes, 1999)
Josè Sala	....	visual effects compositor (unknown episodes, 1999)
Les Quinn	....	lead digital artist / visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Massimiliano Bianchi	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Gérard Lesage	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Philippe Losson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	assistant stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Cedric Proust	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Franco Maria Salamon	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Luca Luparini	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes, 1999)
Federico Angelucci	....	assistant camera / focus puller (unknown episodes)
Fabiomassimo Sargenti	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
Massimiliano Zenga	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Noureddine Aberdine	....	extras casting (unknown episodes)
Donald Paul Pemrick	....	additional casting (unknown episodes)
Cornelia von Braun	....	casting: Germany and Spain (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ali Lammari	....	set costumer (unknown episodes, 1999)
Hayet Bouhmouche	....	set costumer (unknown episodes)
Khalil Boulane	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Claudio Messina	....	score music producer (unknown episodes, 1999)

Series Transportation Department
Said Andam	....	transportation (2 episodes, 1999)

Series Other crew
Francesco Cimmino	....	egyptologist (unknown episodes)
Rizia Ortolani	....	production coordinator: Rome (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Lux International

Distributors

• Fernsehjuwelen (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• Mediaset (1999) (Italy) (TV)
• Sigma Film (2008) (Russia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Lighstream CGI (digital effects)

Other Companies

• Anvil Post Production  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

267 min (3 parts) | Italy:120 min

Country:

USA | Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Atlas Corporation Studios, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Company:

Lux International

Embarrassing

It takes a lot of hard work to make a movie good, but it might take even more work to make one bad - really bad. In this gem everyone succeeds.

Let's not talk about plot holes here. Let's talk about craters instead. Ravines. And let's please talk about acting - and directing. The only halfway decent acting performance is by the colonel - or was it a general? And as for his name? It's not given here, so who knows? Credit for his piece de resistance is lost forever.

Roy Scheider? Why does he always get these horrible parts? Either he just can't land the good roles or he has terrible taste, and in this turkey he lands another good one and unless he's absolutely desperate for work (which the poor guy might be) he has terrible taste. Playing a heavy named - Grant Schiller? Schiller is German; Grant is not. Who comes up with these stupid names? Oh that's right: the singularly lacklustre Kevin Connor who has not a single impressive credit to his CV and also commits the ultimate insult of directing - or actually refraining from directing.

The absolute worst acting in the movie is by Katrina Gibson who shouldn't even be allowed on a sound stage to pluck litter. According to the IMDb, Gibson's been in an episode of Judging Amy. That must be the worst episode ever in that series.

Rounding everything out: you can't really have a bad bad movie unless the music is really stupid and annoying, but fortunately Canadian McCauley comes through with flying colours.

This one might work on slow kids in the five years of age range but hardly on anyone else. It will bore ten year olds and get them climbing the walls and screaming in protest.

Strangely we watched this one all through to the end. We were perversely fascinated by it, mostly and primarily because it was so bad. But recommend it to anyone? Why?

It takes a lot of work to make a bad movie, and this one succeeds in all possible ways. And it only makes you appreciate all the more how much work it takes to make a good movie.