Outlander (2008)

Director:

Howard McCain

Writers (WGA):

Dirk Blackman (written by) &
Howard McCain (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry. |

Plot Keywords:

Old Norse | Viking | Beowulf | Old Language | Norse

Cast

James Caviezel	...	Kainan
Sophia Myles	...	Freya
Jack Huston	...	Wulfric
Ron Perlman	...	Gunnar
John Hurt	...	Rothgar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Beale	...	Edmund
Katie Bergin	...	Sonja
Matt Cooke	...	Captain
Aidan Devine	...	Einar
Drakaina	...	Kitchen wench
Michael Fox	...	Alien Warrior
J. William Grantham	...	Drunken Reveler
Allyson Haas	...	Villager
Craig Harris	...	Viking Warrior
Ricardo Hoyos	...	Jon
Amy Kerr	...	Bored Kitchen Wench
Ted Ludzik	...	Olaf
Bailey Maughan	...	Erick
Liam McNamara	...	Finn
John Nelles	...	Donal
Simon Northwood	...	Warrior
Mark A. Owen	...	Raider
Scott Owen	...	Aethril
Owen Pattison	...	Galen, son of Kainen
Petra Prazak	...	Mara
James Preston Rogers	...	Bjorn (as James Rogers)
Todd Sandomirsky	...	Shishkebob
Cliff Saunders	...	Boromir
Todd Schroeder	...	Warrior (as Todd William Schroeder)
Colette Stevenson	...	(voice)
Patrick Stevenson	...	Unferth
Steven Wendland	...	Viking Warrior

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Old Norse

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

This is the first film in history to feature old Norse, an almost dead language. Howard McCain used an Icelandic professor to help translate the dialogue and to teach the actors how to speak the ancient language.