In the story, tim robbins plays erik, an unwilling viking, who is nonetheless. It stars pauline starke, donald crisp and leroy mason. Rent erik the viking 1989 starring tim robbins and mickey rooney on dvd and bluray. Tim robbins stars as erik the viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people.
He is credited not only for naming greenland but also for being the first european to found settlements on the island. Erik the red 10 facts about the famous viking learnodo. Erik the viking is a silly, pythonesque comedy for terry jones, based upon his book of the same name created for his son. Viking carpets erik the viking made by international fiberglass vlasic pickles the vlasic stork debuted. Erik tim robbins, a young viking, has no taste for rape and pillage, and suffers guilt over the death of helga samantha bond, an innocent woman killed during an attack on a village by erik and other vikings. He most likely earned the epithet the red due to the color of his hair and beard. The saga of erik the viking popularly known as erik the viking is a textbased adventure game by developing studio level 9 computing, published by mosaic publishing in 1984.
The viking 1928 was the first featurelength technicolor film that featured a soundtrack, and the first film made in technicolors process 3. Erik the viking tim robbins terry jones eartha kitt 1989 norse warrior erik tim robbins travels over the edge of the world, across the rainbow bridge to asgard. Tim robbins, mickey rooney, john cleese, terry jones, eartha kitt, imogen stubbs. In his commentary, jones explains, i was never quite happy with the final edit. The picture is superior to any previous release, without a doubt. The film is based on the 1902 novel the thrall of leif the lucky by ottilie a. The film was inspired by joness childrens book the saga of erik the. Erik the viking 1989 terry jones tim robbins, mickey rooney, john cleese, terry jones, eartha kitt, imogen stubbs, tsutomu sekine, freddie jones, john gordon sinclair, gary cady, charles mckeown, tim mcinnerny. Komedie avontuur film geregisseerd door terry jones.
According to icelandic sagas, he was born in the j. Erik the viking trailer directed by terry jones and starring tim robbins, mickey rooney, terry jones, john cleese, tsutomu sekine. We have only seen erik bringing one longship but that ship sunk the night before after a close encounter with the dragon of the north sea. This seems a bit unlikely since this type of ship is mostly known to have been made in scandinavia. Jones makes clear at the outset is that this work is intended to acquaint young readers with the excitement, adventure and majesty of the tales of iceland. We are an independent movie lovers club worldwide with 646. The film is the story of erik tim robbins, a viking who after the murder of an innocent woman during one of his tribes expedition, discovers that he is not really happy with the whole raping and pillaging customs of his people. This is terry jones attempt at telling viking sagas in the way that he hoped they would be, full of adventure and excitement.
Free shipping get free shipping free 58 day shipping within the u. Filmaffinity is a movie recommendation site based on the concept of movie soulmates. Erik the viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to valhalla, to ask the gods to end the age of ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. The movie stars tim robbins as erik, and features cameos by eartha kitt, john cleese, mickey rooney, and terry jones himself. Years later, erik george ardisson, juliet of the spirits, raised by the english queen as her own, becomes duke of helford, while across the sea, his brother eron cameron mitchell, blood and black lace. Black figures flash across the foreground, with the flames still burning behind. The film was inspired by joness childrens book the saga of erik the viking. Erik il vichingo is a 1965 film directed by mario caiano. Erik the viking may be a minor entry in the parade of postpython product, but this dvd is a long time in coming. With gordon mitchell, giuliano gemma, eleonora bianchi, elisa montes. Erik the viking is a 1989 british comedyfantasy film written and directed by terry jones. The game runs on amstrad cpc, bbc model b, commodore 64 and sinclair zx spectrum the game is loosely based on the 1983 awardwinning childrens novel of the same name by terry jones. Jones took inspiration for the film but not the films title from his own childrens book, the saga of erik the viking. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the horn resounding, which has the power to bring him to his true homeand end the age of ragnarok, bringing peace to the kingdom.
Erik the viking euskaraz erik bikingoa 1989ko terry jones ingeles zinema zuzendari eta aktorearen komedia filma bat da. Erik the viking is a movie like that, an utterly worthless exercise in waste and wretched excess, uninformed by the slightest spark of humor, wit or coherence. When his crew mutinies he takes extreme measures to stop them. Erik learns from the wise woman freya eartha kitt that fenrir the wolf has swallowed the sun, plunging the world into the age of ragnarok. Tim robbins, terry jones, john cleese, gary cady, eartha kitt, mickey rooney, imogen stubbs, samantha bond, antony sher, john gordon sinclair, tim mcinnerny, charles mckeown eta freddie jones aktoreek antzeztu zuten monty python britainiar umoristataldearen filma bat da. This is a great film made at the end of the 80s well worth a watch. When the wise freya eartha kitt informs erik that a great mythic wolf has eaten the sun, the warrior resolves to venture to asgard, home of the norse gods, to set things right. He realizes his son erloff is not a worthy successor, but his will divides his property equally between him and erik, the valiant son of his sister, who also gets his weapons and the mission to lead a seafaring expedition to find new land for. Erik the viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to valhalla, to ask the gods to end the age of. A viking with a conscience, erik tim robbins tires of pillaging and decides to set out on a quest. In the story, tim robbins plays erik, an unwilling viking, who is nonetheless made to participate in his familys lifestyle of committing murder and mayhem on a grand scale.
The film goes into my mind, which removes its impurities, and then it evaporates into thin air. I have a hard time figuring out why leonard maltin qualified this movie as an unwatchable satire. In the films opening scene erik tim robbins, a young viking, discovers that he has no taste for rape and pillage, and suffers guilt over the death of helga samantha bond, an innocent woman. The directors sons cut, however, is 21 minutes shorter than the 100minute theatrical version. In this highseas adventure, a courageous nordic sailor discovers north america. In 786 ad, the invading viking forces are repelled from the shores of england, leaving behind a young boy erik, son of the slain viking king.
The saga of erik the viking and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Terry jones 1989 nordic romp erik the viking was released in the united states in a disastrously received 100minute version that was cut by 10 minutes for its british release. Erik the red was a norwegian viking who, after being banished from iceland, became one of the first europeans to explore the mass of land which we now know as greenland. Rent erik the viking 1989 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Erik the red is also famous for being the father of leif erikson, who is wellknown for being the first known. His son, bill, punches up the pace through cuts and. Jones was unhappy with the finished movie, and later supervised a shorter edit, carried out by his son. Movies like this show every sign of having gotten completely out of hand at an early stage of the production. Erik the viking is a film directed by terry jones with tim robbins, mickey rooney, john cleese, terry jones, year. Monty python and beyond terry jones irreverent take on the legend of the quest for valhalla with tim robbins as a norseman who would really rather not rape and pillage and mickey rooney as his roistering. Its been cut by an additional 15 minutes by terrys son bill for the cheekily titled new dvd erik the viking. List of adventure films of the 1960s 8,792 words no match in snippet view article find links to article filmaffinity. Told, as in the real sagas, in very episodic form, this is the adventure of erik and his crew on the golden dragon as they travel the world taking on deceitful trolls, dogfighters your actual dogs of war, mystical mountains and go on to adventures at the edge pf the. Erik the viking is played by tim robbins a viking who believes that there is more to viking life than pillage and rape and sets of to find a better life on his journey he meets many wonderfull caractors on his way.