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Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   18,603 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert E. Howard (stories)
Roy Thomas (story) ...
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Release Date:
29 June 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
The most powerful legend of all is back in a new adventure. more
Plot:
Conan leads a ragtag group of adventurers on a quest for a princess. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Stupid But Fun more (84 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Conan: King of Thieves (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
103 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:14 | Denmark:15 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Italy:T | New Zealand:PG | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1984) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (cut) | USA:PG (Certificate #27413) | West Germany:16 (f)
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Trivia:
Wilt Chamberlain's first and only film role. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The four bloody scratches on Conan's arms during the Man Ape fight scene, the blood slightly ran down Conan's arms, but minutes later just as the crystal palace begins to crumble, those bloody scratches are on his arms neatly with no blood smearing. more
Quotes:
Malak: My brother's sister's cousin never said anything about bars. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Angel: Deep Down (#4.1)" (2002) more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Stupid But Fun, 8 August 2007
7/10
Author: ogremage12

If you're looking for a deep, interesting and layered fantasy flick which makes sense and has an original story, go rent out the first Conan movie. Conan the Destroyer is pure Hollywood cheese, made because the Conan the Barbarian was such a hit. The studio execs made the story more light-hearted, with sidekicks and magic and the kind of story a thirteen-year-old could watch without getting in trouble.

Oddly enough, it works. While it's light years away from Robert E Howard's original Conan stories, Conan the Destroyer is still great fun, even twenty years after it was made. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes the most of the very silly lines he's given, Tracey Walter proves a capable if somewhat pointless comic foil, and the irony of casting Wilt Chamberlain as a protector of a young princess' virginity is hilarious.

Mako hams it up, Grace Jones takes it all too seriously and Olivia D'Abo makes for a good childlike princess because she was 16 when the film got made. The music's over-dramatic, the lines are laughable ("Some wizard you are! Go back to juggling apples!") and the story's cliché, but for Saturday night viewing, nothing beats Conan the Destroyer.

Possibly Interesting Trivia: This movie was produced by Raffaela De Laurentis, daughter of the famous Dino De Laurentis. She also produced the confusing big-budget epic "Dune". Both Dune and this movie flopped at the box office, and both were filmed in Mexico.

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