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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   14,255 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Edward Khmara (story)
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Release Date:
12 April 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
CURSED FOR ETERNITY...No force in Heaven will release them. No power on Earth can save them. [UK Theatrical] more
Plot:
Philipe Gastone, a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Navarre befriends him... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations more
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(5 articles)
User Comments:
Beautiful, preposterous, haunting more (157 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Matthew Broderick ... Phillipe Gaston

Rutger Hauer ... Captain Etienne Navarre

Michelle Pfeiffer ... Isabeau d'Anjou
Leo McKern ... Father Imperius the Monk
John Wood ... Bishop of Aquila
Ken Hutchison ... Marquet

Alfred Molina ... Cezar
Giancarlo Prete ... Fornac

Loris Loddi ... Jehan
Alessandro Serra ... Mr. Pitou
Charles Borromel ... Insane Prisoner
Massimo Sarchielli ... Innkeeper
Nicolina Papetti ... Mrs. Pitou
Russel Case ... Lieutenant (as Russell Kase)
Donald Hodson ... Guard on Cart (as Don Hudson)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
121 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
Warner Brothers falsely marketed the movie as being based on a true medieval legend. Edward Khmara took the issue to the Writers Guild Association and was awarded a cash settlement from Warners, but the medieval legend claim wasn't dropped. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Phillipe's accent changes constantly between British English and American English. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Phillipe: Impossible. Impossible. Nothing is impossible. Come on, Mouse. Dig! Dig, Mouse. Come on.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Sasquatch Gang (2006) more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful, preposterous, haunting, 4 October 2000
8/10
Author: jminer from Newcastle, Australia

The leads are physically beautiful almost beyond film comparison. Their moral-spiritual characters match, which should make the film corny. The plot is preposterous, but the main characters, Isabeau and Gaston, prosecute their roles with such unfailing intensity you can't help but accept the nonsense. What is Ferris Bueller doing in medieval France, though? Perhaps the film needs some salty leavening, and at least he makes the plot work a little more efficiently. Overall, I don't have a rational judgement to make but a purely emotional one: I can never forget this film. It has haunted me since the first time I saw it. And that is all down to the pure intensity of Hauer and Pfeiffer.

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