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Conan the Destroyer
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6.1Conan is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis to safely escort a teen princess and her powerful bodyguard to a far away castle to retrieve the magic Horn of Dagoth. Unknown to Conan, the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom after the bodyguard kills Conan. The queen's plans fail to take into consideration Conan's strength and cunning and the abilities of his sidekicks: the eccentric wizard Akiro, the warrior woman Zula, and the inept Malak. Together the hero and his allies must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in this voyage to sword-and-sorcery land.
Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan
- Grace Jones as Zula
- Wilt Chamberlain as Bombaata
- Mako as Akiro 'The Wizard'
- Tracey Walter as Malak
- Sarah Douglas as Queen Taramis
Themes
- gladiator
- swordplay
- fight
- magic
- sword
- lone wolf
- black magic
- warrior woman
- stone age
- thief
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Screenplay by
- Stanley Mann
- Story by
- Roy Thomas Gerry Conway
- Based on
- Conan the Barbarian , by Robert E. Howard
- Produced by
- Raffaella De Laurentiis
- Starring
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Grace Jones Wilt Chamberlain Mako Tracey Walter Olivia d'Abo Sarah Douglas
- Cinematography
- Jack Cardiff
- Edited by
- Frank J. Urioste
- Music by
- Basil Poledouris
- Production company
- Dino De Laurentiis Company
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- June 29, 1984 ( 1984-06-29 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 101 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $26.4–31 million (US/Canada) , $30.1 million (worldwide rentals)
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Encyclopedic overview
Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 American epic sword-and-sorcery film directed by Richard Fleischer from a screenplay by Stanley Mann and a story by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway. Based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard, it is the sequel to Conan the Barbarian (1982). The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mako reprising their roles as Conan and Akiro, the Wizard of the Mounds, respectively. The cast also includes Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Tracey Walter, and Olivia d'Abo.
Conan the Destroyer was theatrically released in the United States on June 29, 1984, by Universal Pictures. Upon release, the film received generally mixed reviews from critics. It grossed between $26.4 million and $31 million in the United States and Canada and earned theatrical rentals of $30 million worldwide.
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