{"id":36751,"date":"2024-09-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36751"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T22:11:34","slug":"36751","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=36751","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Conan the Barbarian&#8221; (1982) directed by John Milius, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger &amp; James Earl Jones \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z092124zview_conan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"763\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><i><b>Conan the Barbarian<\/b><\/i><\/em> (1982)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>John Milius<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>John Milius, Oliver Stone; <\/strong>based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MKXlbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CONAN THE BARBARIAN<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by<strong>\u00a0Robert E. Howard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones<\/strong><strong>, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gava, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Val\u00e9rie Quennessen, Franco Columbu, Nadiuska, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Ron Cobb <\/strong>and <strong>William Smith.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: S<em>lave. Barbarian. Warrior. Thief&#8230; Conan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Conan (Scwarzenegger) was a boy, his parents and entire village were massacred by a cult led by Thulsa Doom (Jones).\u00a0 Conan was sold into slavery to work on the <em>Wheel of Pain<\/em> at a remote mill.\u00a0 He grows into manhood.\u00a0 The wheel has made Conan huge and muscular.\u00a0 A passing traveler, buys Conan to turn him into a gladiator.<\/p>\n<p>Conan is undefeated in the gladiator pits.\u00a0 After countless wins, Conan earns his freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the years, the cult of Thulsa Doom has grown.\u00a0 Surrounded by warriors and his own mystical powers, Doom continues his heartless rule.\u00a0 But now Conan has plans to avenge his parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arnold was perfectly cast as Conan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sven-Ole Thorsen who appears as the warrior Thorgrim would go on to appear in a total of 15 films with Arnold Schwarzenegger either as an actor or stuntman.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold was signed for three sequels.\u00a0 Only one was made and it fell far short of the original.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><em><strong><i><b>Conan the Barbarian<\/b><\/i> (1982)<\/strong> <\/em>rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z092124zview_conan2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conan the Barbarian (1982) Director: John Milius Screenplay: John Milius, Oliver Stone; based on CONAN THE BARBARIAN\u00a0by\u00a0Robert E. 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