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Erik The Viking [1989] [DVD]

DVD ~ Tim Robbins
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones
  • Directors: Terry Jones
  • Writers: Terry Jones
  • Producers: John Goldstone, Neville C. Thompson, Terry Glinwood
  • Format: PAL, Special Edition
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Arrow Films
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Aug 2000
  • Run Time: 89 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004VVSP
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 35,583 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Programme Notes
The Making Of Erik The Viking
Feature Reports
Selected Scene Index


Synopsis
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. 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 home--and end the Age of Ragnarok, bringing peace to the kingdom. To get there he has to lead a pathetic group of seasick sailors through the Gates of the World and into sunlight, on their way to Valhalla. But all threatens to come undone when the local blacksmith plots to sabotage the journey to protect his lucrative weapons business. The film includes wonderfully unexpected turns from Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt and an especially funny performance by John Cleese as a torturing warlord who enjoys having men killed in myriad creative ways. The film is more similar in tone to Terry Gilliam's JABBERWOCKY than to any of the Monty Python farces.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars More than just funny (and Erik was not Swedish), 27 Mar 2003
By Trygve Eklund (Oslo Norway) - See all my reviews
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This movie is much more than a funny satire, although it contains hilarious scenes with vikings (by the way, Erik was not Swedish but Norwegian), kings, politicians (maintaining optimism while their island is literally sinking into and below the sea), and gods (depicted as children!).

I see it mainly as a highly poetic description of the human search for dignity and meaning, cunningly wrapped in a very entertaining disguise.

Most reviewers in my own country missed all but some very simple points about this film.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet brilliance, 8 May 2001
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This movie is so funny - but if you think thats all there is to it, then you're missing the point.

There are magnificently funny performances from the likes of John Cleese and Tim Robbins, but the funniest is definately the underrated Tim McInnery as Sven the Berserker.

Erik is a modern swede in a viking world, with an adventurers spirit and an unstoppable determination. He challenges the ideals of his compadres and takes them (and you) to the end of the world, where in an unrealisitic environment, he finds realism at its most brutal.

My favourtie movie of all time!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is such a brilliantly funny movie. Second to none, 29 Aug 2000
By E. C. Duindam "sans-pareil" (Leiden, NL) - See all my reviews
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I thoroughly enjoyed this masterpiece of humour. The combination of viking myth, wonderful tale and humorous setting is great, and this is a must see for anyone who can appreciate such things as Monty Python or the books of Douglas Adams.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The not-quite-theatrical cut but not-quite-son-of-the-director's cut
After a run of box-office successes culminating in A Fish Called Wanda, the Monty Python alumni hit the rocks in a big way in the late 80s, first with Terry Gilliam's hugely... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Little Known Gem.
This Terry Jones movie really deserves to be much better known. Funny. Intelligent. Poignant. The scene in which King Terry Jones'
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Published on 20 Aug 2006 by Mr. I. C. G. Bell

5.0 out of 5 stars funny movie with a message
I bought this movie mainly because I'm a Python fan. And I was pleasantly surprised that it was not just another Viking movie. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2006 by maidencharlie22

5.0 out of 5 stars "We are the gods. We can not make men love each other."
Erik encounters a woman that makes him think (Samantha Bond). He confronts his grand father with the age old question of why young men have to fight. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2006 by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars crazy_punk@postmaster.co.uk
I saw this when I was little and have been looking for it ever since. One of the things I love about the Python movies and off-shoots is that it's never assumed that just because... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2005 by Crazy Punk

5.0 out of 5 stars "We are the gods. We can not make men love each other."
Erik encounters a woman that makes him think (Samantha Bond). He confronts his grand father with the age old question of why young men have to fight. Read more
Published on 6 April 2003 by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars Loveable Fantasy...
I read the saga of Erik before i saw the film, and i loved the film. It is my favoutite fantasy book next to Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2001 by Nathan

5.0 out of 5 stars Stab me through the heart why don't you?
The Empire review of this movie is utterly wrong. Erik the Viking is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2000

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