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Conan the Barbarian
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman View AllCrew
John Milius (Screenplay), John Milius (Director), Oliver Stone (Screenplay), Edward Summer (Story) View All
Release: Apr. 2nd, 1982
Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
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Conan the Barbarian is one of the best movies of all time
I can't find a lot of people who will agree with me on this, but there's got to be someone who thinks the same out there. Sweeping vistas, epic battles, revenge plot, inspired soundtrack, early Olive...
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So what about Conan?
I have been saying they should make another Conan movie for years.
I have even been doing some research for script ideas (of my own).
I hear they are going to do one, an origin movie.
Robert Rodriguez...
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Conan
Who else is super pumped that he is finally back after tonight!? Can't wait to see what Jack White is going to play too. I hope Ferrell and/or Norm stop by tonight or this week. Finally have a reaso...
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New Conan Film?
What do you think?
Thulsa Doom
And a further point of interest...
Look who's maybe in it... (check out 'In Development')
What say you MoFo's?...
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King Conan
Since the illustrious Mr. Schwarzenegger has pursued other opportunities, John Milius has decided to go forward and pursue another actor (yet unannounced) to play the aging Conan role. Other news is t...
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Even if Milius doesn't admit it in the special features, I find the ending of Conan the Barbarian to be Milius's way of trying to improve upon Coppola's ending of Apocalypse Now, and he succeeds because the ending of Apocalypse Now pretty much relegates THAT film to the state of mediocre.

Conan The Barbarian is not a film with the greatest of acting or storytelling, it's a pure action flick (underneath the swords and magic exterior) and unsurprisingly Arnie does well in it.

It's not that he's unaware of how Conan feels, he just sees it through his warped world view, going on to point out how his drive for revenge is what gave him strength, in the same way an angry father would point out how much he gave his son.