Beowulf 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Not for instance the very strange 1999 film starring christopher lambert. There he meets the beautiful kyra rhona mitra, a woman warrior with a couple of cleavagerevealing outfits. In this story, beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a maneating creature called grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at. A 1999 science fantasy action film based on the epic poem of the same name, starring christopher lambert and rhona mitra. Christophe lambert s b movie appeal proves to bring a real sense of fun to beowulf which should hopefully please his fanbase even to a minor ectent, and the fact that he turned down reprising the. Beowulf 1999 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Though born in great neck, long island, christopher lambert s family left the us when he was only two years old. Guiles theme goes with beowulf 1999 christopher lambert movie by tryzonuncut. Anyway, in this postapocalyptic retelling of beowulf, starring christopher lambert as the leading man, we are given a rather inventive backstory for grendel. I guess this movie is similiar to the kungfu movies that used to come on on saturday afternoons with the flying through the air, and feats of great strength by the. Christopher lambert mortal kombat, highlander stars in this futuristic update of the classic poem written in 900 ad and set in a world of.
Beowulf learns about a maneating creature called grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors. The epic eighthcentury poem of saxon lore gets moved into the. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the outposts master of arms. The epic poem that makes highschool englishlit class slightly more interesting gets turned into a sprawling scifihorror blowout in director graham bakers beowulf 1999. Beowulf full movie english 1999 hd christopher lambert, rhona mitra, oliver cotton. Beowulf translates the ancient epic poem of the same name into a postapocalyptic road warriorstyle future, in which a military outpost is being invaded by a monstrous, bloodthirsty creature. Grendels mother kills almost an entire group of warriors, who are shown as shadowy, bloody figures hanging from ceiling beams. International b movie icon christopher lambert brings a lot of his highlanderhewn swordandsorcery chops to the title role, as he sets out to smite evil members of his family.
Movie info the epic eighthcentury poem of saxon lore gets moved into the scandinavian future in this science fiction adaptation of beowulf. Set in a dystopian future rather than the past, this adaptation makes many changes to the poems story. Beowulf is a 1999 american science fantasy action film loosely based on the old english epic poem beowulf. The film was directed by graham baker and written by mark leahy and david chappe, and comes from the same producer as mortal kombat, which also starred lambert. Hearing about a monster bothering a castle, a hunter with supernatural powers named beowulf goes there to ply his trade.
Living in a technofutile world of the future, a medieval land where technologys secrets are locked away in a mute. When warrior beowulf christopher lambert learns that the inhabitants of the outpost are being killed by a monstrous creature named grendel, he offers to help the king, hrothgar oliver cotton, fight off the beast. Christopher lambert christophe guy denis christopher lambert n. The dialogue in beowulf is one of the corniest i had a privilege to hear and i have no idea how the cast managed to keep a straight face delivering the lines. James remar replaced christopher lambert in the role. This is the 2007 film written by roger avary who cowrote pulp fiction and neil gaiman, directed by robert zemeckis, and starring ray winstone. Download beowulf 1999 yify torrent for 720p mp4 movie. Beowulf full movie english 1999 hd christopher lambert, rhona. Jan, 2014 christopher lambert mortal kombat, highlander stars in this futuristic update of the classic poem written in 900 ad and set in a world of supernatural evil and inexplicable danger. With christopher lambert, rhona mitra, oliver cotton, gotz otto.
Drawn hither by the evil emanations comes beowulf christopher lambert from subway and the highlander series, a powerful warrior with dark secrets of his own. Drawn hither by the evil emanations comes beowulf christopher lambert from subway and the highlander series, a powerful warrior with dark secrets of. Torn from a legend whose roots are buried in the mists of time, beowulf is half manhalf god. Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a maneating creature called grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the outpost. The curse of grendel lives on in beowulf, a postapocalyptic version of the epic poem with a wooden christopher lambert battling a maneating monster in a medievallooking castle. The 1999 film beowulf, starring christopher lambert in the title role, is more a horrorcumactioncumscifi flick than a retelling of the anglosaxon classic. This adaptation of beowulf, starring christopher lambert, includes some sciencefiction elements that might seem odd in a medieval epic. Inspired through his having appeared in a play at age 12, he went to the paris conservatoire. Christopher lambert a list of 26 titles created 6 months ago sci a list of 25 titles created 23 apr 2017 b titled films. At first i thought it was van helsing, but that just wasnt it. The epic eighthcentury poem of saxon lore gets moved into the scandinavian future in this science fiction adaptation of beowulf. Guiles theme goes with beowulf 1999 christopher lambert movie. Beowulf is a 1999 american science fantasyaction film loosely based on the old english epic poem beowulf. Guiles theme goes with beowulf 1999 christopher lambert movie duration.
Christopher lambert a list of 26 titles created 6 months ago sci a. Torn from a legend whose roots are buried in the mists of time, beowulf is half man half god. Christopher lambert mortal kombat stars in this update of the classic poem set in a futuristic world of supernatural evil and inexplicable danger torn from a legend whose roots are buried in the mists of time, beowulf is half manhalf god. In her next movie hollow man 2000, rhona mitra also had a scene where she was nude and where her character gets raped, but just like what happened with one in beowulf, that scene was cut although directors cut with uncut nuderape scene was released later. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 58 produced by 12 music by 1 cinematography by. Christopher lambert as beowulf rhona mitra as kyra. Beowulf 1999 cast and crew when warrior beowulf christopher lambert learns that the inhabitants of the outpost are being killed by a monstrous creature named grendel, he offers to help the. Its a motion capture 3d movie adaptation of the epic beowulf. His father was a united nations diplomat assigned to switzerland and, as a result, chris was educated at private boarding schools in geneva. A short scene of grendel having sexual contact with rhona mitras character kyra in her room was shot but left out because it didnt really work and the director later felt that it also wouldnt match with the. Beowulf this recent film is a great thing to rent if youre looking for a sexy actionadventure flick, but its terrible as a study aid. The mysterious warrior beowulf christopher lambert rescues a young girl from a bunch of savages who want to sacrifice her, in order to exorcise the evil that is plaguing the cartoonishlooking castle of king hrothgar oliver cotton. Beowulf its loosely based on the infamous epic poem written in 900 ad and te ills the tale of a mysterious drifter who comes to a remote outpost to do battle with the ancient supernatural force. The movie is pretty much just bullshit that they called beowulf to make some extra money.
Here, beowulf christopher lambert rescues a damsel in distress, pendra patricia velasquez, who is being menaced by two men with large swords and bad tempers. Here, beowulf christopher lambert rescues a damsel in distress. May 16, 2010 according to tradition beowulf rides a white horse with black mane, which is representative of his philosophy that good and evil are intertwined. Beowulf is a 2007 3d computeranimated fantasy action film directed and coproduced by robert zemeckis, written by neil gaiman and roger avary and based on the old english epic poem of the same name. Christopher lambert mortal kombat, highlander stars in this futuristic update of the classic poem written in 900 ad and set in a world of supernatural evil and inexplicable danger. Christopher lambert mortal kombat stars in this update of the classic poem set in a futuristic world of supernatural evil and inexplicable danger. The thirteenth warrior 1999 based on a michael crichton novel, this film uses many elements from beowulf, but combines them with the travel narrative of an arab courtier, played by antonio banderas. He started his career playing supporting parts in several french films, and became internationally famous with the role of tarzan in greystoke.
In a besieged land, beowulf must battle against the hideous creature grendel and his vengeance seeking mother. The beleaguered fighters are grateful for his help, but a warrior named roland gotz otto grows jealous of beowulf when he sees him with the kings daughter rhona mitra. Lambert s beowulf as scifi hero nonetheless, its actually a diverting b movie, once you stop expecting anything particularly meaningfulor anything to do with the original story. Christopher lambert mortal kombat, highlander stars in this futuristic update of the classic poem written in 900 ad and set in a world of supernatural evil and. This is also rhona mitras big entry into the movie business. Living in a medieval land where technologys secrets are locked away in a mute past, beowulf fights his way through a besieging army and into a. While beowulf didnt really remind me much of beowulf, it did reminded me of something else. Download beowulf 1999 with christopher lambert dvdrip divx torrent or any other torrent from the video movies. Living in a technofutile world of the future, a medieval land where technologys secrets are locked away in a mute past, beowulf fights his way through a besieging army and into a mysterious, ominous castle on the edge of nowhere to face an evil within. This postapocalyptic future story is based on the 8th century saxon epic poem about the knight who battled a monster in a medieval castle. Lambert is enjoyable as always and his alien forehead is prominent in beowulf as they bleached his hair and cut it really short. Beowulf s army slaughters its enemies on the battlefield.
Beowulf dismembers grendels arm after a long handtohand battle. But she runs back and gets killed, because she considers it a better fate than facing whatever horrors are. Tags action and adventure christopher lambert demon dystopian knights medievel monster oliver cotton postapocalyptic rhona mitra science fiction. Christopher lambert, isabelle huppert, claire denis at the 66th venice film festival in 2008, he played in the french crime thriller limousine. Christopher lambert declined to reprise his role as raiden in mortal kombat. When warrior beowulf christopher lambert learns that the inhabitants of the outpost are being killed by a monstrous creature named grendel, he offers to help the king, hrothgar oliver cotton. Torn from a legend whose roots are buried in the mists of time, beowulf is half man, half god. Here, beowulf christopher lambert rescues a damsel in distress, pendra patricia. Before long, beowulf finds himself doing battle with hrothgars daughter kyra. In a besieged land, beowulf must battle against the hideous creature grendel and his. The best scene in the lesserknown silly beowulf flick, now with the added awesomeness of guiles theme. Rhona mitra, christopher lambert, oliver cotton, movie description.