Gunan, King of the Barbarians
Gunan, King of the Barbarians (Italian: Gunan il guerriero) is a 1982 film directed by Franco Prosperi.[1]
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| Directed by | Franco Prosperi |
| Produced by | Pino Buricchi[1] |
| Screenplay by | Piero Regnoli[1] |
| Story by | Piero Regnoli[1] |
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| Music by | Roberto Pregadio[1] |
| Cinematography | Pasquale Fanetti[1] |
Production company | Leader Films[1] |
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Running time | 80 minutes[1] |
Production
Gunan, King of the Barbarians uses footage from One Million Years B.C..[1]
Release
Gunan, King of the Barbarians was released in Italy on 9 September 1982.[1] The film has also been released as The Invincible Barbarian.[2]
As of 2016 the only available copies of Gunan, King of the Barbarians were home made DVDs sold on eBay that are sourced from pan-and-scan transfers from VHS tapes.[3]
Reception
From retrospective reviews, the German book Lexicon des Fantasy-Films referred to the film as a rip-off of Conan the Barbarian but "only dumber".[4]
References
Footnotes
- Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 201.
- Rushing 2016, p. 186.
- Rushing 2016, p. 112.
- Hahn, Ronald M.; Jansen, Volker; Stresau, Norbert (1986). Lexikon des Fantasy-Films. München. p. 201.
Sources
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Rushing, Robert A. (2016). Descended from Hercules: Biopolitics and the Muscled Male Body on Screen. McFarland. ISBN 0253022584.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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