She (1984 film)

She is a post apocalyptic film directed by Avi Nesher and starring Sandahl Bergman. She was based on H. Rider Haggard's 1887 novel She: A History of Adventure.[1]

She
Directed byAvi Nesher[1]
Produced byRenato Dandi[1]
Screenplay byAvi Nesher[1]
Based onH. Rider Haggard
by She[1]
Starring
Music by
CinematographySandro Mancori[1]
Edited byNicholas Wentworth[1]
Production
companies
  • Continental Motion Pictures
  • Royal Films B.V.
  • Trans World Entertainment (TWE)[1]
Release date
  • 25 December 1985 (1985-12-25) (United States)
Running time
106 minutes[1]

Plot

Set 23 years after a nuclear war called "The Cancellation", the film follows Tom and his friend Dick, whose sister Hari has been captured by a local tribe, the Norks. They set out to find and rescue Hari, while avoiding the dangerous tribes encountered along the way. After being captured and escaping from a clan called the Urechs, led by "She" (Sandahl Bergman), they receive help as She decides to assist them after learning of a prophecy from a local seer.

Each encounter with other groups led by their own post-apocalyptic ‘god’, ends in a battle. One psychic communist Godan can levitate his enemies but is betrayed by his 2nd in command, a woman in red who is upset Godan has taken She as a lover. Each tribal ‘god’ has an army of mutants, with special abilities apparently granted by the nuclear radiation.[2] The heroes also have to face a tutu-wearing giant, ,toga-wearing werewolves, and mutants bandaged up like Egyptian mummies.

After being captured by the swastika wearing Norks, they are reunited in a gladiator combat battle. They are released, and stage a final battle at a bridge, facing wave after wave of wildly costumed combatants. Finally victorious, Tom, Dick and Hari are reunited! Dick and She’s 2nd in command have fallen in love, but Tom and She decide to love each other from a distance. Taking a barge with his sister Hari into the far away other lands, a song about Eternal Love plays in the background while the protagonist Tom and She decide to avoid their love.

Cast

Production

In the January 1983 issue of Starlog, it was reported that Sandahl Bergman was currently in Rome filming She.[3]

Release

She was released in the United States in 25 December 1985 with a 106-minute running time.[1]

Reception

TV Guide gave the movie two of five stars, noting the film was full of low brow humor and an incoherent plot, and that after a delayed release it "finally was foisted onto audiences courtesy of the Cinemax cable television network, a veritable dumping ground for movies that can't even get into third-run cinemas." [4] In Creature Feature, the movie also received two of five stars, noting it was a black parody full of anachronisms.[5] The film has a score as of June 2019 of 18% at Rotten Tomatoes [6] Kim Newman found the movie similar to others of the genre, with little new to offer.[7]

See also

References
  1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 205.
  2. Stanley, J. (2000) Creature afesture (3rd Edition) Berkley
  3. "Log Entries - Bongs, Bergman, and Barbarians". Starlog. Vol. 6 no. 66. January 1983. p. 14.
  4. "She | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  5. Stanley, J (2000) Creature Feature: #rd Edition. Berkley
  6. "She (1984)" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  7. Newman, K. (2000) Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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