Ironmaster (film)
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi[1] |
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| Produced by | Luciano Martino[1] |
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| Cinematography | Giancarlo Ferrando[1] |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
| Music by | Guido De Angelis[1] |
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Ironmaster (Italian: La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster) is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
Production
[edit]After the surprise box office hit of Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire (1981) in Italy, several film productions followed mimicking the film's style. These included films like Lucio Fulci's Conquest (1983) and Umberto Lenzi's Ironmaster.[3]
Ironmaster was filmed on location at Custer State Park in South Dakota with interiors shot at RPA-Elios Studios in Rome.[2]
Release
[edit]Ironmaster was released in Italy on 10 March 1983.[1][2] The film was released on Blu-ray on 23 January 2017 in North America by Code Red and on 10 April 2017 in the United Kingdom by 88 Films.[4][5]
Reception
[edit]According to Michael Klossner, author of Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television, while Ironmaster received "few and very bad notices [and is] simple, only modestly ambitious and has its share of flaws … it's hard not to like a film which shows intelligent, articulate prehistoric people making discoveries, facing moral issues and showing capacity for great evil and finally for good."[6] Hal Erickson wrote in AllMovie that "Seldom has there been a more predictable 98 minutes' worth of Sword and Sorcery, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable."[7]
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
- 1 2 3 4 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 204.
- ↑ Thrower 2002, p. 134.
- ↑ "Ironmaster Blu-ray Release Date January 23, 2017 (SOLD OUT)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ↑ "Ironmaster Blu-ray Release Date April 10, 2017 (La guerra del ferro - Ironmaster)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ↑ Klossner 2006, pp. 84–85.
- ↑ Erickson.
Sources
[edit]- Erickson, Hal. "La Guerra del Ferro (1983)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
- Klossner, Michael (2006). Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television: 581 Dramas, Comedies and Documentaries, 1905-2004. McFarland. ISBN 0786422157.
- Thrower, Stephen (2002) [May 1999]. Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci (2nd ed.). England, United Kingdom: Fab Press (published December 2002). ISBN 0-9529260-6-7.
External links
[edit]- Ironmaster at IMDb
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