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The Beastmaster is a 1982 American fantasy, action, and science fiction film written and directed by Don Coscarelli. The cast includes Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, and John Amos. Lee Holdridge composed the score, while Don Coscarelli also served as the film editor and director of photography alongside John Alcott. The production involved companies such as Leisure Investment Company, Beastmaster NV, and ECTA Filmproduktion.
The film has a runtime of 118 minutes and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video. It was released on various dates in 1982, including January 1, August 16, August 20, and October 28. The movie was followed by the derivative work BeastMaster 2: Through the Portal of Time.
Financial figures for the production include a budget of 8,000,000 and a capital cost of 9,000,000. The box office revenue was 14,056,528. Review scores for the film include 5.3/10, 18/100, 46%, a vote average of 6.3, and an IMDb rating of 6.2.
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6.3Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.
Cast
- Marc Singer as Dar
- Tanya Roberts as Kiri
- Rip Torn as Maax
- John Amos as Seth
- Rod Loomis as King Zed
- Ben Hammer as Young Dar's Father
Themes
- sacrifice
- magic
- sword
- tiger
- pregnancy
- sorcery
- sword fight
- murder
- severed head
- massacre
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
- Director
- Don Coscarelli
- Screenwriter
- Don Coscarelli
- Composer
- Lee Holdridge
- Production company
- Don Coscarelli
- Cinematographer
- John Alcott
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 863915
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1982-08-20
- title
- The Beastmaster
- film editor
- Don Coscarelli
- distributed by
- Amazon Prime Video
- derivative work
- BeastMaster
- review score
- 46%
- capital cost
- 9000000
- box office
- 14056528
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