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The Beastmaster (1982)

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ar (Marc Singer) was the unborn prince of a family slaughtered by Lords of Evil. Fortunately, prior to his mothers death, he was magically transferred to the womb of a cow which saves his life and may be the reason that he is a bit 'different'.

But when Dar grows up into manlyhood (..and boy does he ever! -meow!) Dar embarks on a journey to seek revenge on the evil priest Maax (Rip Torn) and the Jun Horde.

With the help of a hunter (John Amos) and a gorgeous slave girl (Tanya Roberts), whom Dar falls for in a big way, Dar must fight through his way through a wasteland of Sorcery and Black Magic on the ultimate quest for freedom and vengeance.

With only the help of these two, Dar's mission might have been doomed to failure. But, as the title of the movie suggests, Dar has a special gift with being able to communicate with animals and it is this gift that ultimately gives him the edge of many other warriors of most fantasy movies.

The costumes and characters are just great. This film really makes me believe that all the characters are real (although Marc Singers acting is not so hot but I have seen worse!)

A definite guy flick for fighting and of course Ms Roberts and a girlie flick for the love growing between Dar and the slave girl ...and of course Dar's body!

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Unanimously panned by the critics and many people alike. Well what can I say? It is a good movie.

It does have some good humor and action. But it is the kind of movie you can see on a rainy day and have a great time!


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The movie was very loosely based on a series of books. The original author Andre Norton was so disappointed with the end result that she demanded that her name be removed from the credits! The first book had the same title, the second book was titled 'Lord of Thunder'. The books are Sci-Fi, not Swords and Sorcery, and the story works much better in this scenario. -Thanks to Martin Szabo


Marc Singer's sister Lori Singer stars in "Footloose" as Ariel, Kevin Bacon's Girlfriend.

Marc Singer was born January 29, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the son of symphony conductor Jacques Singer and his pianist wife Leslie. His siblings also chose the arts as a profession: brother Gregory is a violinist, brother Claude is a writer, and sister Lori is an accomplished cellist and also an actress, perhaps best known for her roles in the TV series "Fame" and the movie "Footloose". Marc is married to actress Haunani Minn ("Young Doctors in Love", "Alien Nation: Dark Horizon"). -Thanks to Miguel

Marc Singer has appeared in a few episodes of the new "The Beastmaster" series helping the new Beastmaster on his quest. -Thanks to Angel

Marc Singer is the cousin of director Bryan Singer, who has directed the X-Men movies. -Thanks to Stefan Wadstedt

Marc Singer had the lead role in a ten hour sci-fi mini-series called 'V', as Mike Donovan, in which he led a group of human resistance fighters into battle against voracious lizard-like alien invaders. He is also considered to be the second best 'b' movie actor in Hollywood, the best being the legendary 'Lance Henriksen. -Thanks to Phantom Planet

Marc Singer was a special guest star on Hawaii 50. -Thanks to Shawn

Tanya Roberts is best known for her role in television’s "Charlie’s Angels".

Janet Jones (Gretzky) appeared in the movie. She later married hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and is the mother of five children with Wayne. -Thanks to Nancy K

This film proved so popular, it even yielded a sequel: "The Beastmaster II: The Portal Of Time" (1991). Unfortunately, it was set in present day Los Angeles, and in my opinion, "it wasn't very good!"

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The eagle often refused to fly on cue so in order to shoot footage of it in the air it was dropped from a trapdoor in a hot air balloon.

The actor playing the young deposed prince, Billy Jacoby, was not allowed to be on the set at the same time as the tiger, so a short stunt person in a wig, photographed from behind, was used in those shots. -Thanks to Denise

Dar's black tiger was actually a regular striped tiger dyed black! The dye would wash off around the mouth whenever the tiger took a drink and weren't painted out again immediately, so throughout the film the stripes are often visible around the mouth.

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Most of the outdoor locations where shot in the hills North of Simi Valley and West of Moorpark in Western Ventura County, there really isn't a street address. As I recall 'Union Oil' owned the land it was shot on.

There were also a section that took place on a lake that was filmed at Pyramid lake North of Los Angeles, as well as a few scenes shot in the Valley of Fire outside of Las Vegas. [Thanks to Brett Papworth]

The temple scene and tree house scene sets as well as many of the exterior shots were filmed in the middle of nowhere in Simi Valley. The interiors with the large tree were built inside an industrial complex where the production offices were in (maybe Jefferson Blvd?) North Hollywood. All the minitures were also done there. Other exterior scenes were shot on location in Arizona. [Thanks to C. Ertle]

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The enchanting soundtrack score for "The Beastmaster" was composed and conducted by Lee Holdridge. It was released on the Varese Sarabande label in 1983.

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Year:
1982
Studio:
MGM/UA
Director:
Don Coscarelli
Starring:
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos
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Genre:
Action
  
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Humor, Good Looking People, Action/Fighting, plot
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acting is kinda bad

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