Conan the Barbarian is a movie directed by John Milius in 1982 and based on the book of the same name by Robert E. Howard, first published in 1934. The movie features Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max von Sydow, Ben Davidson, Sven-Ole Thorsen, and others.
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Book by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
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Storyline
A sword is forged by a blacksmith, who then shows it to his young son, Conan, as he tells him of the Riddle of Steel, an aphorism on the importance of the metal to their people, the Cimmerians. The city guards capture the trio and bring them to King Osric, who requests they rescue his daughter, Princess Yasimina—now a zealot in Doom’s cult—for a handsome reward.
Movie vs Book
Year
1982
Minutes
129
Movie Rate
6.90
Source: IMDb
Movie
Conan the Barbarian
Director: John Milius
Country: USA
Year: 1982
Length: 2h9m
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Year
1934
Pages
224
Book Rate
8.08
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Book
Conan the Barbarian
Author: Robert E. Howard
Country: USA
First published in: 1934
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Richard Fleischer
Movie by Marcus Nispel
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“I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.”
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