He recalled that during promotional tours for the movie, the girls would scream when he walked onstage. She is on her way to marry aella, the king of northumbria frank thring. Tony curtis has his hand cut off in the film, and still his arm hasnt lost any of his blood or length. Jed, reluctant to see luke left behind with mary joe, arranges for him to join the viking crew. Vikings opekkha live at return of vikings vikings s4 e4 yol gisla confronte rollo. The vikings dvd, 2002, widescreen for sale online ebay.
With the help of a viking slave tony curtis, leigh escapes. Tossed into a pit of giant crabs, curtis is saved when his true identity is discovered. Leigh had her first formal foray into acting appearing in. The vikings 1958 kirk douglas romances janet leigh and fights tony curtis duration. Years later, the child, now a young man tony curtis, turns up as a slave in the viking village. The vikings 1958 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Two years before stanley kubricks spartacus, kirk douglas and tony curtis slug it out as viking brothers in this boisterously butch norse saga, filmed largely on the spectacular southwest coast of norway. This personal battle comes to a head when douglas and curtis both lay claim on captured english princess janet leigh.
The effort was worth it as the viewer is transported to another time and place. The most awful part of viking raids wasnt what you think. Viking prince einar kirk douglas doesnt know it, but his most fearsome enemy, the slave eric tony curtis, is actually his half brother. Their father is the viking leader ragnar ernest borgnine. Their feud only intensifies when einar kidnaps princess. Meticulously researched and designed, the viking village was built southwest of gjetingsdalen, on the maurangerfjord, across from the fureberg waterfall, southeast of bergen. Opening sequence with animated viking scrolls, given gravity by orson welles narration, from director richard fleischers the vikings, 1958, starring kirk douglas, tony curtis and janet leigh. For its time, the movie contained scenes of surprising violence an eye is gouged out, an arm is. The vikings 1958 stream and watch online moviefone. While raynar and einar are arguing about the wench, a crewman surreptitiously sneaks in a mike at the bottom left of the screen.
Ernest borgnineif you grewup watching mc hales navy as i did, you wont recognize him was superb as the viking chief raagnar. The vikings trailer directed by richard fleischer and starring kirk douglas, tony curtis, ernest borgnine, james donald, alexander knox. The story was filmed primarily on location in norway and brittany, france, and tracks the lives of two viking half brothers, einar played by kirk douglas and eric tony curtis, who do not know that they are related. Douglas, the son of viking leader ernest borgnine, carries on a filmlength feud with slave tony curtis, who, though he does not realize it, is actually his illegitimate son.
The vikings were often brutal killers but the message seems to be that boys will be boys. The vikings richard fleischer, 1958 he vikings 1958 part 1 of 14. He had 10 undistinguished movie appearances under his belt including the prince who was a thief, a swashbuckler with curtis costarring opposite piper laurie. Released 1958, the vikings stars kirk douglas, tony curtis, janet leigh, ernest borgnine the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 54 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Viking half brothers kirk douglas, tony curtis vie for a welsh princess janet leigh. Tony curtis, kirk douglas and janet leigh in a rollicking adventure film that is near perfect.
The vikings wore long pants because it gets cold in the north atlantic, even in summer. And janet leighs breasts always look like a couple of torpedoes suspended in midair. The vikings 1958 einar and eric last fight scene youtube. With kirk douglas, tony curtis, ernest borgnine, janet leigh. Mythbusters viking axe ladder the vikings 1958 tony curtis kirk douglas duration. He literally smashes kirk douglas in to the ground. Other stars include tony curtis, janet leigh and ernest borgnine. The movie was filmed in norway where they built a real viking village and boats.
On the icefields luke and jed become separated from the rest of the crew and are abandoned. Theyre in frigid norway and hes always wearing shorts. The supporting cast meshed well to make this a believab le tale. They capture a welsh princess janet leigh and hold her for ransom. The red pony 1949 robert mitchum myrna loy family drama western steinbecks story legendado pt duration. Quality drama and action in an epic tale of court intrigue, love and betrayal. Tony curtis in nice france the vikings 1958 discussion. Rare promotional model by aurora plastics for the 1958 united artists movie the vikings. A slave and a viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess. As a result, the vikings proves to be two hours of solid fun. July 6, 1927 october 3, 2004 was an american actress, singer, dancer, and author, whose career spanned over five decades. For some reason, tony curtis was dressed in what looked like boxer shorts throughout, which was a brave choice in norway. Curtis still amazing for his age or any age really, he was very fun and very chatty, his great voice.
Pigtails uncredited minor role uncredited young girl uncredited. Throughout the film, warrior einar feuds with eric, whom he believes to be no more than a former slave. Raised in stockton, california by workingclass parents, leigh was discovered at 18 by actress norma shearer, who helped her secure a contract with metrogoldwynmayer. The vikings was the third of five films in which husbandandwife tony curtis and janet leigh starred together during their 11year marriage from 1951 to 1962. One of the best scenes i have ever seen in a classic movie, best picture & movie theme indeed.
Their evenings resemble a frat party, they play games, have fun and drink a lot of beer. The vikings cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. It has viking raids, battle scenes, attacks on a cliffside castle, and a sword fight between curtis and douglas that makes the duel in princess bride seem anaemic in comparison. His performance alone sent this movie to box office valhalla valhalla is. This movie isnt here to endow the audience with an understanding of medieval culture or history, its there to entertain and allow its primary cast of kirk douglas, tony curtis, and ernest borgnine to show off their action movie muscles. Unknown to both of them, curtis is the brother of future viking heir kirk douglas, and their is an immediate enmity between them.
In the film, viking pirates raid britain from norway and rape and pillage. Fleischers direction and americas matchless technicolor make. The vikings 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Curtis himself admits that while he had almost no formal education, he was a student of the school of hard knocks and learned from a young age that the only person who ever had his back was himself, so he. Tony curtis was born bernard schwartz, the eldest of three children of helen klein and emanuel schwartz, jewish immigrants from hungary. He was speaking a little about the making of the vikings and other films perhaps this is largely known but he was saying that the actors extras on the set. Eric tony curtis was captured as a baby by ragnar and was bought up as a slave. Tonys early days were marked by curtis working hard to shed every trace of his roughandtumble bronx upbringing, though it still occasionally bled through.
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