Ironmaster (film)

Ironmaster
Directed byUmberto Lenzi[2]
Screenplay by
Story by
Produced byLuciano Martino[2]
Starring
CinematographyGiancarlo Ferrando[2]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[2]
Music byGuido De Angelis[2]
Production
companies
  • Nuova Dania Cinematografica
  • Medusa Distribuzione
  • Imp. Ex. Ci.
  • Les Film Jacques Leitienne[1]
Release date
  • 10 March 1983 (1983-03-10) (Italy)
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]

Ironmaster (Italian: La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster) is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.

Production

Ironmaster was filmed on location at Custer State Park in South Dakota with interiors shot at RPA-Elios Studios in Rome.[1]

Release

Ironmaster was released in Italy on 10 March 1983.[2][1] 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.[3][4]

Reception

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."[5] 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."[6]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 204.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
  3. ^ "Ironmaster Blu-ray Release Date January 23, 2017 (SOLD OUT)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Ironmaster Blu-ray Release Date April 10, 2017 (La guerra del ferro - Ironmaster)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ Klossner 2006, pp. 84–85.
  6. ^ Erickson, Hal. "La Guerra del Ferro (1983)". AllMovie. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

Sources

  • 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.


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