Beowulf (1998)
Note: runs 44 min against a known 95 min minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Patricia Velásquez, Charles Robinson, Götz Otto, Layla Roberts
Directed by Graham Baker
Beowulf is a 1999 American science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed by Graham Baker and written by Mark Leahy and David Chappe. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf." While the film remains fairly true to the story of the original poem, other plot elements deviate from the original poem (Hrothgar has an affair with Grendel's mother, and they have a child together, Grendel; Hrothgar's wife commits suicide).
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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