Beowulf (1999 film)
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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."[2] 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).
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Directed by | Graham Baker |
Screenplay by | Mark Leahy David Chappe |
Based on | Beowulf |
Produced by | Lawrence Kasanoff |
Starring | Christopher Lambert Rhona Mitra Oliver Cotton Gotz Otto Layla Roberts Patricia Velásquez |
Cinematography | Christopher Faloona |
Edited by | Roy Watts |
Music by | Jonathan Sloate Ben Watkins |
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Distributed by | Dimension Films The Kushner-Locke Company Capitol Films Limited |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million[1] |