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Actors: Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Imogen Stubbs
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Erik the Viking |
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Erik (Robbins) is a pleasant and optimistic Viking warrior who isn't terribly interested in war and pillage but wishes everybody could "just be friends." He gathers the men of his village to sail on a search for Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok so that his people may see the sunlight again. Along the way they meet Halfdon the Black (Cleese), who is a cheerful and reluctant torturer, a Japanese slavemaster who berates the Vikings for never having committed ritual suicide in their lives, the island of perpetually singing people who can't carry a tune, and other oddities. This 1989 film written and directed by ex-Python Terry Jones, satirizes the Vikings, and though it includes former Python regulars Cleese and Neil Innes in the cast (not to mention Jim Broadbent as a rapist, Ernest the Viking, and the incredibly lovely Imogen Stubbs), it comes off as a mildly amusing but weak Python imitation.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Erik the Viking |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- middle ages
If a parody... of
- history
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Scandinavian
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Scandinavian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
Water?
Yes
Water:
- warship
- lost at sea
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- castle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
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