Info:
Type: Spillefilm
Visningsformat: DCP (2.35:1)
Regissør: John Boorman
Manusforfatter: John Boorman
Skuespillere: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman
Produksjonsland: Irland, USA
Språk: Engelsk
Undertekst: Engelsk
Lengde: 1 time 42 minutter
Nor:
“Beyond 1984, beyond 2001,
beyond love, beyond death”
I 1969 viste 2001: en romodysse at science fiction som tok seg god tid og utforsket utfordrende konsepter kunne bli populært. Åtte år senere viste Star Wars (1977) at man kunne bli enda mer populær med å lage eventyr i rommet. Perioden 1969-1977 er dermed unik og inneholder masse science fiction som for det meste er glemt til fordel for blockbuster-bølgen Star Wars satte i gang. Zardoz er en av disse filmene.
Da regissør John Boorman ikke klarte å samle nok penger til en adaptasjon av boken Ringenes Herre bestemte han seg for å lage en lavbudsjettsfilm basert på sitt eget univers. Zardoz introduserer oss til en post-apokalyptisk verden hvor menneskeheten er delt i to klasser, “Eternals” og “Brutals”. Sean Connery, på utkikk etter alternativt arbeid etter å ha fullført sin rolle som James Bond, spiller den noe ukarakteristiske rollen som “Brutal Exterminator”, en jeger som terroriserer “Brutals” på ordre fra et enormt steinhode kalt “Zardoz”.
Eng:
2001: A Space Odyssey showed the world that a slow and challenging film could become commercially successful. This led to a string of low budget science fiction films being released from 1969 up to the release of Star Wars in 1977 and the birth of the science fiction blockbuster.
To experience this period in science fiction history one has many choices, but Zardoz is probably the one that will stick with you the longest. Nothing can prepare you for the surreal experience that is Zardoz.
Kortfilm før filmen:
The External World (2010)
Regissør: David O'Reilly
Lengde: 17 minutter
Denne kortfilmen har vunnet følgende priser:
Audience Award - Dead By Dawn Film Festival (2012)
Best Animation, Best Experimental - SOTW awards (2012)
Special Mention - Bolzano Short Film Festival (2011)
Best Short Film - Ljubljana Intl. Film Festival (2011)
Best Short Film - Anim’est IAFF Romania (2011)
Grand Prix - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2011)
Audience award - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2011)
"Most Actual Animation" Award - Multivision Festival (2011)
Audience award - Uppsala Intl Short Film Festival (2011)
Best Contemporary / Experimental Short - Sapporo Shortfest (2011)
CRYPTON Best Sound Award - Sapporo Shortfest (2011)
Grand Prix “Golden Kuker” - The International AnimationFilm Festival Sofia (2011)
Best Direction Award - ANIMAGE - III International Animation Festival (2011)
Best International Short (Independent) - Playgrounds Festival (2011)
Best Short Film Award - Anim’est IAFF Romania (2011)
Golden Gate Award - Best Animation - San Francisco Film Festival (2011)
Best film in category “10-50 minutes” - KROK (2011)
Grand Prix - 25FPS Festival (2011)
Audience Award - 25FPS Festival (2011)
Grand Prix - Fantoche Film Festival (2011)
Grand Prix - Silhouette Short Film Festival (2011)
Jury Special Mention - AyeAye Film Festival (2011)
European Youth Jury Special Mention - Aye Aye F.Festival (2011)
Special Achievement Award - ANIMANIMA (2011)
Audience Award - ANIMANIMA (2011)
Best International Animation - Anibar (2011)
Best Short Animation - Guanajuato Intl Film Festival (2011)
Jury Special Mention - Melbourne Animation Festival (2011)
Best Animation - Tabor Film Festival (2011)
Special Mention - Curtocircuito Festival (2011)
Vox Veronicae Award - Tabor Film Festival (2011)
Audience Award - Vienna Independent Shorts (2011)
ASIFA Austria Award - Vienna Independent Shorts (2011)
Award of Distinction - Prix Ars Electronica (2011)
Grand Prix – Intl. Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (2011)
Grand Prix – Hallucinations Collectives (2011)
Best Short Film - Obliqua Section - Mecal (2011)
Adobe Award - Regensburg Short Film Week (2011)
Best Animation - Tampere Film Festival (2011)
International Audience Award - Minimalen Film Festival (2011)
GoShort - Best Animation (2011)
IFTA – Best Animation (2011)
Canal + Award – Clermont Ferrand (2011)
Honorary Mention - Sundance (2011)
Best Animation/Yoram Gross Award - Flickerfest (2011)
Public Award - S. de la Cinémathèque Québécoise (2010)
Youth Award for best short film - Gijon Film festival (2010)
Berlin Award - Interfilm (2010)
Grand Prize - Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (2010)
Special Mention - Cork Film Festival (2010)
Grand Prize - Ottawa Animation Festival (2010)
Best Experimental Film - Rio De Janeiro SFF (2010)
Special Mention - Rio De Janeiro SFF (2010)
Special Mention - Intl. Film Festival Bratislava (2010)
Best Animation - Dallas Videofest (2010)
Golden Zagreb Award - Zagreb Animafest (2010)
Best Art Direction - Animage Festival (2010)
Best Animated Film - RiverRun Film Festival (2010)
Best Short Film (obliqua) - Barcelona Intl Short FF (2010)
Special Mention - Monstra (2010)
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