Kull the Conqueror
1997 film by John Nicolella / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kull the Conqueror is a 1997 fantasy film about the Robert E. Howard character Kull starring Kevin Sorbo and directed by John Nicolella (his final film before his death the following year). It is a film adaptation of Howard's Conan novel The Hour of the Dragon, with the protagonist changed to the author's other barbarian hero Kull.[3] The storyline also bears similarities to two other Howard stories, the Kull story "By This Axe I Rule!" and the Conan story "The Phoenix on the Sword", which was a rewritten version of "By This Axe I Rule!"
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Directed by | John Nicolella |
Screenplay by | Charles Edward Pogue |
Based on | Kull of Atlantis by Robert E. Howard |
Produced by | Raffaella De Laurentiis |
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Cinematography | Rodney Charters |
Edited by | Dallas Puett |
Music by | Joel Goldsmith |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $35 million[1] |
Box office | $6.1 million[2] |
The film was originally intended to be the third Conan film, Conan the Conqueror but Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to reprise the role as Conan. Sorbo was reluctant to redo a character already played, so the character was changed to Kull.[4][5] Screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue has stated that he was extremely displeased with this film, feeling that his script was ruined by studio interference.[6]