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Zardoz

starring: John Alderton, Daisy Boorman, Katrine Boorman, Telsche Boorman, Niall Buggy

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543013051
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 27, 2001
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 9850
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: February 06, 1974



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Description:
Two societies, one intellectual (the Eternals) and the other physical (the Brutals) live side by side but never meet. Sean Connery is a Brutal out to shake things up.

Amazon.com:
A bewigged Sean Connery is Zed, a savage 'exterminator' commanded by the mysterious god Zardoz to eliminate Brutals, survivors of an unspecified worldwide catastrophe. Zed stows away inside Zardoz's enormous idol (a flying stone head) and is taken to the pastoral land of the Eternals, a matriarchal, quasi-medieval society that has achieved psychic abilities as well as immortality. Zed finds as much hope as disgust with the Eternals; their advancements have also robbed them of physical passion, turning their existence into a living death. Zed becomes the Eternals' unlikely messiah, but in order to save them--and himself--he must confront the truth behind Zardoz and his own identity inside the Tabernacle, the Eternals' omnipresent master computer.

A box office failure, John Boorman's Zardoz has developed a cult following among science fiction fans whose tastes run toward more cerebral fare, such as The Andromeda Strain and Phase IV. An entrancing if overly ambitious (by Boorman's own admission) film, Zardoz offers pointed commentary on class structure and religion inside its complex plot and head-movie visuals; its healthy doses of sex and violence will involve viewers even if the story machinations escape them. Beautifully photographed near Boorman's home in Ireland's Wicklow Mountains by Geoffrey Unsworth (2001), its production design is courtesy of longtime Boorman associate Anthony Pratt, who creates a believable society within the film's million-dollar budget. The letterboxed DVD presentation includes engaging commentary by Boorman, who discusses the special effects (all created in-camera) as well as working with a post-Bond Connery. --Paul Gaita



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Somewhat overwhelming
Considering a title like "Zardoz" and a cover featuring Sean Connery in what looks like a red diaper, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Zardoz DVD
Sean Connery is excellent in all of his movies. This vision of the future was well done, very imaginative.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - What in tarnation?!?
A complicated plot to say the least, flying stone head, hippy overtones, goofy special effects, freckle faced ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Zardoz the Weirdo
I love British film, and their quirky humor. Of course, like all SciFi, there's a message, which in this case ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great in theater
well if you get a chance to see a orig. print do it.
i saw a 35mm print at a film festival in korea and it ... Read More

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