Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike, mainly positive for its action sequences, production design, directing, visual style, and effects, but negatively received for its violent content and screenwriting, as well as some substandard performances. It premiered on Main Spain and in North America. The editing process took over a year, and several violent scenes were cut out.Д¬onan the Barbarian was distributed by Universal Pictures in North America and 20th Century Fox in other territories. Schwarzenegger performed most of his own stunts, and two types of sword, costing $10,000 each, were forged for his character. Milius eschewed optical effects, preferring to realize his ideas with mechanical constructs and optical illusions. The sets, designed by Ron Cobb, were based on Dark Age cultures and Frank Frazetta's paintings of Conan. Filming took place in Spain over five months in the regions around Madrid and the province of AlmerГa. The final screenplay integrated scenes from Howard's stories and from the Japanese films Seven Samurai (1954) and Kwaidan (1965). Milius was appointed as director and he rewrote Stone's script. In 1979, after having his proposals for investments rejected by the major studios, he sold the project to Dino De Laurentiis his daughter Raffaella produced the film.

Pressman lacked capital for the endeavor. It took them two years to obtain the film rights, after which they recruited Schwarzenegger for the lead role and Stone to draft a script. Pressman and associate producer Edward Summer began a concerted effort to get the film made in 1975. Ideas for a Conan film were proposed as early as 1970 executive producer Edward R.

Howard's Conan, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones and tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult. Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American epic sword and sorcery film directed by John Milius and written by Milius and Oliver Stone.

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