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On this day in the United States of America all the way back in the year 1999, a little something-something titled Beowulf enjoyed a limited theatrical run domestically. I've no way of knowing just how far and wide this one played, but methinks it likely wasn't but a few theaters at best. That tends to happen with these smaller releases -- perhaps they had some contractual agreement to play on screens, and that's all that was accomplish -- but we'll have to take IMDB.com's word that it did his the multiplexes for a brief period.
Directed by Graham Baker (who also directed 1988's Cult/SciFi gem Alien Nation), the script shows attributed to "Anonymous," Mark Leahy, and David Chappe. (Like all of you, I'm assuming this all must tie-in with the Old English legend of the heroic warrior who slays beasts anyway.) Amongst its cast were such names of Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Gotz Otto, Charles Robinson, Brent Jefferson Lowe, Patricia Velasquez, Roger Sloman, Layla Roberts, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"This post-apocalyptic future story is based on the 8th century Saxon epic poem about the knight who battled a monster in a medieval castle. In this story, Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms."
-- EZ
On this day in the United States of America all the way back in the year 1999, a little something-something titled Beowulf enjoyed a limited theatrical run domestically. I've no way of knowing just how far and wide this one played, but methinks it likely wasn't but a few theaters at best. That tends to happen with these smaller releases -- perhaps they had some contractual agreement to play on screens, and that's all that was accomplish -- but we'll have to take IMDB.com's word that it did his the multiplexes for a brief period.
Directed by Graham Baker (who also directed 1988's Cult/SciFi gem Alien Nation), the script shows attributed to "Anonymous," Mark Leahy, and David Chappe. (Like all of you, I'm assuming this all must tie-in with the Old English legend of the heroic warrior who slays beasts anyway.) Amongst its cast were such names of Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Gotz Otto, Charles Robinson, Brent Jefferson Lowe, Patricia Velasquez, Roger Sloman, Layla Roberts, and others.
According to our friends at IMDB.com, here's the plot summary:
"This post-apocalyptic future story is based on the 8th century Saxon epic poem about the knight who battled a monster in a medieval castle. In this story, Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms."
-- EZ
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