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Conan o bárbaro (en inglés: Conan the Barbarian) é un filme fantástico estadounidense dirixido e coescrito por John Milius que se estreou en Baséase nas historias de Robert E. Howard, un escritor de ficción pulp da década de , que tratan das aventuras do personaxe epónimo nun mundo ficticio de maxia negra e violencia. Está protagonizado por Arnold Schwarzenegger e James Earl Jones, e conta a historia dun mozo bárbaro (Schwarzenegger) que busca vinganza pola morte dos seus pais a mans de Thulsa Doom (Jones), o líder do culto da serpe. Buzz Feitshans e Raffaella De Laurentiis produciron o filme para o pai dela, Dino De Laurentiis, con Edward R. Pressman como produtor executivo. Basil Poledouris compuxo a banda sonora.

A idea dun filme de Conan propúxose a comezos da década de ; Pressman e o produtor asociado Edward Summer comezaron a sumar esforzos para sacar adiante o filme en Levoulles dous anos obter os dereitos do filme, despois do cal contactaron con Schwarzenegger para o papel principal e con Oliver Stone para crear o guión. Pressman carecía do capital preciso para levar a cabo o proxecto, e en , logo de que as súas propostas para obter financiamento fosen rexeitadas polos grandes estudios, vendeu o proxecto a Dino De Laurentiis. Milius foi nomeado como director e reescribiu o guión de Stone. O guión definitivo integrou escenas das historias de Howard e de filmes como Kwaidan e Os sete samurais. A rodaxe fíxose en España durante cinco meses en localizacións de Madrid e Almería. Os escenarios, deseñados por Ron Cobb, estaban baseados nas culturas dos anos escuros e nos debuxos de Frank Frazetta sobre Conan. Milius evitou os efectos ópticos, preferindo realizar as súas ideas con construcións mecánicas e ilusións ópticas. Schwarzenegger realizou a maioría das súas escenas de acción, e dous tipos de espadas, cun valor de 10&#;$ cada unha, foron forxadas para o seu personaxe. O proceso de montaxe demorouse máis dun a

Of all the bodybuilders who shot to fame in Italy in early 's sword-and-sandal movies (or peplums, as they're called), it was probably Brad Harris who had the longest career after the decline of the genre, and his fame was also the most enduring. And it was not because he was such a good actor - actually he was pretty bad, but in an enjoyably camp way - but because he had a certain weird charisma, because he chose his roles more wisely than his conemporaries, never restricting himself to the sword and sandal genre, because accepting supporting roles was never below him - and because besides an actor he was also a versatile stuntman and stunt coordinator, and such a two-in-one package was - hardly surprisingly - welcomed with open arms by his employers, most of them from lower budget production outfits. Plus, Harris was never one averse to travelling, so he, a born US-American, popped up in many a film from all sorts of European as well as Asian countries, and in films of almost every genre, from peplum to Western, from Eurospy to horror, from martial arts to soap opera (!) and thus over the years, his filmography has come to include many a trashfilm-classic, which is why bad movie fans tend to have a soft spot for him

Early Life, Early Career

Born Bradford Jan Harris in in the small village St Anthony, Idaho, Brad Harris became interested in sports, and especially football, at a fairly early age, an interest that eventually landed him a football scholarship at UCLA, where he played fullback while studying economics, with the intention of keeping up the family tradition and later embarking on a banking career.

His stint at football however was cut short by a nasty knee injury, and to make up for it, Brad started getting involved in martial arts of all kind, and bodybuilding, inspired by Steve Reeves, Mister Universe of , whom he met in the early 's and became acquainted with.

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American fantasy film by John Milius

"The Legend of Conan" redirects here. For the comics, see Conan the Barbarian (comics). For the mythos, see Conan the Barbarian.

Conan the Barbarian is a American epicsword-and-sorcery film directed by John Milius and written by Milius and Oliver Stone. Based on Robert E. 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.

Ideas for a Conan film were proposed as early as ; executive producer Edward R. Pressman and associate producer Edward Summer began a concerted effort to get the film made in 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 lacked capital for the endeavor. In , 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. Milius was appointed as director and he rewrote Stone's script. The final screenplay integrated elements from various Howard stories, as well as the Japanese films Seven Samurai () and Kwaidan (). Filming took place in Spain over five months in the regions around Madrid and the province of Almería. The sets, designed by Ron Cobb, were based on Dark Age cultures and Frank Frazetta's paintings of Conan. Milius eschewed optical effects, preferring to realize his ideas with mechanical constructs and optical illusions. Schwarzenegger performed most of his own stunts, and two types of sword, costing $10, each, were forged for his character. The editing process took over a year, and several violent scenes were cut out.

Conan the Barbarian was distributed by Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada and 20th Century-Fox in other territories. It