Genghis Khan (unfinished film)

Genghis Khan (also known as Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime) is an unfinished 1992 biographical film of Genghis Khan, starring Richard Tyson, Charlton Heston, Pat Morita and John Saxon. An unsuccessful attempt was made to revive the production in January 2010, and to release the film as Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime as both a two-hour feature film and six-hour television series.

Genghis Khan
Richard Tyson as Genghis Khan, and Charlton Heston as Toghrul Khan, of the tribe of Keraites
Directed byTolomush Okeyev
Peter Duffell
Ken Annakin
Screenplay byTolomush Okeyev
Bulat Mansurov
Andrzej Krakowski
James Carrington
William Weaver
Based onthe life of Genghis Khan
Starring
Music byRichard Horowitz
CinematographyJohn Cabrera
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Set in the 12th and 13th centuries, the movie tells the life story of Temudjin (1162–1227), who was later bestowed the title “the Genghis Khan”, and became the most powerful emperor of Mongolia.

Cast

The cast includes:[1][2]

Production

The film began shooting in Kyrgyzstan in 1991, which was still part of the Soviet Union at that time. During the production process, the producers were concerned about the material filmed so far, and developed a new screenplay, which included new material on Khan's childhood. They also replaced original director Tolomush Okeyev with Peter Duffell, who left the project shortly afterwards and was replaced by Ken Annakin.[3]

By the time the majority of filming was completed, however, the Soviet Union had started to collapse, and the cast and crew were recalled to their respective embassies.

Post-production was therefore unable to be completed until January 2010, when Madison Motion Pictures Group purchased the rights to the original footage, with the intention of releasing the film sometime in 2010, as both a two-hour feature film and six-hour television series under the title Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime, and both director Ken Annakin and first unit director Antonio Margheriti were to be credited as co-directors.[4][5]

References
  1. "GENGHIS KHAN (1992)". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "An Interview with Richard Tyson". crushedcelluloid.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. "email from Madison Motion Pictures to the HestFest". marhew.tripod.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. "The Story of a Lifetime: An Interview With Nicholas Rispoli – Crushed Celluloid". crushedcelluloid.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. "Horowitz scores Annakin's 'Genghis Khan' :: Film Music Magazine". www.filmmusicmag.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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