Ironmaster (film)

Ironmaster (Italian: La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster) is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.

Ironmaster
Directed byUmberto Lenzi[1]
Produced byLuciano Martino[1]
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Luciano Martino
  • Alberto Cavallone[1]
Starring
Music byGuido De Angelis[1]
CinematographyGiancarlo Ferando[1]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[1]
Production
companies
  • Nuova Dania Cinematografica
  • Medusa Distribuzione
  • Imp. Ex. Ci.
  • Les Film Jacques Leitienne[2]
Release date
  • 10 March 1983 (1983-03-10) (Italy)
Country
  • Italy
  • France[2]

Production

Ironmaster was filmed on location at Custer State Park in South Dakota with interiors shot at RPA-Elios Studios in Rome.[2]

Release

Ironmaster was released in Italy on 10 March 1983.[1][2] The film was released on Blu-ray on January 23, 2017 in North America by Code Red and on April 10, 2017 in the United Kingdom by 88 Films.[3][4]

Reception

According to Michael Klossner, author of Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television, Ironmaster received "few and very bad notices."[5] Klossner responded that the film is "simple, only modestly ambitious and has its share of flaws. However, it's hard not to like a film which shows intelligent, articulate prehistoric people making discovers, facing moral issues and showing capacity for great evil and finally for good."[6] Hal Erickson (AllMovie) stated that "Seldom there has then been a more predictable 98 minutes' worth of Sword and Sorcery, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable."[7]

References

Footnotes
  1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 203.
  2. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 204.
  3. "Ironmaster Blu-ray Release Date January 23, 2017 (SOLD OUT)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. "Ironmaster Blu-ray Release Date April 10, 2017 (La guerra del ferro - Ironmaster)". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. Klossner 2006, p. 84.
  6. Klossner 2006, p. 85.
  7. Erickson, Hal. "La Guerra del Ferro (1983)". AllMovie. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

Sources
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
  • Klossner, Michael (2006). Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television: 581 Dramas, Comedies and Documentaries, 1905-2004. McFarland. ISBN 0786422157.


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