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text_A: Arnold Schwarzenegger acted in a sword-and-sorcery epic.
text_B: Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American low fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by John Milius .. John Milius. John Milius. Conan the Barbarian. Conan the Barbarian. low fantasy. low fantasy. adventure film. adventure film. It is based on stories by Robert E. Howard , a pulp fiction writer of the 1930s , about the adventures of the eponymous character in a fictional pre-historic world of dark magic and savagery .. Robert E. Howard. Robert E. Howard. pulp fiction. Pulp magazine. eponymous character. Conan the Barbarian. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones , and tells the story of a young barbarian -LRB- Schwarzenegger -RRB- who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom -LRB- Jones -RRB- , the leader of a snake cult .. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger. James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones. Thulsa Doom. Thulsa Doom. Buzz Feitshans and Raffaella De Laurentiis produced the film for her father Dino De Laurentiis , with Edward R. Pressman as an executive producer .. Buzz Feitshans. Buzz Feitshans. Raffaella De Laurentiis. Raffaella De Laurentiis. Dino De Laurentiis. Dino De Laurentiis. Edward R. Pressman. Edward R. Pressman. Basil Poledouris composed the music .. Basil Poledouris. Basil Poledouris. Ideas for a Conan film were proposed as early as 1970 ; Pressman and associate producer Edward Summer began a concerted effort to get the film made in 1975 .. Edward Summer. Edward Summer. It took them two years to obtain the film rights , after which they recruited Schwarzenegger for the lead role and Oliver Stone to draft a script .. Oliver Stone. Oliver Stone. Pressman lacked capital for the endeavor , and in 1979 , after having his proposals for investments rejected by the major studios , he sold the project to Dino De Laurentiis .. Dino De Laurentiis. Dino De Laurentiis. Milius was appointed as director and he rewrote Stone 's script .. The final screenplay integrated scenes from Howard 's stories and from films such as Kwaidan and Seven Samurai .. Kwaidan. Kwaidan ( film ). Seven Samurai. Seven Samurai. Filming took place in Spain over five months in the regions around Madrid and Almeria .. Almeria. province of Almeria. The sets , designed by Ron Cobb , were based on Dark Age cultures and Frank Frazetta 's paintings of Conan .. Ron Cobb. Ron Cobb. Dark Age. Dark Ages ( historiography ). Frank Frazetta. Frank Frazetta. 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 swords , costing $ 10,000 each , were forged for his character .. The editing process took over a year and several violent scenes were cut .. Conan was a commercial success for its backers , grossing more than $ 100 million at box offices around the world , although the revenue fell short of the level that would qualify the film as a blockbuster .. blockbuster. Blockbuster ( entertainment ). Academics and critics interpreted the film as advancing the themes of fascism or individualism , and the fascist angle featured in most of the criticisms of the film .. Critics also negatively reviewed Schwarzenegger 's acting and the film 's violent scenes .. Despite the criticisms , Conan was popular with young males .. The film earned Schwarzenegger worldwide recognition .. Conan has been frequently released on home media , the sales of which had increased the film 's gross to more than $ 300 million by 2007 .. home media. Home video. The film 's success led to the 1984 sequel Conan the Destroyer .. Conan the Destroyer. Conan the Destroyer
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