El Condor (1970 film)
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| Directed by | John Guillermin |
| Written by | Larry Cohen Steven W. Carabatsos |
| Starring | Jim Brown Lee Van Cleef Patrick O'Neal Marianna Hill |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Henri Persin |
| Editing by | Walter Hannemann William H. Ziegler |
| Distributed by | National General Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 1970 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
El Condor is a 1970 film directed by John Guillermin.
Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef lead a band of Apaches (including Iron Eyes Cody) against a fortress commanded by Patrick O’Neal. The fortress is said to contain the gold reserves of Emperor Maximilian.
The movie was shot in 35mm Technicolor in Andalusia, Spain, and involved the construction of the huge adobe fortress set that was re-used in later films.
El Condor was among the first movies rated R (for violence, explicit language, and nudity).
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[edit] Plot
Luke, an escaped convict, and Jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of Apache Indians in 19th century Mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions -- or billions -- of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within.[1]
[edit] VHS and DVD releases
The movie was released on a fullscreen VHS in 1994, and a widescreen DVD by Warner Archive in 2009.
[edit] References
- The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States – Feature Films, 1961-1970. University of California Press, 1997, page 298.
- Greenspun, Roger “Screen: `El Condor’ Bows, Mexican Treasure Tale Comes to the Forum”, New York Times, June 20, 1970, page 22.
[edit] External links
- El Condor at the Internet Movie Database
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