Yor, the Hunter from the Future
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| Yor, the Hunter from the Future | |
 Movie poster for Yor, the Hunter from the Future |
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| Directed by | Anthony M. Dawson |
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| Produced by | Michele Marsala |
| Written by | Ray Collins and Juan Zanotto (graphic novel "Henga, el cazador") Robert D. Bailey and Anthony M. Dawson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Reb Brown Corinne Clery John Steiner Carole André Luciano Pigozzi Ayshe Gul Aytekin Akkaya Marina Rocchi Sergio Nicolai Ludovico Della Jojo |
| Music by | Guido De Angelis Maurizio De Angelis John Scott |
| Cinematography | Marcello Masciocchi |
| Editing by | Alberto Moriani Giorgio Serrallonga |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 19, 1983 (USA) |
| Running time | 88 min |
| Country | Italy/France/Turkey |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Gross revenue | $2,810,199 (USA) |
Yor, Hunter from the Future is a film released in 1983. It was directed by the famous Italian B-movie director Antonio Margheriti and starring Reb Brown. The setting is a mixture between prehistoric and futuristic, borrowing elements from numerous popular franchises of the time. It has a growing cult following, and has been released on DVD in Germany.
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[edit] Synopsis
The movie opens with Reb Brown jogging around the stone towers of Cappadocia, Turkey while a rock ballad plays in the background. In a nearby village, Kala, a seemingly primitive cave-woman, and her older protector Pak are hunting. Suddenly, they are attacked by a triceratops. Yor appears out of nowhere and kills the dinosaur with his axe, drinking some of its blood immediately afterword. Yor is befriended by the village and together they cut the choice meats to be feasted upon in a celebration.
While Yor is there, a band of cavemen with bluish skin attack the village. Only Yor and Pak escape. Yor immediately swears to get Kala back. Yor and Pak track the blue cavemen to their lair where Yor shoots a giant bat with his bow and arrow. He uses the dead bat like a hang glider to storm the lair and sneak out the back of the cave with Kala before flooding the cave.
Kala and Pak decide to follow Yor in his adventure to find his origins. Along the way, they find a mysterious society of sand mummies, led by a blonde woman with an amulet similar to Yor's.
Eventually, Yor and company make their way to an island surrounded by storms. There Yor discovers that his parents were from a small band of nuclear holocaust survivors. An evil man named the Overlord has taken control of the remaining nuclear technology with his android army.
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Yor to alien communicator: "Damn talking box!"
- Pak to Kai: "I must retrieve my weapons from the cave with the mysterious object."
- Yor to Pak: "I don't recognize your laws!"
- Kala to Pak: "Why is Yor so different from other men?" Pak: "I am also curious."
- Yor to Alien after she explains the medallion: "What do you mean you know all about me?"
- Yor: "The blood of your enemies makes you stronger! Drink!" Pak: "Urgh… I'd rather stay weak!"
- Yor to Pak: "We will need a lot more hemp before we're through."
- Yor: "Help me cut the choice meats."
- Pak: "Hemp!" - A tear falls from Pak's eye as he exclaims his joy of hemp, and not lasers near the end of the movie.
[edit] Soundtrack
A soundtrack LP was released in 1983.
