Yor, the Hunter from the Future
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 Movie poster for Yor, the Hunter from the Future |
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| Directed by | Anthony M. Dawson |
| 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) |
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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. Though it has a growing cult following, it has never been released on DVD and the Laserdisc and VHS versions are long out of print.
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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 Pag are hunting. Suddenly, they are attacked by an animatronic triceratops. Yor appears out of nowhere and cracks the skull of the dinosaur. Yor is befriended by the village and joins in the feasting.
While Yor is there, a band of cavemen with blue skin attack the village. Only Yor and Pag escape. Yor immediately swears to get Kala back. Yor and Pag track the blue cavemen to their lair where Yor clubs a giant bat to death with a rock. 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.
Eventually, Yor (in an effort to discover his true origins), makes his way to an island surrounded by storms. There he 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!"
- Pag to Kai: "I must retrieve my weapons from the cave with the mysterious object."
- Yor to Pag: "I don't recognize your laws!"
- Kala to Pag: "Why is Yor so different from other men?"
- Yor to Alien after she explains the medallion: "What do you mean you know all about me?"
- Yor: "Drinking the blood of our enemies gives us strength!" Reply: "Urgh… I prefer to stay weak then!"
[edit] Trivia
- The character of the Overlord is a fairly obvious take off of Darth Vader from the Star Wars series.
[edit] Soundtrack
A soundtrack LP was released in 1983 by Southern Cross Records. This contains music by both Guido and Maurizio De Angelis and John Scott, who was hired to do some additional music for the US version (the De Angelis' get shafted on the cover, the cover says "Music by JOHN SCOTT, Additional Music by GUIDO and MAURIZIO DE ANGELIS") There is an Australian CD release, but it only includes John Scott's work. This also contains the cheese classic nonsense theme song "Yor's World," sung by the De Angelis'.
[edit] Track Listing
1. Flight from the Cavern
2. Kalaa Dance*
3. Get Into the Seaside
4. Pursued by Pygmies*
5. Queen Roa*
6. Roa's Death
7. The Bombed Village
8. Yor and Roa at the Waterfall
9. The Journey
10. The Final Battle
11. Into the Storm*
12. Hurricane
13. Fight with the Fire Men
14. Yor's Memories
15. The Sacrifice of the Fire
16. Yor's World
(all tracks with an asterisk are by John Scott)
