{"id":36320,"date":"2019-11-29T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/?page_id=36320"},"modified":"2021-12-07T22:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:08:34","slug":"wizards-of-the-lost-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/wizards-of-the-lost-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985) by H\u00e9ctor Olivera | M-Square Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wizards of the Lost Kingdom<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]UCM.ONE<\/span><\/strong> releases the film “Wizards of the Lost Kingdom<\/strong>” in HD on the label M-Square Classics<\/strong>\u00a0as a limited media book with DVD and Blu-Ray together with a 16 page booklet in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This legendary fantasy classic by Roger Corman<\/strong>\u00a0from the 80s enjoys absolute cult status in movie fan circles![\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”36576″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”36578″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/h3>\n

After the evil wizard Shurka (Thom Christopher<\/strong>) has killed the king of a forgotten empire and his court magician, the young warrior Simon (Vidal Peterson<\/strong>), who is also well versed in the art of magic, sets out to defeat the powers of evil with the help of a magic ring. For he wants his kingdom, which is now enslaved by three sinister magicians, to be one again. On his adventurous and dangerous journey he meets the forest wizard Hurla, the good-natured monster Gulvak and the veteran fighter Kor (Bo Svenson<\/strong>). They join him to defeat the forces of evil together…[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”36274″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]The first edited version of the film was only 58 minutes long, but Roger Corman<\/strong> wouldn’t be Corman<\/strong> if he hadn’t skilfully incorporated elements from his other fantasy films to ultimately reach the 79-minute cinema length.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

About director H\u00e9ctor Olivera:<\/h3>\n

The Argentinian author, director and producer H\u00e9ctor Olivera<\/strong> – born on 05 April 1931 – made his first steps in the film industry at the age of 17 as second assistant director. At the age of 25 he founded his own production company, Aries Cinematogr\u00e1fica Argentina<\/strong>, one of the last Argentine film studios still producing today, and from then on he appeared primarily as a film producer. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In 1968 he made his directing debut with “Psexon\u00e1lisis<\/strong>“<\/span>.<\/span> 26 movies followed, some were praised by the critics for their clear political messages, but others were slated because of their commerciality and cheap execution. One of the most outstanding films of his career is “Funny Dirty Little War<\/strong>” from 1983, which won the Silver Bear<\/strong> at the Berlinale<\/strong> in 1983 and the Grand Prix<\/strong> at the Cognac Festival du Film Policier<\/strong> in 1985. The success of “Funny Dirty Little War” brought him into contact with Roger Corman<\/strong>, for whom he made five films, the first three in 1985: “Barbarian Queen<\/strong>“, a barbarian flick set in ancient Rome, followed by “American Scorpion<\/strong>“, an action-heavy drug thriller with John Schneider as DEA agent, and last but not least “Wizards of the Lost Kingdom<\/strong>“, another trip into the fantasy genre.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”36580″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”36582″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]With “La Noche de los L\u00e1pices<\/strong>” he interrupted his work for Corman for a short time in 1986 and delivered a relentless criticism of the regime in Argentina. In 1989 he resumed his collaboration with Corman and turned to more commercial films with “Two to Tango<\/strong>” and “Play Murder for me<\/strong>” (1990). With “El caso mar\u00eda soldedad<\/strong>” (1993) and “Una sombra yapronto ser\u00e1s”(1994) his career as a feature film director gradually came to an end. Between 1994 and 1998 he shot a total of 81 episodes for three Argentinean TV series: “Nueve Iunas<\/strong>“, “De poeta y de loco<\/strong>” and “Laura y Zoe<\/strong>“. At the beginning of the 2000s he once again took the directing chair for three films: ANTIGUA VIDA M\u00cdA was made in 2001, AY JUANCITO, for which he won the “Best Director” award at the Cairo International Film Festival, is from 2004, and his last film so far, EL MURAL, was made in 2010.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

About Roger Coman:<\/h3>\n

Roger William Corman\u00a0<\/strong>was born on 5 April 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. After his studies at Stanford University and his service in the navy Corman ventured briefly into the film world as a messenger for the production company 20th Century Fox<\/strong>. He then studied English literature at Oxford, but soon returned to Hollywood, where he began working as a literary agent. In 1953 he produced his first movie “Highway Dragnet<\/strong>“. Two years later he made his debut as a director with two western films. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”36304″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]In the following years Corman mainly worked as a director for the film production company AIP <\/strong>of Z. Arkoff<\/strong> and James H. Nicholson<\/strong>. He has made films in various genres such as western, gangster and horror\u00a0 as well as science fiction films for young audiences. In addition, he developed new genres such as rocker and rock’n’roll films, which appealed to young people with their rebellious themes. With his rocker film \u201cThe Wild Angels\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0from 1966 Corman already anticipated the legendary \u201cEasy Rider<\/strong>\u201d (1969) by Dennis Hopper. <\/strong>In the 60’s Corman also became famous for a whole series of film adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe<\/strong>\u2019s literature whose basic ideas he tried to incorporate into horror movies.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1561286315715{margin-top: 15px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}”]