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The film was a co production between Charles Pierce and Lee Majors with AIP doing the distribution. It was Pierce's first film with a major Hollywood studio.<ref name="lee"/> |
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Majors said it "took a lot of guts" to play a Viking but was persuaded by a fee of $500,000 and 10% of the profits.<ref name="lee"/> |
Majors said it "took a lot of guts" to play a Viking but was persuaded by a fee of $500,000 and 10% of the profits.<ref name="lee"/> He later said "I had a little time off, and they said, “It shoots in Florida, on the coast there, out of Tampa,” and they had a bunch of Tampa Bay Buccaneers that were gonna play Vikings, so… I don’t know, I thought it’d be fun, so I did it."<ref>{{cite website|website=AV Club|url=https://tv.avclub.com/lee-majors-on-ash-vs-evil-dead-elvis-presley-and-the-1798255030|title=Lee Majors on Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Elvis Presley, and The Six Million Dollar Man|first=Will|last= Harris|dte=November 28, 2019}}</ref> |
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The film was shot in Tampa, Florida. Post production was done at Pierce's $2 million facilitiy at Shreveport, Louisiana.<ref name="lee">A PIERCE FILM: Lee Majors' Image Switch |
The film was shot in Tampa, Florida. Post production was done at Pierce's $2 million facilitiy at Shreveport, Louisiana.<ref name="lee">A PIERCE FILM: Lee Majors' Image Switch |
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| The Norseman | |
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| Directed by | Charles B. Pierce |
| Written by | Charles B. Pierce |
| Produced by | Charles B. Pierce |
| Starring | Lee Majors Cornel Wilde Mel Ferrer Jack Elam |
| Cinematography | Robert Bethard |
| Edited by | Robert Bell Stephen Dunn Aladar Klein Shirak Kojayan Sarah Legon |
| Music by | Jaime Mendoza-Nava |
Production companies | Charles B. Pierce Film Productions Fawcett-Majors Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date | October 5, 1978 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[1] |
The Norseman is a 1978 American adventure film starring Lee Majors, directed, produced and written by Charles B. Pierce.[2]
Plot
An 11th-century Viking prince sails to North America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.
Cast
- Lee Majors - Thorvald
- Cornel Wilde - Ragnar
- Mel Ferrer - King Eurich
- Jack Elam - Death Dreamer
- Susie Coelho - Winetta
- Christopher Connelly - Rolf
- Jimmy Clem - Olif
- Deacon Jones - Thrall
- Denny Miller - Rauric
- Kathleen Freeman - Old Indian Woman
Production
The film was a co production between Charles Pierce and Lee Majors with AIP doing the distribution. It was Pierce's first film with a major Hollywood studio.[1]
Majors said it "took a lot of guts" to play a Viking but was persuaded by a fee of $500,000 and 10% of the profits.[1] He later said "I had a little time off, and they said, “It shoots in Florida, on the coast there, out of Tampa,” and they had a bunch of Tampa Bay Buccaneers that were gonna play Vikings, so… I don’t know, I thought it’d be fun, so I did it."[3]
The film was shot in Tampa, Florida. Post production was done at Pierce's $2 million facilitiy at Shreveport, Louisiana.[1]
"There is no character to develop here and hardly any dialogue," said Majors, "this is a formula film."[1]
Reception
The Los Angeles Times called it "tedious business".[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e A PIERCE FILM: Lee Majors' Image Switch Taylor, Clarke. Los Angeles Times 24 Mar 1978: g20.
- ^ NORSEMAN, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 46, Iss. 540, (Jan 1, 1979): 48.
- ^ Harris, Will. "Lee Majors on Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Elvis Presley, and The Six Million Dollar Man". AV Club.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dte=ignored (help) - ^ Majors in Armor as 'Norseman' Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 7 July 1978: h14.
External links
- The Norseman review at The Guardian
- The Norsemen at Letterbox DVD
- The Norseman at IMDb
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