Ironmaster (film)
1983 film
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Ironmaster (Italian: La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster) is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.
- Alberto Cavallone
- Lea Martino
- Dardano Sacchetti
- Gabriel Rossini
- Umberto Lenzi[1]
- Luciano Martino
- Alberto Cavallone[1]
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| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi[1] |
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| Produced by | Luciano Martino[1] |
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| Cinematography | Giancarlo Ferrando[1] |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso[1] |
| Music by | Guido De Angelis[1] |
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Production
After the surprise box office hit of Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire (1981) in Italy, several film productions followed mimicking the film's style. These included films like Lucio Fulci's Conquest (1983) and Umberto Lenzi's Ironmaster.[3]
Ironmaster was filmed on location at Custer State Park in South Dakota with interiors shot at RPA-Elios Studios in Rome.[2]
Release
Reception
According to Michael Klossner, author of Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television, while Ironmaster received "few and very bad notices [and is] simple, only modestly ambitious and has its share of flaws … it's hard not to like a film which shows intelligent, articulate prehistoric people making discoveries, facing moral issues and showing capacity for great evil and finally for good."[6] Hal Erickson wrote in AllMovie that "Seldom has there been a more predictable 98 minutes' worth of Sword and Sorcery, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable."[7]
