Product Details

• Actors: Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs
• Directors: Terry Jones
• Format: AC-3, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: December 4, 2007
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000WC39V8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,989 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Years before his Oscar win, Tim Robbins top-lined this spoof of The Vikings and other ancient adventures. Writer/director Terry Jones (Life of Brian) paints his titular marauder as a wide-eyed pacifist born at the wrong time (with his wig and headband, Robbins looks like a refugee from Hair). During the age of Ragnarok, barbarians can only enter Valhalla through battle. So, Erik consults a sage (Eartha Kitt) who advises him to cross the Rainbow Bridge. He convinces his fellow villagers they can live amongst the Gods without all that raping and pillaging, but marauding is a lucrative business, so Halfdan the Black (John Cleese) tries to cut Erik's journey short. The nice Norseman also faces a sea dragon, a princess of easy leisure (Imogen Stubbs), and the delicately-positioned island of Hy-Brasil. Erik the Viking may be a minor entry in the parade of post-Python product, but this DVD is a long time in coming. "The Director's Son's Cut," however, is 21 minutes shorter than the 100-minute theatrical version. In his commentary, Jones explains, "I was never quite happy with the final edit." His son, Bill, punches up the pace through cuts and restructuring, but some fans will surely miss the more expansive movie of their memories (Plus, there's a moment when Robbins moves his lips to a deleted line). Other extras include featurettes (both old and new) and a photo gallery. One thing that hasn't changed: though a last-minute replacement for Tom Hulce, Tim Robbins plays Erik with irresistible innocence. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

Ever since he accidentally killed a girl he was just getting to like Erik (Tim Robbins) has been moody. Fed up with the emptiness of life in the Dark Ages he leads a quest to wake the gods and bring back the sun... and the girl if she'll have him. But along the way Erik will have to face formidable obstacles including a dragon with hay fever tone-deaf islanders who love to sing and a warlord (John Cleese) who likes his Ages dark and nasty!System Requirements:Run time: 75 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ACCIDENTAL HEROES Rating: NR UPC: 027616083173 Manufacturer No: M108317

Customer Reviews

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68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars completely butchered version of a great movie, November 21, 2007

By	SnowDog3000 (manchester, ct USA) - See all my reviews

It's a complete shame that they choose to release Erik the Viking here in the U.S. in this butchered down version of the movie (25% of it has ben removed in this "Director's Cut"). This wouldn't be so bad if they also included the Theatrical version as they are doing with the UK release. As it is there is no way I'm paying any money for this hacked up piece of a once great film.

53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Drastically edited version, November 20, 2007

By	QuickReview - See all my reviews

It's worth noting that this is a *drastically edited* version of the original. The original was ~100 minutes, this one is ~75 - 25% of the movie has been removed and the remaining sections reordered/edited. So think carefully if you are going to purchase this expecting it to be the movie you remember.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BUY IF YOU LOVE THIS FILM!!!!!, December 6, 2007

By	Discordia666 (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This "Director's Son's" cut has been edited down significantly. Why? I have no idea.