Thanks soo much for uploading this!!! its a shame a UK DVD isnt available which is why i had to get mine from spain. Its got an all star cast aswell like Julien Glover, Peter Vaughan and ofcourse....Ian Mckellan :)
It was largely filmed around Galway in west of Ireland in 1968...in memory of Chester Redmond from Athenry who was an extra in the film and the girl from Belfast who became enamoured off him. The stuff of memories that enrich our lives 🔔
Although this film has a touch of the swinging sixties about it, it is also a well made and exciting epic that is now virtually forgotten. I know it got a VHS release but I don't think it ever made it onto DVD? It was on UK TV in the 1970s but has seldom surfaced since. Pity.
Yeah you can find DVDs of it on Amazon, however the film is well and truly forgotten among filmmakers. The DVD release is of criminally low visual quality and somehow hasn't been restored yet in any form. Every version you'll find on streaming sites is of low visual quality, and the highest quality version I've seen is a 2019 torrent on Pirate Bay. I'm looking to restore the film on my own (upscale the film to HD first and then maybe clean up the grain on the film later).
One other King held that honour & it is Cnut the Great. This should never be forgotten,
I've been wanting to watch this again, last time I saw it was on tv in the very early 1980's.
The best thing about this underrated film is the music score by Raymond Leppard.
Thanks soo much for uploading this!!! its a shame a UK DVD isnt available which is why i had to get mine from spain. Its got an all star cast aswell like Julien Glover, Peter Vaughan and ofcourse....Ian Mckellan :)
It was largely filmed around Galway in west of Ireland in 1968...in memory of Chester Redmond from Athenry who was an extra in the film and the girl from Belfast who became enamoured off him. The stuff of memories that enrich our lives 🔔
Although this film has a touch of the swinging sixties about it, it is also a well made and exciting epic that is now virtually forgotten. I know it got a VHS release but I don't think it ever made it onto DVD? It was on UK TV in the 1970s but has seldom surfaced since. Pity.
Yeah you can find DVDs of it on Amazon, however the film is well and truly forgotten among filmmakers. The DVD release is of criminally low visual quality and somehow hasn't been restored yet in any form. Every version you'll find on streaming sites is of low visual quality, and the highest quality version I've seen is a 2019 torrent on Pirate Bay. I'm looking to restore the film on my own (upscale the film to HD first and then maybe clean up the grain on the film later).
@@nazberg445 Thank you for this. All the very best for your restoration project, there would be quite a bit of interest in it I'm sure.
David Hemmings epically miscast
as warrior king. !! Dialogue complete cobblers. No wonder it
flopped.
@@backrowbrighton You can get R2 dvd of this from spain, they call it 'Alfredo el Grande ' :)
is this movie available anywhere to watch ?
where is the full movie?
Pity it's such a pitiful ending