The test audiences could have been spot-on in their assessment that the original version was crap but I for one would love to see a restored version.Īfter all was said and done, the flick cost about $105 million and grossed under $35m domestic. Though I think the theatrical version is an entertaining and somewhat underrated flick, I'd love to see what McTiernan could do given free rein on a Director's Cut.
Producers: John McTiernan, Michael Crichton, Ned Dowd. Graeme Revell's long-standing score was one of the things jettisoned after some disastrous test screenings, and his music was replaced by a mediocre Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack. An exiled ambassador far from his homeland, Ahmed (Banderas) comes across a. Oddly enough The Thomas Crown Affair managed to beat this one to the multiplexes! And The 13th Warrior was basically ignored by moviegoers. ( Eaters of the Dead, the title of the Crichton book on which the film was based, would have been a much cooler title, too!) McTiernan had to bail on it to start production on The Thomas Crown Affair so novelist/director Michael Crichton took over. When he wrote 'Eaters of the Dead' in 1976, bestselling 'Jurassic Park' novelist Michael Crichton obviously had 'Beowulf' on his brain. I kinda dig this movie even though it's a mess. Derived from producer Michael Crichton's grisly novel 'Eaters of the Dead,' 'The Thirteen Warrior' emerges as a larger-than-life epic that should enthrall guys. The 13th Warrior (1999) One of the biggest box office bombs ever (Seriously), The 13th Warrior is about a Muslim ambassador (played by Antonio Banderas) who gets exiled and has to live.
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