A futuristic tale of gladiators, led by an exmember of the league the ruling elite, who was banished because of a minor misdemeanour, but who is now determined to challenge the leader of the league and regain his position. These days, the salute of the jugger is unjustly obscure, although it does have a small but fervent fanbase, including metal gear creator hideo kojima, who bragposted about his blu ray score. Pozdrav od juggeru the salute of the jugger 1989 csfd. The salute of the jugger the blood of heroes was marketed as a mad max clone and, despite the lack of understanding of the film that this demonstrates, selling it as a futuristic action film is in essence a correct move, for the place where the film does engage one is not so much in its complex and enigmatically withheld future backdrop and. The dialogue is made up entirely of cliches that have been strung together to form bigger cliches. Whether you know this movie by its original title or the american recut.
Salute of the jugger the blood of heroes beatdown scene. Bought the salute of the jugger bd that comes with the tote bag. In an australian desert littered with tribal communities and rusting. The cult classic dystopian film the salute of the jugger is now 30 years old. The salute of the jugger 1989, directed by david peoples. Long stretches of exposition, and subplots about religion could only slow the film down. The site film on paper is an archive of original film posters featuring the collection of me, eddie shannon, an interaction designer, film fan and slave to three cats, currently living in york, uk. The salute of the jugger is a movie that clearly copies from mad max.
Personally i prefer the film title salute of the jugger as it offers a bit more mystery, what the hell is a jugger. There are 43 differences with a total length of 12 minutes and 24 seconds. Jan 03, 2019 the blood of heroes 1989 rutger hauers battle cry salute to the jugger jan 3, 2019 jan 5, 2019 wolfmans cult film club 11 comments in a world ravished by nuclear war, the barren, sorry looking landscape of earth has taken on that familiar look of a postapocalyptic mad max. Sallow, the leader of a ragtag team, has played in the main leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a. Mad max minute the salute of the jugger 1989 richard ingham. Bradley cooper will play sallow, the veteran player of the game, leading his band of players through a postapocalyptic wasteland, stopping briefly to play their violent game, known as the game. This is yet another postapocalypse sf movie without any special effects, but with plenty of plot licks borrowed from a boy and his dog 1975, the mad max series, and the run of pictures rollerball 1975, death race 2000 1975, the running man 1987 about how popular gladiatorial sports will be in the 21st century. Imagine some of the slop that rounded out the other 19 films will you. The blood of heroes salute of the jugger gaming detritus. The blood of heroes, its a story of a young womans dream of claiming glory, and an old mans quest to reclaim his honor. Giochi di morte the salute of the jugger the blood. Salute is a film directed by john ford with george obrien, helen chandler, william janney, stepin fetchit, year.
The film version was invented by the film s writerdirector, david webb peoples, especially for the movie. Jul 20, 2014 watch the salute of the jugger uncut1 jfenton esquire on dailymotion. The extras are almost nonexistent, barely deserving the description of extra. The salute of the jugger theyre futuristic gladiators, led by the deeply scarred sallow rutger hauer, who was once a member of the league, the ruling elite, but who was banished over a misdemeanor. The blood of heroes 1989 rutger hauers battle cry salute to the jugger jan 3, 2019 jan 5, 2019 wolfmans cult film club 11 comments in a world ravished by nuclear war, the barren, sorry looking landscape of earth has taken on that familiar look of a postapocalyptic mad max. Apparently, mankind forgot the whole thing about the sanctity. The film has inspired the creation of the sport jugger. Giochi di morte the salute of the jugger the blood of heroes 1990 divx ita eng ac3 tnt vi. This is the american version of the film, which has 12 minutes cut out compared to the european version. The first ever jugger international tournament took place in hamburg, germany on 20 may 2007. When juggers play there is only one way to live the hard way set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. There is a liberal use of the hanna barbera falling down sound effect and buckets of what looks like uncooked polenta that spews from all the undead. The salute of the jugger shares exactly the same problems that quintet did the fact that the audiences are not privy to the rules of the games in either film makes empathy a hard job.
The difference is primarily the ending, which goes on a little bit longer and ends on a more somber and realistic note in the full version. Rutger hauer is the leader of a sports team in the only game that the future world knows, called simply the game. Sallow hauer, is an ex major league player of this exhilarating sport and forms his own team in an attempt to gain the spoils of victory. I have never seen the longer version, and actually dont really have an interest to. It was inspired from the movie the blood of heroes. Watch the salute of the jugger uncut1 jfenton esquire on dailymotion. Rutger hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of juggers to one of the remaining nine cities for glory and redemption.
Salute of the jugger official trailer 1989 ambi distribution. The salute of the jugger the blood of heroes force 1988. This lean, mean beast of a movie is still the best scifi sports film of all time, writes travis johnson. Apr 06, 2019 salute of the jugger blood of heroes may well be the most interesting film to come out of australia by an international company and director but it also shows not every wasteland epic needs to be about violence, blood and gore and raging villains sometimes you have to be more sporting.
For some, dutch actor rutger hauer will forever be associated with a certain rooftop speech about tears in rain. The site came into being because i wanted a way to view my collection without having to continually handle the posters read more. The blood of heroes salute to the jugger full movie. Jugger is a sport that originates in germany and the usa. The blood of heroes 1989 rutger hauers battle cry salute. He has however written screenplays for a bunch of other movies, like for instance blade runner, ladyhawke, 12 monkeys and leviathan the cast is, overall, not bad at all and is pretty solid even in the minor roles. Fortunately, the movie kept a small following in europe under the name salute of the jugger, to the point of the fictional sport of the film, jugger, being turned into a real one still played to this day. But as some people got impatient sitting through the intro i made a game of jugger short on vimeo. Qwik and slash are the most mentioned and most obvious, while the drive and backcharge are only mentioned when sallow, big cimber, and mbulu are seen arguing midway through the film. It is popular in germany with its own league, and there are teams in australia, the usa, ireland, spain, england, denmark and brazil. A mad maxesque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. With rutger hauer, joan chen, delroy lindo, anna katarina.
Hollywood one of the best postapocalyptic science fiction films starring rutger hauer and joan chen ever made in 1989, salute of the jugger aka the blood of heroes is to get a remake. If hauers team wins, the towns have to offer hospitality by way of women wine and food. I am jugger follows the sport invented by the screenwriter. The film version was invented by the films writerdirector, david webb peoples, especially for the movie. The blood of heroes also released as the salute of the jugger is a 1989 australianamerican postapocalyptic film written and directed by david webb peoples, produced by charles roven, and starring rutger hauer, joan chen, and vincent donofrio. Import from the netherlands with english soundtrack. The audio is slightly better than the video, but it could have been better. On his travels he encounters a young female player, joan chen. The film s worth watching in any shape, but the full version adds a note of stoic melancholy that the american cut is lacking. The salute of the jugger its the first feature directed by screenwriter david peoples blade runner, leviathan and hes provided himself with a murky, familiar screenplay about a band of. David webb peoples set on a postapocalyptic earth, this scifi feature focuses on the players of a brutal futuristic sport known as. Salute of the jugger is a memorable and moving far future picture, set in a desert world that could very well be five hundred years after mad max. Along the way we meet colorful characters, strange. A selection of feature films and documentaries leaving sbs on demand in august, including calvary, moonlight, storm boy, the hunt for red october, once were warriors.
Its set in a distant postapocalyptic future where earth seems to be nothing more than a desolate wasteland. The blood of heroes 1990 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Jugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 film the salute of the jugger released as the blood of heroes in the united states, in which a game of the same name is played. This is the short version of a game of jugger, which has an additional 40s intro. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Salute of the jugger dvd, 2007 for sale online ebay. Giochi di morte the salute of the jugger the blood of heroes 1990 audio. The salute of the jugger was directed by david webb peoples, whose only other directing credit is a short documentary called how we stopped the war. While detailing his own problems he goes on david peoples, was struggling with his first big film, and was immensely depressed. Aug 12, 2015 the documentary will chronicle the origins of jugger, an alternative sport inspired by the film the salute of the jugger written by david webb peoples. All five player positions in jugger are mentioned in the dialogue between characters. Giochi di morte the salute of the jugger the blood of. Jugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 movie the salute of the jugger, in which a game of the same name is played.
Oct 11, 20 after all, salute of the jugger is an action film. Comparison between the cut rrated dvd by concorde and the uncut bbfc 18 dvd by optimum. This is the second film in the series i wrote about here. Salute of the jugger is an enjoyable film that is presented on a good but unremarkable dvd. Or this article, written by a fellow from the art department who laments the passing of a budding film industry career had his chronic drug abuse not rendered him with the memory of a goldfish. The movie has also been released as the salute of the jugger. But although his turn as doomed replicant roy batty. In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. Written and directed by the writer of bladerunner, salute of the jugger or blood of heroes sees rutger hauer lead a band on juggers who walk through a futuristic wasteland looking for towns, where they challenge them to beat them at jugger game.
I think, if they exist, they could make great special features on a dvd i for one, would be curious to see them but i dont believe a reconstructed jugger is required. David peoples in the unlikely event of this obscure rutger hauer feature also known as the blood of heroes being remembered, it would be as the movie in which the accounting department forgot to budget for a screenplay and lighting. Madsens casting follows the rule of get a big name you shoot in one day, in one location to keep costs down, then scatter their scenes throughout the film. In 1989, the creator david webb peoples introduced jugger to the world with his movie entitled the salute of the jugger alternative title. Jugger a sport inspired by the 1989 film the salute of the jugger duration. Alternativni sport inspirovany filmem salute of the jugger. The shorter blood of heroes is appealing precisely because it manages to scrounge out hope and weary courage from the grim backdrop in a believable fashion.
The transformation into a real sport happened independently in germany and in australia. The video quality is good but not great, and the transfer is chopped to 1. After the apocalypse, nomadic juggers roam the wastelands. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto. While the premise is fairly slim we never actually find out why this sport is so popular, or how it started the script is quite good, for what is essentially just another teamsport movie. Somehow every invention done over the last few centuries doesnt exist anymore and nobody has the skill to recreate them. Having developed somewhat of a bmovie reputation, salute of the jugger will not be to everyones tastes. Rutger hauer, joan chen, vincent phillip donofrio, anna katarina, delroy lindo 1988, 90 minutes, directed by. One of the most imaginative postapocalyptic societies ive ever seen, propelled by characters that i found to be much more intresting than those in the road warrior.
It stayed in print fairly regularly there, and, following a 2001 dvd release, lions gate released the us cut of the film on dvd in the us. Tough guy rutger hauer is one of the few survivors in a futuristic world ravaged by war, where the only source of entertainment is the game. Directors david webb peoples cast includes rutger hauer, joan chen, delroy lindo, ghandi macintyre, anna katarina, vincent donofrio. Salute of the jugger the blood of heroes park circus. Share salute of the jugger dvd, 2007 currently sold out.
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