Taglines: An Ordinary Man… An Extraordinary Journey.
The 13th Warrior movie storyline. In AD 922, Arab Ahmad Ibn Fadlan is sent to the land of the Bulgar’s as an emissary, because he fell in love with the wrong woman. During his journey, his caravan runs into a Vikings camp. They stay the night and the next day a young boy reaches the camp to call the warriors home: The Wendol, creatures of the Mist, have started attacking their homeland, killing and eating everyone in their way.
The oracle forces a thirteenth warrior to accompany the Vikings, but this must not be a man from the north. Ahmad does not feel comfortable with the strange men of the north, at first, but when he finds out that the Wendol really exist, he bravely fights alongside the Vikings in an impossible battle against an enemy that can’t be stopped.
The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical fiction action film based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton[5] and is a loose retelling of the tale of Beowulf. It stars Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Diane Venora, and Omar Sharif. It was directed by John McTiernan. Crichton directed some reshoots uncredited. The film was produced by McTiernan, Crichton, and Ned Dowd, with Andrew G. Vajna and Ethan Dubrow as executive producers.
The budget, which was originally around $85 million, reportedly soared to $100 million before principal photography wrapped. With all of the re-shoots and promotional expenses, the total cost of the film was rumored to be as high as $160 million, which given its lackluster box office take (earning US $61.7 million worldwide), made for a loss of $70–130 million. The film debuted at No. 2 on its opening weekend behind The Sixth Sense.
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Directed by: John McTiernan
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi, Vladimir Kulich, Omar Sharif, Anders T. Andersen, Richard Bremmer, Tony Curran, Mischa Hausserman, Kaaren de Zilva
Screenplay by: William Wisher, Jr., Warren Lewis
Production Design by: Wolf Kroeger, William Lakoff
Cinematography by: Peter Menzies Jr.
Film Editing by: John Wright
Costume Design by: Sandra J. Blackie, Nancy Duggan, Kate Harrington
Set Decoration by: Annmarie Corbett, Rose Marie McSherry
Art Direction by: R. St. John Harrison, William Heslup, Helen Jarvis
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
MPAA Rating: R for bloody battles and carnage.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: August 27, 1999
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