Galgameth - The prince's monster
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Galgameth - The prince's monster |
| Original title | Galgameth - The Legend of Galgameth |
| Country of production | United States , Romania |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK / JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sean McNamara |
| script |
Michael Angeli (screenplay), Sang-ok Shin (story) |
| production | Martha Chang |
| music | Richard Marvin |
| camera | Christian Sebaldt |
| cut |
Annamaria Szanto , Joe Woo Jr. |
| occupation | |
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Galgameth is an American fantasy children's film by producer and actor Sean McNamara from 1996. The cast includes Devin Neil Oatway , Johna Stewart and Stephen Macht . The film is scripted by Sang-ok Shin and is a loose remake of his 1985 Godzilla- inspired film Pulgasari.
action
The film is about the overthrow of King Henryk and his son Davin, who ruled peacefully over the medieval kingdom of Donnegold. The black knight of King El El poisons Henryk and manages to turn the people against Davin. When the king is dying, Henryk gives his son a small black statue of a creature. He tells the prince that his name is "Galgameth" and, according to legend, is a family guardian. Davin takes it, and while he's gone to mourn his father, El El splinters the figure and takes command. Davin receives the broken statue from a maid and screams. The next morning he finds that the statue has become a living creature that he calls "Galgy". Bred to life by the prince's tears, Galgameth becomes his friend and guardian when pursued by El El and in the company of disgruntled peasants planning a riot to overthrow the man they believe is that he is the cause of all their troubles. Davin notices that galgameth grows and becomes stronger through the consumption of metal. Davin finally succeeds in winning over the people and is on the hunt for El El, who finally tries to flee across the sea. The huge Galgameth tries to stop the ship of El El. Galgameth is fatally injured by the reaction of the salt water, but finally manages to destroy the ship. When El El reaches the coast, he is ultimately taken into custody. In the final sequence you can see the original form of Galgameth, which Henryk gave to his son Davin at the beginning of the film, on the beach.
Production and publication
The locations were among others in Bucharest and Zărneşti ( Romania ).
The film was released on November 18, 1996 in Spain, followed by its release on November 21 in Japan. Its original Romanian title was Galgameth and had different titles depending on the country and language of later publications. In Germany it was published as Galgameth - Das Ungeheuer des Prinzen. In Spain the title of the video was as La leyenda de Galgameth and the title of the television publication was Galgameth - El guerrero invencible. In France it was published as Galgameth: L'apprenti Dragon. The English release titles included both The Legend of Galgameth and the later The Adventures of Galgameth, released on July 29, 1997 by Trimark Home Video.
Web links
- Galgameth - The monster of the Prince in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roudevitch Michel: Galgameth, l'apprenti dragon (French) . In: Liberation , September 13, 2000. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ↑ Jim Craddock: Videohound's Golden Movie Retrieve . Thomson / Gale, 2005, ISBN 0-7876-7470-2 , p. 325.
- ↑ Michael Shapiro: A KIM JONG IL PRODUCTION . In: The New Yorker , April 25, 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ↑ Ben Taylor: Apocalypse on the Set: Nine Disastrous Film Productions . Penguin Books , 2012, ISBN 1-4683-0013-X , pp. 168-169.
- ↑ Rovi Sandra Brennan: The Adventures of Galgameth . In: The New York Times . Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ Thomas Riggs: Contemporary Theater, Film and Television . Gale, Volume 54 2004, p. 89.
- ↑ Eileen Fitzpatrick: Shelf Talk . In: Billboard . 109, No. 23, June 7, 1997, p. 75. Retrieved May 31, 2013.