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Future | Dystopia
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Best Dramatic Presentation | 1975 | John
Budget 1,570,000 USD
Box Office Collection 1,800,000 USD
The opening sequence is an introduction added by Sir John Boorman, at the request of Twentieth Century Fox executives, to help the audience understand this movie.
According to writer, producer, and director Sir John Boorman, Sir Sean Connery had a very hard time finding work after "Diamonds Are Forever (1971)." Boorman was allegedly able to hire Connery for $200,000.
A real baboon on the set attacked a double dressed in an ape suit who was portraying a baboon.
Sir Sean Connery's reported salary, $200,000, was one-fifth of this movie's $1 million budget.
To help keep costs down, Sir Sean Connery used his own car and drove himself during the production. Sir John Boorman then gave him half the money that had been budgeted to hire him a car and driver. The idea was Connery's, according to Boorman.
"[the gigantic Stone Head hovers before the worshipful horde of Exterminators] Zardoz: Zardoz speaks to you, His chosen ones. Exterminators: We are the chosen ones! Zardoz: You have been raised up from Brutality, to kill the Brutals who multiply, and are legion. To this end, Zardoz your God gave you the gift of the Gun. The Gun is good! Exterminators: The Gun is good! Zardoz: The Penis is evil! The Penis shoots Seeds, and makes new Life to poison the Earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the Gun shoots Death and purifies the Earth of the filth of Brutals. Go forth, and kill! Zardoz has spoken."
"[first lines] Arthur Frayn: I am Arthur Frayn, and I am Zardoz. I have lived three hundred years, and I long to die. But death is no longer possible. I am immortal. I present now my story, full of mystery and intrigue - rich in irony, and most satirical. It is set deep in a possible future, so none of these events have yet occurred, but they *may.* Be warned, lest you end as I. In this tale, I am a fake god by occupation - and a magician, by inclination. Merlin is *my* hero! I am the puppet master. I manipulate many of the characters and events you will see. But *I* am invented, too, for your entertainment - and amusement. And you, poor creatures, who conjured *you* out of the clay? Is God in show business too?"
