For the 1965 film, see Erik, the Viking. For the 1984 computer game, see Erik the Viking (game).
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Erik the Viking
US cinema poster
Directed by
Terry Jones
Screenplay by
Terry Jones
Based on
The Saga of Erik the Viking by Terry Jones
Produced by
John C. Goldstone
Starring
Tim Robbins
Terry Jones
Eartha Kitt
Mickey Rooney
Tsutomu Sekine
John Cleese
Antony Sher
Imogen Stubbs
Cinematography
Ian Wilson
Edited by
George Akers
Music by
Neil Innes
Production companies
Prominent Features Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed by
United International Pictures (United Kingdom) Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden)
Release dates
1 September 1989 (1989-09-01) (Sweden)
22 September 1989 (1989-09-22) (US)
29 September 1989 (1989-09-29) (UK)
Running time
107 minutes[1][2]
Countries
United Kingdom Sweden
Language
English
Box office
$1,932,642[3]
Erik the Viking is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Terry Jones. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of Erik the Viking (1983), but the plot is completely different. Jones also appears in the film as King Arnulf.[4][5]
^BBFC: Erik the Viking 1989 Retrieved 2013-03-05
^The Swedish Film Database: Erik the Viking Retrieved 2013-03-05
^Erik the Viking at Box Office Mojo
^Cite error: The named reference latimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Jones, Terry (1989). Erik the Viking: the Screenplay. New York: Applause Theatre Book Publishers. ISBN 1-55783-054-1.
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