Movie
1999
Beowulf is a 1999 American science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed by Graham Baker and written by Mark Leahy and David Chappe. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf." While…
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In 1999 *Eaters of the Dead*, Michael Chricton's novel inspired by an ancient Saxon epic poem *Beowulf*, one of the earlier English text ever recorded, was adapted into *The 13th Warrior*. According to the Hollywood custom of rival studios making two films based on the same idea, another film inspired by the ancient text appeared, this one more directly linked to the original source. It was *Beowulf*, directed by Gr…More
