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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MGM HOME VIDEO (UNDER FOX)
EAN: 0883904103011
Feature: When his father is killed in battle, Balam (George Chakiris) succeeds his father as King and leads his followers out of Mexico to a coastal region. The Mayan's new home, however, is already the province of a hostile Indian tribe led by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner), who leads a raid against the Mayan's camp. Balam is severely injured, but Black Eagle's wife Ixchel (Shirley Ann Field) tends
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: M110301
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1963
Features:- When his father is killed in battle, Balam (George Chakiris) succeeds his father as King and leads his followers out of Mexico to a coastal region. The Mayan's new home, however, is already the province of a hostile Indian tribe led by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner), who leads a raid against the Mayan's camp. Balam is severely injured, but Black Eagle's wife Ixchel (Shirley Ann Field) tends
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When his father is killed in battle Balam (George Chakiris) succeeds his father as King and leads his followers out of Mexico to a coastal region. The Mayan's new home however is already the province of a hostile Indian tribe led by Black Eagle (Yul Brynner) who leads a raid against the Mayan's camp. Balam is severely injured but Black Eagle's wife Ixchel (Shirley Ann Field) tends to his wounds and eventually the two leaders agree to settle their differences and coexist in peace. Hunac Ceel (Leo Gordon) Balam's old nemesis is not so forgiving. He has followed the Mayans to their new home where he and his troops mount a furious attack with the Indians and the Mayans leading a united front against the invaders.System Requirements:Running Time: 108 minutes Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/CLASSICS Rating: NR UPC: 883904103011 Manufacturer No: M110301
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Fans of Mel Gibson's Apocalypto may well enjoy J. Lee Thompson's 1963 Kings of the Sun, an exotic, widescreen adventure about the ancient Mayan civilization and its rocky relationship with a nomadic tribe. George Chakiris plays Balam, a young and inexperienced Mayan king who must lead his people from one part of Mexico to another via ships. Arriving at a seemingly uninhabited coast, Balam oversees the construction of a new kingdom, complete with a tall temple upon which an altar for human sacrifice rests. The problem for Balam is that he doesn't believe in the need for sacrificing people, creating a conflict when his own high priest (Richard Basehart) demands that Black Eagle (Yul Brynner), wounded chief of a local Indian tribe, be offered up to the Mayan gods. Complicating Balam's life even more is that his love interest, Ixchel (Shirley Anne Field), falls for Black Eagle while nursing him back to health. Everything leads to a kind of social experiment in coexistence that gets shaky whenever the subject of Ixchel comes up. Screenwriter Elliott Arnold (Broken Arrow) does a fine job of alternating the big picture of conflicting traditions and peoples with intimate moments of passion and disappointment. Thompson wraps the story in a fever-dream intensity, underscored by the undeniable sexuality of Brynner (who moves like a bronze cat) and Chakiris (who looks like a haughty demigod). The characters' lurches toward a more modern view of sacrifice and cooperation are fascinating and make Kings of the Sun as thoughtful as it is bigger-than-life. --Tom Keogh
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I saw "Kings of the Sun" as a kid and became fascinated by Mayans. I recently watched it for the first time in 40 years, and I must confess it did not live up to my childhood memory. The story follows a tribe of Mayans who flee their homeland to North America, where they encounter a tribe of Native Americans. The two groups start out as adversaries, with the two leaders pursuing the same woman, but they ultimately come together to fight an invading army.
A big problem with the film is ... Read More
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I've always liked this movie but could never find it. Course Amazon was happy to oblige me. It's a different sort of movie. One that talks and shows life in america's before columbus. The acting was fine for the movie, the blood and gore was not up to mordern standards but what do you expect from an older period movie. I thought it was great. The best part was no bad language or foul words that didn't exist in those days. It's kinda nice not having to listen to 4 letter words that do not inprove a ... Read More
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A really good action adventure film based in Central America. If you like stories about the Inca, etc, you should like this one.
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It is so wonderful for MGM/United Artist to bring this matinee adventure to dvd. Some of us at the age of 10, remember seeing previews on television on a movie that looks so cool to see. Well this was one of them. I remember cutting grass to get the 75 cents to go to the Roxy Theatre to see this film. I was not disapointed. Again, with this new DVD, I am not disapointed. The Elmer Bernstien music opens up and a great smile comes on my face. The DVD transfer is spectacular and the colors vibrant. Yul ... Read More
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I'd love to give this movie a good review. I really enjoyed Appocalypto. But this film is less a story of the people/tribes involved and more a love triangle story with Brynner, Chikiris and the female lead. Nothing wrong with that, but the stroy itself is rather light weight when it could have been much more. Chikiris looks like he just stepped off the stage from West Side Story and put on a tunic. He is a good actor, but not well cast as a Mayan chief. He looks like Frankie Avalon. Brynner is great ... Read More
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