| Treasure of the Four Crowns | |
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| Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
| Written by | Lloyd Battista Jim Bryce Jerry Lazarus |
| Story by | Tony Pettito Gene Quintano |
| Produced by | Tony Anthony Gene Quintano |
| Starring | Tony Anthony Ana Obregón Gene Quintano Francisco Rabal |
| Cinematography | Marcello Masciocchi Giuseppe Ruzzolini |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | The Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Company M.T.G. Productions Lotus Films |
| Distributed by | Cannon Film Distributors (North America) Columbia Pictures (International) |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | United States Italy Spain |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4.45 million[1] |
Treasure of the Four Crowns is a 1983 action adventure film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano, and Francisco Rabal.[2] Anthony and Quintano also served as producers and screenwriters.[3] The musical score was composed by Ennio Morricone.
It was an American-Italian-Spanish international co-production between American company Filmways and Lupo-Anthony-Quintano Productions, an independent production and financing company co-founded by stars Anthony and Quintano. It is a spiritual successor to the 1981 film Comin' at Ya!, also directed by Baldi and starring Anthony and Quintano. Like its predecessor, the film was shot in 3-D and was part of the brief 3-D revival in the early 1980s.[4]
Treasure of the Four Crowns was released on January 21, 1983, in the North America by Cannon Films, Inc. and by Columbia Pictures internationally, and was criticized as being overly derivative of Raiders of the Lost Ark, most particularly the scene in which the main character runs away from a flaming boulder.[5]
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 293. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Maslin, Janet (January 23, 1983). "'TREASURE OF FOUR CROWNS'". The New York Times.
- ^ Roger Ebert's Review April 26, 1983
- ^ LA CLIPS Jaws sequel leads a new wave of 3-D filmmaking Deans, Laurie. The Globe and Mail14 Jan 1983: E.3.
- ^ TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 50, Iss. 588, (Jan 1, 1983): 249.