| Solomon Kane | |
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| Directed by | M. J. Bassett |
| Written by | M. J. Bassett |
| Based on | Characters by Robert E. Howard |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Dan Laustsen |
| Edited by | Andrew MacRitchie |
| Music by | Klaus Badelt |
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| Distributed by | Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[1] |
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Running time | 104 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English[1] |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $19.6 million.[2] |
Solomon Kane is a 2009 sword and sorcery film based on the pulp magazine character of the same name created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard. Written and directed by M. J. Bassett, the film stars James Purefoy in the title role.[3] Despite obtaining the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008.
The film is an original story for the Kane character and was intended to be the first of a trilogy. The plot follows a redemption story for Kane, from the end of his life as a privateer, through the salvation of his soul by rescuing a Puritan girl and the beginning of his life as the Puritan avenger of the source material. It was produced by a consortium of French, Czech, and British companies and mostly filmed in the Czech Republic. The film was first shown at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. It went on general release in France, Spain, and the UK over the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. It has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 67%.
The screenplay was novelised by award-winning fantasy author Ramsey Campbell.
- ^ a b c "SOLOMON KANE - British Board of Film Classification". Bbfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Solomon Kane". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ "Solomon Kane Assault on the Castle Clip and Behind-the-Scenes Creature Feature". DreadCentral. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.