This is the short version of a game of jugger, which has an additional 40s intro. Fortunately, the movie kept a small following in europe under the name salute of the jugger, to the point of the fictional sport of the film, jugger, being turned into a real one still played to this day. The blood of heroes also released as the salute of the jugger is a 1989 australianamerican postapocalyptic film written and directed by david webb. Rutger hauer, joan chen, delroy lindo, anna katarina, vincent donofrio, ghandi. The cult classic dystopian film the salute of the jugger is now 30 years old. Having developed somewhat of a bmovie reputation, salute of the jugger will not be to everyones tastes.
They didnt remember when juggers first played the game or how it came to be played with a dog skull. Salute of the jugger official trailer 1989 ambi distribution. This is the american version of the film, which has 12 minutes cut out compared to the european version. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. There is currently more than 30 teams from all over the world, actively competing jugging, although in a much whimpier fashion than in the movie. The movie has also been released as the salute of the jugger. In the movie, the portrayal of jugger was incredibly. And thats something that can elevate weird little b. Jul 20, 2014 salute of the jugger official trailer 1989. Some shots of that are missing again, including cuts to the cheering watchers.
In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. The salute of the jugger aka blood of heroes dvd rutger hauer. I use some basic filters to remove lists that have more than 50 or so movies in common and remove lists where people add just about every damn movie in their list. Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. It is said that he purposely invented jugger for the movie. It stars rutger hauer and joan chen, whose careers have both nosedived of late hauer s especially. The blood of heroes 1990 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The core of the story being joan chen, who is the daniel larusso of the world of the juggers. The salute of the jugger original 1989 australian one sheet. And in march the juggers, a rugged group mixing the aspects of the sand people and. David peoples in the unlikely event of this obscure rutger hauer feature also known as the blood of heroes being remembered, it would be as the movie in which the accounting department forgot to budget for a screenplay and lighting.
The salute of the jugger 1989 dvdripxvid uncut fsrepack today. The blood of heroes, starring rutger hauer and directed and written by david webb peoples. Theres always something ever so slightly weird about hauer. Jan 26, 2018 i am jugger is a documentary film that shares the origin and the present of the sport known as jugger. Long stretches of exposition, and subplots about religion could only slow the film down. Written and directed by the writer of bladerunner, salute of the jugger or blood of heroes sees rutger hauer lead a band on juggers who walk through a futuristic wasteland looking for towns, where they challenge them to beat them at jugger game. This is an underrated gem that im hoping someone has the screenlay for. The sport has been around for almost two decades now, but most of its growth happened in the last years. Full versions were released on vhs in the early 1990s in australia, the united kingdom, europe and japan. A dog skulls as a ball in a postapocalyptic movie, why. Some might think that blood of heroes is not a true wasteland warrior movie, since the battles fought are more games than warfare.
Its not all that very engaging and every time the director tries to deepen the story like by having hauers character a backstory it falls flat. The salute of the jugger aka the blood of heroes kings road entertainment director. The blood of heroes1989 aka salute of the jugger full. A mad maxesque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a. Ive forgotten which one i actually watched, but one of the posters for coming attractions was that of the salute of the jugger.
Born from the 1989 film the salute of the jugger by david webb peoples screenwriter of unforgiven, 12 monkeys, blade runner, among. The blood of heroes salute to the jugger full movie. Hilarious skits, awesome web series, crazy family vlogs and gaming videos. This is an underrated gem that im hoping someone has.
Rutger hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of juggers to one of the remaining nine cities for glory and redemption. Filmed in australia and starring rutger hauer, the movie tells the tale of a blood sport played in a postapocalyptic future. Released 1989, the blood of heroes stars rutger hauer, joan chen, vincent donofrio, anna katarina the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Searching for the original screenplay to salute of the jugger aka. Users who like the blood of heroes the salute of the jugger users who reposted the blood of heroes the salute of the jugger playlists containing the blood of heroes the salute of the jugger more tracks like the blood of heroes the salute of the jugger license. The boy runs through the desert in an additional shot. Imagine some of the slop that rounded out the other 19 films will you. But as some people got impatient sitting through the intro i made. No game is ever the same as the last, so it took loads of material to get these few minutes together. It was filmed in australia, and though many like to compare it to mad max, salute of the jugger is by no means a ripoff, and could even be called what mad max 3 should have been.
Having developed somewhat of a b movie reputation, salute of the jugger will not be to everyones tastes. With rutger hauer, joan chen, delroy lindo, anna katarina. The blood of heroes salute of the jugger gaming detritus. It stayed in print fairly regularly there, and, following a 2001 dvd release, lions gate released the us cut of the film on dvd in the us.
Various distributors began releasing the original cut on dvd in early 2001, known as the extended version or by the title salute to the jugger. The difference is primarily the ending, which goes on a little bit longer and ends on a more somber and realistic note in the full version. Also appearing here is vincent donofrio credited as vincent phillip donofrio whilst the man that most australians know as beau from the beaurepaires ads max fairchild even makes an appearance. The salute of the jugger the blood of heroes force 1988. Jugger is an amazingly fastpaced sport with huge chaotic potential. A mad maxesque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. A part of the fight between the two opposing teams is missing. Salute of the jugger the blood of heroes beatdown scene. Personally i prefer the film title salute of the jugger as it offers a bit more.
This is yet another postapocalypse sf movie without any special effects, but with plenty of plot licks borrowed from a boy and his dog 1975, the mad max series, and the run of pictures rollerball 1975, death race 2000 1975, the running man 1987 about how popular gladiatorial sports will be in the 21st century. The salute of the jugger uncut aka blood of heroes eng xvid fayfoorer. Even though this disc may feel like youre watching a vhs version, with its full frame picture, and stereo soundtrack, taking a second look at that image quality will remind you how dvd is so much better. Jugger is a sport inspired by the australianamerican movie the salute of the jugger alternative title. Rutger hauer, joan chen, vincent phillip donofrio, anna katarina, delroy lindo 1988, 90 minutes, directed by. The blood of heroes 1989 stream and watch online moviefone. The salute of the jugger is a mashup of postapocalyptic action and sports movies. Personally i prefer the film title salute of the jugger as it offers a bit more mystery, what the hell is a jugger. The salute of the jugger original 1989 australian one sheet movie poster rutger hauer, joan chen, delroy lindo, anna katarina, vincent donofrio.
Trailer for the salute of the jugger aka the blood of heroes. This is yet another postapocalypse sf movie without any special effects, but with plenty of plot licks borrowed from a boy and his dog 1975, the mad max series, and the run of pictures rollerball 1975, death race 2000 1975, the running man 1987 about how. The blood of heroes david peoples, rutger hauer, joan. For some, dutch actor rutger hauer will forever be associated with a certain rooftop speech about tears in rain. Even though this disc may feel like youre watching a vhs version, with its fullframe picture, and stereo soundtrack, taking a second look at that image quality will remind you how dvd is so much better. However now joined by a talented newcomer, kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl he and his team find they have. Watch the blood of heroes 1989 full movie free online. Salute of the jugger rutger hauer 1989 h264 dvdrip eng nl subs. The first time this movie caught my eye was late in 1989 and i was in one of the many movietheaters in copenhagen, denmark to catch a movie.
An unusually successful film of its kind, a good, lean variation on the. Jugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 film the salute of the jugger released as the blood of heroes in the united states, in which a game of the same name is played. In 2017, a 2disc bluray set with both cuts of the film was released in japan. Born from the 1989 film the salute of the jugger by david webb peoples screenwriter of. After using the 400 to find other peoples lists, i found about 20k lists with at least one movie in common. The salute of the jugger full movie for some, dutch actor rutger hauer will forever be associated with a certain rooftop speech about tears in rain. In 1989, the creator david webb peoples introduced jugger to the world with his movie entitled the salute of the jugger alternative title.
If hauers team wins, the towns have to offer hospitality by way of women wine and food. I am jugger is a documentary film that shares the origin and the present of the sport known as jugger. Feb 29, 2008 trailer for the salute of the jugger aka the blood of heroes. This lean, mean beast of a movie is still the best scifi sports film of all time, writes travis johnson. Rutger hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group ofjuggers to one of the remaining nine cities for glory and redemption. The salute of the jugger 1989 original trailer youtube. But although his turn as doomed replicant roy batty.
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