Its called juggers, and rutger hauer is the champion jugger in the postapocalyptic world. In an australian desert littered with tribal communities and rusting. The sport has been around for almost two decades now, but most of its growth happened in the last years. The salute of the jugger 1989 original trailer youtube.
Somehow every invention done over the last few centuries doesnt exist anymore and nobody has the skill to recreate them. Full versions were released on vhs in the early 1990s in australia, the. The salute of the jugger was directed by david webb peoples, whose only other directing credit is a short documentary called how we stopped the war. Anyone interested in an even more extended version. In 1989, the creator david webb peoples introduced jugger to the world with his movie entitled the salute of the jugger alternative title. Yearning to watch the blood of heroes in the comfort of your own home. This movie is directed and written by david webb peoples who has a talent for creating science fiction screenplays. Jugger is an amazingly fastpaced sport with huge chaotic potential.
Import from the netherlands with english soundtrack. I am jugger is a documentary film that shares the origin and the present of the sport known as jugger. This lean, mean beast of a movie is still the best scifi sports film of all time, writes travis johnson. 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. Some might think that blood of heroes is not a true wasteland warrior movie, since the battles fought are.
However now joined by a talented newcomer, kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl he and his team find they have. The salute of the jugger original 1989 australian one sheet movie poster rutger hauer, joan chen, delroy lindo, anna katarina, vincent donofrio. Watch the salute of the jugger uncut1 jfenton esquire on dailymotion. The dog skull as a ball film analysis behind the scenes. A mad maxesque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Although jugger wasnt warmly received by the critics, other projects he penned were.
For some, dutch actor rutger hauer will forever be associated with a certain rooftop speech about tears in rain. 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. Born from the 1989 film the salute of the jugger by david webb peoples screenwriter of. Set on a postapocalyptic earth, this scifi feature focuses on the players of a brutal futuristic sport known as juggers. Joan chen costars as hauers apprentice in the film, which was released in australia as salute of the jugger. The blood of heroes is a 1989 australianamerican postapocalyptic film written and directed by david webb peoples, produced by charles roven, and starring rutger hauer, joan chen, and vincent donofrio. Its set in a distant postapocalyptic future where earth seems to be nothing more than a desolate wasteland. 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. 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. 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. When juggers play there is only one way to live the hard way set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Relaxing the tuning parameters will give you a larger set of lists and more movies, but then the movies arent so goodbad. A random spot check of about 20 movies show that this strategy works great. Download salute ofthe jugger torrent at torrentfunk.
The salute of the jugger aka the blood of heroes kings road entertainment director. No game is ever the same as the last, so it took loads of material to get these few minutes together. Personally i prefer the film title salute of the jugger as it offers a bit more mystery, what the hell is a jugger. And in march the juggers, a rugged group mixing the aspects of the sand people and. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the david webb peoples. Salute of the jugger the blood of heroes beatdown scene. Winterhawk full length western movie, hd, classic feature film. Apparently, mankind forgot the whole thing about the sanctity. A mad maxesque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a. They lead a team of juggers in a brutal game resembling football where the goal is to put a dog skull on the opposition teams wooden stake.
Salute is an unapologetically brutal story, perfectly cast, well played and very competently filmed. Sallow, the leader of a ragtag team, has played in the main leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. The movie has also been released as the salute of the jugger. Some might think that blood of heroes is not a true wasteland warrior movie, since the battles fought are more games than warfare. The film has inspired the creation of the sport jugger. Recently got my hands on the extended version of the salute of the jugger, a very underrated postapocalyptic scifi flick. When released in 1990 to the rest of the world it became the salute to the jugger. The salute of the jugger aka the blood of heroes from 1989, a gritty and violent post apocalyptic movie starring rutger haur and joan chen. Lord vlle answers that he wont do anything, because a jugger like him will play the rest of his life, or at least until he isnt able to see anything, so nothing can be done anymore. A guide to movies fit for the whole family, now streaming at sbs on demand.
The film version was invented by the films writerdirector, david webb peoples, especially for the movie. The transformation into a real sport happened independently in germany and australia. The salute of the jugger is a movie that clearly copies from mad max. If hauers team wins, the towns have to offer hospitality by way of women wine and food. The blood of heroes 1989 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Salute of the jugger is een australischamerikaanse sciencefictionfilm uit 1989 van regisseur david peoples. Australia theatrical title as salute of the jugger see more. The blood of heroes 1990 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. We have 11 salute ofthe jugger movie torrents for you. The blood of heroes salute to the jugger full movie. The salute of the jugger original 1989 australian one. A dog skulls as a ball in a postapocalyptic movie, why.
Watch the blood of heroes 1989 full movie free streaming. He has however written screenplays for a bunch of other movies, like for instance blade runner, ladyhawke, 12 monkeys and leviathan the cast is, overall, not bad at all and is pretty solid even in the minor roles. Born from the 1989 film the salute of the jugger by david webb peoples screenwriter of unforgiven, 12 monkeys, blade runner, among. When the brutish champion jugger receives a new challenge, tensions rise and eventually culminate in a bloody showdown masquerading as a league championship game.
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Seeing as how the rules are not even explained much in the script of writer and director david webb peoples, they were obviously watching the movie a lot closer than many when they popped it into their video machines all those years ago to accompany their beer and pizza, and of course the players did not set out to wound and scar their. Filmed in australia and starring rutger hauer, the movie tells the tale of a blood sport played in a postapocalyptic future. The shorter version called the blood of heroes in the us runs 90 minutes, has an extra scene that the longer version doesnt have and ends on a more uplifting ending. Imagine some of the slop that rounded out the other 19 films will you. When the brutish champion jugger receives a new challenge, tensions. Rutger hauer, joan chen, vincent phillip donofrio, anna katarina, delroy lindo 1988, 90 minutes, directed by. 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. The action culminates in the bloody league championship.
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