Amazons (film)

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Amazons
Amazons-01.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Starring Penelope Reed
Danitza Kingsley
Joseph Whipp
Ty Randolph
Jacques Arndt
Directed by Alex Sessa
Produced by Roger Corman
Héctor Olivera
Written by Charles R. Saunders
Editing by Edward Lowe
Studio Aries Films International
New Horizons Pictures
Music by Oscar Camp
Cinematography Leonard Solis
Distributed by Concorde-New Horizons (US)
Concorde & Aries Films Internacional (Argentina)
Released 1986
Runtime 76 minutes
Country Argentina
United States
language English

Amazons is a 1986 Argentine-American fantasy adventure film directed by Alejandro Sessa and starring Penelope Reed, Danitza Kingsley, Joseph Whipp, Ty Randolph, and Jacques Arndt. The screenplay was written by Charles R. Saunders, based on his short story Agbewe’s Sword, which first appeared in the 1979 anthology Amazons![1] The short story is part of the series Dossouye, about the real-life female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, the series of short stories was gathered in a novel published by Saunders in 2008.[2]

Premise

Amazons is an epic story that follows a legendary tribe of warrior women from a mythical time.

Cast

  • Mindi Miller ... Dyala (as Windsor Taylor Randolph)
  • Penelope Reed ... Tashi
  • Joseph Whipp ... Kalungo
  • Danitza Kingsley ... Tashinge
  • Wolfram Hecht ... Matlin (as Wolfram Hoechst)
  • Template:Interlanguage link multi ... High Priest
  • Charles Finch ... Timar
  • Francisco Cocuzza ... Baliguri (as Frank Cocza)
  • Santiago Mallo ... Halfhead
  • Anita Larronde ... Emerald Queen (as Annie Larronde)
  • Armando Capo ... Hitron (as Armand Capó)
  • Maria Fournery ... Vishiti (as Mary Fournery)
  • Nöelle Balfour ... Lati
  • Esther Velázquez ... Azundati
  • Marcos Woinsky ... Artan (as Marc Woinsky)
  • Fabiana Smith ... Lioness (Akam)
  • William Reta ... Guard
  • Lena Marie Johansson ... Female Noble #1
  • Linda Guzmán ... Female Noble #2

References

  1. Wild Realm Reviews: Golden Temple Amazons, http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-goldtempleamazons.html  Accessed: 2009-10-08  (Publisher: Film Reviews at The Weird Wild Realm of Paghat the Ratgirl)
  2. Fiction Review: Dossouye by Charles R. Saunders

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