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In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Theatrical
Feb 6, 1974
Box Office
$1.8M
Budget
$1.6M
Return
1.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 3, 1984
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
John Boorman Productions, 20th Century Fox
Keywords
Quotes
See all →The Gift of Death in Eternal Life
Taglines
Into a world of eternal life, he brought the gift of death.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Vision of a Futile Future
Taglines
I have seen the future and it doesn't work.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →S
Sean Connery
Zed
C
Charlotte Rampling
Consuella
S
Sara Kestelman
May
J
John Alderton
Friend
S
Sally Anne Newton
Avalow
N
Niall Buggy
Arthur Frayn / Zardoz
B
Bosco Hogan
George Saden
J
Jessica Swift
Apathetic
B
Bairbre Dowling
Star
C
Christopher Casson
Old Scientist
J
John Boorman
Farming Brutal Shot by Zed (uncredited)
K
Katrine Boorman
Young Eternal (uncredited)
T
Telsche Boorman
Young Eternal (uncredited)
D
David de Keyser
Tabernacle (voice) (uncredited)
