Comments on: Ilya Muromets To The Rescue http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Richard J. Kennedy http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-10605 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:21:23 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-10605 Just like poster Bob above, I first saw The Sword and The Dragon on TV on Million Dollar Movie in New York City. They would show a movie every night for a week starting at the same time. If you wanted you could watch part of a movie on Monday night and then turn it off and then pick it up where you left off on Tuesday night. It sometimes took me a whole week to see a complete movie or sometimes I would see the movie all five nights Monday through Friday. Anyway,the cool thing about The Sword and The Dragon is that at that time, the early sixties, the Russians and the US were not the best of friends so to speak and there were not many things being imported from Russia to America.It is great that a cultural item like this great movie is one of the things that made it over from the Iron Curtain. It is one of the best movies of all time for boys between the ages of say nine and twelve.

]]> By: David Lubar http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-4116 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:33:25 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-4116 This blog comes at an amazing time. I had just made a post in my blog, asking if anyone remembered a movie featuring a mountain of people, a giant crossbow, and a creature creating a wind storm. It was one of my earliest movie memories. Someone was kind enough to point me to this post. Great information. Thanks.

]]> By: Orie http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-4099 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:38:03 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-4099 I was introduced to this movie through Mystery Science Theater, and I actually thought The Sword and the Dragon was one of the better episodes. Watching a movie in that format doesn’t always require it to be bad, it’s just a different way to look at it. I’ve always treated episodes of the show like a commentary track and I usually have an unaltered version also.

I will admit this is one case where I haven’t been able to see an unaltered version, and I must say the site linked at the end of this article is amazing and will probably end up costing me a fortune in “oh cool I wonder what that is.” For starters I’ll probably pick up Ilya Muromets. I love Russian folk tales.

]]> By: Bob http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-3976 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:23:04 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-3976 I first saw this movie when I was 13 or 14 years old on television in New York City. It was on the show called. “The Milion Dollar Movie.? They repeated the same movie about three times a day for a week. Me and my friends regarded it as a cult film. We would see it so many time we would have passages memorized and sometime would act out scenes from it. I thought I would never see it again but I intend on following the link to see about acquiring a copy. To those who have not seen it yet, all I can say is you are in for a genuine treat. Enjoy and share your experience with us.
Bob

]]> By: john august smith http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-3881 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:29 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-3881 to anyone interested there is a famous russian symphony by gliere based on ilya mourmitz, it is available on cd and is a magnificent piece of music!

]]> By: Jenni, St. Louis http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-3870 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:32:07 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-3870 Sounds like an interesting movie. A year ago I was able to get Eisenstein’s two-parter on Ivan the Terrible, it was in Russian with English subtitles-very good movie. Now you have piqued my interest in finding this Russian movie, sounds like one my boys will like, too!

]]> By: Medusa http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-3866 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:24:12 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-3866 When I first worked at KTLA (and we’re talking 30 years ago), one of my work buddies there told me again and again about Ilya Muromets, and I honestly hadn’t thought about it or him in a long time, but how amazing to see your great post about it! Wow — obviously he and you were right; it looks amazing! I will certainly track this down and watch! I know that I have never seen this and can’t wait!

]]> By: JoseM http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/06/21/ilya-muromets-to-the-rescue/#comment-3860 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:42:30 +0000 http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=892#comment-3860 I do miss being able to see offbeat fare at movie theaters. Today all 17 multiplex screens show the same cookie cutter movies. Thanks for reminding us of a great era in moviegoing.

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