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Erik the Viking

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Directed by Terry Jones
Produced by John Goldstone
Written by Terry Jones
With: Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, John Cleese, Freddie Jones, Samantha Bond, Tim McInnerny, Jim Broadben, Jim Carter, and Graham McTavish
Cinematography: Ian Wilson
Editing: George Akers
Music: Neil Innes
Runtime: 107 min
Release Date: 22 September 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Tim Robbins is a hapless Viking who feels there must be more to life than raping and pillaging in Terry Jones’ unforgivably strained, tedious, painfully unfunny historical comedy. Easily the worst film of any former Python.