Talk about originality. This film broke new ground in its telling of culture clash in the New World many years before the arrival of the White Man. Made in 1963, the slowly changing face of race and minority relationships was just beginnng so for the first time in major motion picture history we have a "historical epic" between just the good old indians around with nary a cowboy in sight. The beginnngs of political correctness not withstanding they couldn't quite cast the movie with just Indians, maybe Jay Silverheels was under contract with some other studio, and besides they needed some Really Big Stars. Enter Yul Brenner who could outking anybody that side of Sean Connery and the rest is history. Sure the storyline is laughable by todays standards but that only makes it more fun. My main point is as follows- 1. WHERE IS THIS MOVIE? Has it decayed into dust? I have not seen this movie on television for 25 years. I cannot find it on VHS. 2. REMAKE THIS MOVIE This movie should be remade with the wandering tribe being the Egyptians who brought pyrimads and that cool game that predated basketball. The final battle would be with the Egyptians a classic East vs West battle. Bloodheart/Gladiator production values would give us the never before view of these great cultures as never before.
Review of Kings of the Sun
