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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall.
The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical fiction action film based on Michael Crichton's 1976 novel Eaters of the Dead, [5] which is a loose adaptation of the tale of Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn Fadlan's historical account of the Volga Vikings. It stars Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan, as well as Diane Venora and Omar Sharif.
The project was called Eaters of the Dead, though the title would later be changed to The 13th Warrior. [1] Kulich was told very little about the production and the audition was similarly low-key. Two months passed before he was informed that the director, John McTiernan, wished to meet with him.
Crichton's 1976 novel Eaters of the Dead featured relict Neanderthals as antagonists. In 1975, Crichton wrote The Great Train Robbery, which would become a bestseller. The novel is a recreation of the Great Gold Robbery of 1855, a massive gold heist, which takes place on a train traveling through Victorian era England. A considerable portion of ...
The 13th Warrior (Eaters of the Dead) John McTiernan: 2001: Jurassic Park III (based on characters created by Crichton) Joe Johnston: 2003: Timeline: Richard Donner: 2015: Jurassic World (based on characters created by Crichton) Colin Trevorrow: 2018: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (based on characters created by Crichton) J. A. Bayona: 2022
From IMDB's trivia section on the film: "Since Michael Crichton published his novel "Eaters of the Dead" in 1976, the basis of this film, it has become regarded as one of the most notorious hoaxes in Librarianship Circles. The Ahmad Tusi Manuscript that Crichton referenced in his bibliography as being the source of this story, is completely ...
The Thai Zombi series follows the titling and numbering of the British series, but adds the unrelated film Killing Birds with the new title, Zombie Flesh Eaters 4. [2] Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979) (Italian title: Zombi 2) Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 (1988) (Italian title: Zombi 3) Zombie Flesh Eaters 3 (1989) (Italian title: Oltre la morte, a.k.a ...
In November 1996, it was reported that McTiernan would direct film adaptations of the Michael Crichton novels Airframe and Eaters of the Dead for Touchstone Pictures. [28] [29] William Wisher Jr. wrote the adaptations for both. [30]