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* LicensedGame: A LicensedPinballTable; an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game; a really confusing arcade game; a [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast]]; and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game]].

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* LicensedGame: A LicensedPinballTable; an UsefulNotes/{{Atari Platform/{{Atari 2600}} game; a really confusing arcade game; a [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast]]; and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game]].
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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://krull.wikia.com/wiki/Krull_(film) Krull Wiki]].

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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://krull.wikia.com/wiki/Krull_(film) Krull Wiki]].
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* FountainOfExpies: [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon The Glaive]].

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* FountainOfExpies: [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon The Glaive]].Glaive]], a strange throwing weapon that resembles a large shuriken with retractable blades. While the name was derived from a European polearm, almost anyone that uses it anymore is usually geared towards this film's depiction of it. From ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' to ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense''.
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* LicensedGame: A LicesedPinballTable; an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game; a really confusing arcade game; a [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast]]; and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game]].

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* LicensedGame: A LicesedPinballTable; LicensedPinballTable; an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game; a really confusing arcade game; a [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast]]; and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game]].
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* LicensedGame: A LicesedPinballTable; an UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game; a really confusing arcade game; a [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1626/krull board game containing an plastic-army-man-sized Colwyn and The Beast]]; and [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25901/krull-card-game a card game]].
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* {{Jossed}}: Since around 1980, this movie has been rumored to have originally been planned to tie-in with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and was to be known as ''Dragons of Krull'', for which a screenplay was being written. According to E. Gary Gygax, "to the best of my knowledge and belief, the producers of ''Krull'' never approached TSR for a license to enable their film to use the ''D&D'' game IP and did not draw inspiration from the game IP."
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* TheDanza: Almost. Lyssa is played by Lysette Anthony.
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* DuelingMovies: With ''Film/TheDarkCrystal''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Frank Price, then-president of Creator/ColumbiaPictures, determined that an unknown American actress would help stateside ticket sales better than an unknown English actress. Price met with Lysette Anthony and told her that all of her dialogue had been dubbed by Lindsay Crouse.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Frank Price, then-president of Creator/ColumbiaPictures, determined that an unknown American actress would help stateside ticket sales better than an unknown English actress. Price met with Lysette Anthony and told her that all of her dialogue had been dubbed by Lindsay Crouse.Creator/LindsayCrouse.
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* DVDCommentary: The commentary track consists mostly of the crew making excuses about the special effects and the cast name dropping famous people they've worked with in other films.

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* DivorcedInstallment: See the [[Film/{{Krull}} work description]].

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* DivorcedInstallment: See the [[Film/{{Krull}} work description]].ExecutiveMeddling: Frank Price, then-president of Creator/ColumbiaPictures, determined that an unknown American actress would help stateside ticket sales better than an unknown English actress. Price met with Lysette Anthony and told her that all of her dialogue had been dubbed by Lindsay Crouse.



* HeyItsThatSound: The dub for the death screams of the Slayers was taken from the Mayar shrieks in ''At the Earth's Core''.
* {{Jossed}}: Since around 1980, this movie has been rumored to have originally been planned to tie-in with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and was to be known as ''Dragons of Krull'', for which a screenplay was being written. According to E. Gary Gygax, "to the best of my knowledge and belief, the producers of ''Krull'' never approached TSR for a license to enable their film to use the ''D&D'' game IP and did not draw inspiration from the game IP."
* ScullyBox: Creator/BernardBresslaw, who was 6'7" tall, wore lifts to make him several inches taller.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the original screenplay, Colwyn saves Ynyr from the spider in the Widow of the Web's cave by killing it with the Glaive. But, it was cut from the movie.



* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a completed game, with full playfield designs, artwork, and sound effects finished and ready for the assembly line. However, the high cost of the game (due to its use of a second, full-sized playfield underneath the main level) and the box-office failure of [[Film/{{Krull}} the movie]] caused Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management to get cold feet and kill the project.

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a completed game, with full playfield designs, artwork, and sound effects finished and ready for the assembly line. However, the high cost of the game (due to its use of a second, full-sized playfield underneath the main level) and the box-office failure of [[Film/{{Krull}} the movie]] caused Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management to get cold feet and kill the project.project.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $27 million (not counting marketing costs), $50 million (counting them). Box office, $16,519,460. In New York City, for instance, the film opened and closed ''on the same day''; even in 1983, that was rare for a ''film''.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $27 million (not counting marketing costs), $50 million (counting them). Box office, $16,519,460. In New York City, for instance, the film opened and closed ''on the same day''; day'' in many theaters; even in 1983, that was rare for a ''film''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $27 million (not counting marketing costs), $50 million (counting them). Box office, $16,519,460.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $27 million (not counting marketing costs), $50 million (counting them). Box office, $16,519,460. In New York City, for instance, the film opened and closed ''on the same day''; even in 1983, that was rare for a ''film''.
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* StarDerailingRole: The film killed Ken Marshall's movie career before it could even get started.

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* StarDerailingRole: The film killed Ken Marshall's movie career before it could even get started.started -- fortunately, he found a recurring role in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' as Michael Eddington.
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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://krull.wikia.com/wiki/Krull_(film) Krull Wiki]].
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $27 million (not counting marketing costs), $50 million (counting them). Box office, $16,519,460.
* CreatorKiller: This is one of multiple projects at the time that ended the career of writer Stanford Sherman.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: David Battley as Ergo, previously seen as the OneSceneWonder Mr. Turkentine in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
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* FollowTheLeader: The interaction between the Beast and Lyssa would be done much ''much'' better in ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'', though Creator/TimCurry had a lot to do with that.



* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a completed game, with full playfield designs, artwork, and sound effects finished and ready for the assembly line. However, the high cost of the game (due to its use of a second, full-sized playfield underneath the main level) and the box-office failure of [[Film/{{Krull}} the movie]] caused Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management to get cold feet and kill the project.

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a completed game, with full playfield designs, artwork, and sound effects finished and ready for the assembly line. However, the high cost of the game (due to its use of a second, full-sized playfield underneath the main level) and the box-office failure of [[Film/{{Krull}} the movie]] caused Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management to get cold feet and kill the project.
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* StarDerailingRole: The film killed Ken Marshall's movie career before it could even get started.
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* FountainOfExpies: [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon The Glaive]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: David Battley as Ergo, previously seen as the OneSceneWonder Mr. Turkentine in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: By all accounts, ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a fully-finished game whose release was stopped only because Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management became worried about its high costs after the movie bombed at the box office.

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: By all accounts, ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a fully-finished completed game, with full playfield designs, artwork, and sound effects finished and ready for the assembly line. However, the high cost of the game whose release was stopped only because (due to its use of a second, full-sized playfield underneath the main level) and the box-office failure of [[Film/{{Krull}} the movie]] caused Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management became worried about its high costs after to get cold feet and kill the movie bombed at the box office.project.

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* DivorcedInstallment: See the [[Film/{{Krull}} work description]].

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!!For the film:
* DivorcedInstallment: See the [[Film/{{Krull}} work description]].description]].

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: By all accounts, ''Pinball/{{Krull}}'' was a fully-finished game whose release was stopped only because Creator/{{Gottlieb}} management became worried about its high costs after the movie bombed at the box office.
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* DivorcedInstallment: See the [[Film/{{Krull}} work description]].

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