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FilmPG-131989

Erik the Viking

AdventureFantasyComedy

Directed by Terry Jones

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life. From TMDB

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Erik the Viking is a 1989 adventure fantasy comedy film, directed by Terry Jones, starring Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt.

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  • iBear @ibearoz.bsky.socialBluesky · May 7, 2025

    Nothing changes in denial. This little clip seems to be a great metaphor for climate change deniers. It's from the 1989 movie "Erik the Viking" and features Terry Jones (who also directed) as King Arnulf of the island nation of High Brazil. youtu.be/rY-HOYTz-rs?...

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  • Luis @loosf.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2025

    Talking about formative kink interests and like I am fairly sure it was in a movie like Erik the Viking, but I am not sure it was in THAT one, about uh, modularity and parts swapping. A segment involving dead vikings chopping each other off and then sorting the pieces to reform themselves.

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  • yesandMissHavthisham @steenyswank.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    "Jones originally considered making the film of Erik the Viking with the Muppets." www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

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  • Film Utopia @filmutopiapod.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    #NewEpisode From The Princess Bride to Willow & Erik the Viking, Film Utopia tackles the twilight of 80s fantasy. Expect arguments over what counts, Steven’s undying love for Buttercup & a nod to fantasy-adjacent oddities like Big & Mannequin. 🐉🎶 👉 tr.ee/VBiHI1O06m #PodcastAndChill

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  • Tore @torenielsen.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2025

    Tonight we got to talking about The Saga of Erik the Viking, the movie and the book. I read it to my brother when I was a kid (and watched the movie with my dad back in '89). The art has 100% appeared in my dreams.

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  • just chris, but halloween-y @fae-imposter.fightins.onlineBluesky · Oct 19, 2024

    Erik the Viking is one of my favorite silly movies. Most of the jokes still work. Eartha Kitt is perfect. The gag about the Norse gods is good, also the whole 'Christians can't see Asgard' bit. Would recommend.

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  • allfrightner @allflicker.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    It really feels like the Italian Anti-defamation League should have protested this film instead of The Godfather Thank you and goodnight sweet #CultShelf crew #AttackoftheKillerTomatoes #FlicksForAll Thursday is setting sail with Erik the Viking and the Coen’s O Brother

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  • Antonio Salieri @antoniosalieri.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2025

    #MarchMadnessMovieChallenge #Moviesky Day 9 - Rowing in a movie Erik the Viking (1989)

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  • Rob “Bloody” Valentine @mrrobvalentine.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    1/4. Silly little Sunday thread, but I rewatched Terry Jones's Erik the Viking on Prime yesterday, and that made me re-read a childhood favourite of mine, The Saga of Eric the Viking (also by Terry Jones), which got me thinking about the odd portrayal of Hy-Brasil in the movie.

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  • ]|[nquisitor S. (Lexicanum) @inquisitors.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2025

    Starting the evening with #ErikTheViking #PhysicalMedia #DVD #FilmSky

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  • debrecenisrac46.bsky.social @debrecenisrac46.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2025

    Though unless I remember incorrectly you were not in Erik the Viking, but I frequently quoted the movie during both trump administrations as to how spot on it is about shared delusions and intolerance

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  • The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2025

    Is it an invisibility cloak? I remember that from the movie Erik the Viking.

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  • Scott Pfitzinger @pfitzinger.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2025

    Tonight's movie is Erik the Viking (1989) and it's free on Tubi & Pluto. It stars Tim Robbins, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, & Freddie Jones. Written & directed by Terry Jones. Music by Neil Innes. #movies 🎬 #NowWatching

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  • Some kind of invasive ape 🏳️‍⚧️ @wargonopsid.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2025

    Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs. ("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR) Erik The Viking, 1999

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  • All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    There is an absolutely dire (no, so bad it's BAD) film called Erik the Viking, from 1990. The one scene worth watching is an island sinking beneath the waves and the politicians arguing - as they drown - that this is not in fact happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6-...

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  • mariqat.bsky.social @mariqat.bsky.socialBluesky · May 6, 2026

    Oh, HI climate change. In a related vein, Erik the Viking was a great, funny movie from yesteryear with a highly relevant bit of climate change.

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  • Matthew Johnson @matthewfjohnson.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    Based on my own recent experience, I recommend both reading the book and watching the movie ERIK THE VIKING, two works with the same title and made by the same person that have almost nothing in common with one another.

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  • vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2025

    Happy birthday to American actor, filmmaker, and musician Tim Robbins, born today in 1958. Robbins is known in fandom for his roles in Jacob’s Ladder, Mission To Mars, Erik the Viking, and War of the Worlds, and Silo, and directing the film The Cradle Will Rock. #TimRobbins

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  • Ash @fraxinusargilla.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2025

    Meeting Terry Jones & his son about 20 years ago at the city screen cinema here in York, at a screening of his film Erik the Viking. As a life long python fan, it was a dream come true to have a drink with him in the bar, a delightful & funny man.

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  • Tony Lee @pigasuspress.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2025

    Terry Jones' movie Erik The Viking went over the edge... but, yeah, how about a live-action Wacky Races to four corners of the world?

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  • The QuaterJohn Ixperiment @frogalapeche.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    Watching Erik the Viking. I'm 47 mins in...and NOTHING has happened. What on earth is wrong with this film? It starts with a comedy rape that isn't really a rape, but actually an accidental murder...then nothing. Considering it's nominally a comedy...zero laughs.

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  • Tom Buckner @justanotherant.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2025

    Tim Robbins starred in a comedy movie, directed by Terry Jones, called Erik The Viking. There's an island that ends up sinking and the inhabitants are in full denial right up to the moment their heads disappear under the water.

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  • Brooke @brookecaldrich.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    People of Bluesky! Let's get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie? Quote share your answer only in GIF form. (Note: no Erik the Viking GIFs seemed to be available 😁)

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  • Eric @ecaughlaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book: A River Runs Through It One film: Erik the Viking One album: Gathering Mercury (Colin Hay) One TV show: Shrinking

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  • Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2023

    Erik the Viking. Some of the best haircuts ever in a film. Much underrated. Currently on Prime Video

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  • Mr. MORBIDson🍁 @mutantmuseum.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2026

    There's also ERIK THE VIKING, which has a few Python guys in it (I think Terry Jones directed it) and some definite Odyssey DNA.

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  • shannon scoll @shannonscoll.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    Erik the Viking, free with ads on youtube. such a good movie... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac06...

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  • Anthony Strand @durwoodclapper.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2026

    13) Mickey Rooney is absolutely unhinged in Terry Jones's Erik the Viking, a nightmare movie

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  • VestigialLars @vestigiallars.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    There was a decent movie long ago, Erik the Viking, where Erik goes to meet the gods and discovers they are all little children with no care for the world.

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  • Áine Mc Caul ✍🏼 @ainemccaul.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    'Readers may be particularly intrigued, indeed, by the stories here about Python or Python-adjacent projects that (...) never happened. Jones originally considered making the film of Erik the Viking with the Muppets...' We have been robbed! 😭 share.google/3isG2CqFreZk...

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  • Phillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    Life is cruel and unfair: "Jones originally considered making the film of Erik the Viking with the Muppets.."

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  • Bluest One @bluest-one.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2025

    'Readers may be particularly intrigued by the stories here about Python-adjacent projects that never happened. Jones originally considered making the film of Erik the Viking with the Muppets, which would surely have been magical.' www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

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  • godot9.bsky.social @godot9.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2025

    It's an old movie called "Erik the Viking" by one of the Monty Python people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2m0...

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  • LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    Now if only he could destroy all the master copies of the Erik the Viking movie he made...

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  • hurricanekitty.bsky.social @hurricanekitty.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2025

    Hey @ratherastory.bsky.social today's movie is Erik The Viking ^_^

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  • Sredni Eel @srednieel.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    My first exposure to him was Erik the Viking. I can’t state exactly how much I love that movie.

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  • Dr Gaz J Johnson @legionofllama.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2024

    Today I'm watching Erik the Viking. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Sadly I'd never seen this film before. After today, luckily I never need watch it again.

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  • James Patton ⚙️ just launched Duskpunk! 🔥 @jamespatton.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2023

    So we wanted to watch Erik the Viking. It seemed like a lost comedy classic, directed by and starring a bunch of Pythons. At one point a longship goes over the edge of the world! Fun! 5 minutes in, and this movie is just back to back rape jokes... 😫

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