Lionheart (1987 film)

Lionheart also known as Lionheart The Childrens Crusade is a 1987 adventure film directed by Academy Awardwinner Franklin J. Schaffner. The film is produced by Talia Shire and Stanley OToole. Shires brother, Francis Ford Coppola, initially planned to direct the film but instead opted to be executive producer along with Shires husband, Jack Schwartzman. The screenplay was written by Menno Meyjes and Richard Outten from a story by Meyjes. Oscarwinning composer Jerry Goldsmith wrote the score.

Lionheart was a big budget movie filmed in Hungary and Portugal utilizing several castles and hundreds of Slavic children hired as extras. The movie was Schaffners penultimate film and represented the final collaboration between the director and his friend Jerry Goldsmith together they previously worked on Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, and The Boys from Brazil.In 1987 Varse Sarabande released the soundtrack on two separate albums, with Jerry Goldsmith conducting the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra in 1994 the label released a onedisc edition as Lionheart The Epic Symphonic Score featuring all of Volumeand six tracks from Volume 2. ........

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