The Final Conflict

The Final Conflict (1981)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

5.8/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1981-03-20

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Mace Neufeld Productions, Harvey Bernhard Productions

Genre

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$5 000 000

Revenue

$20 471 382

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Director

Graham Baker

Actors

Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Barnaby Holm, Mason Adams, Robert Arden, Leueen Willoughby, Marc Boyle, Milos Kirek
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Scenario

Producer

Andrew Birkin, Harvey Bernhard, Richard Donner

Operator

Phil Meheux

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Artist

Audition

Editing

Alan Strachan
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• As director Graham Baker commented, during the filming of scene 666 (the number of the beast, in the form of a birthmark on Damien Thorn's head), in which Barbara saw her deceased child, the camera suddenly jammed.
• The scene of the first priest's death took approximately two weeks to film.
• The scene where Damien Thorne addresses his followers was filmed in a quarry in Yorkshire. Approximately 450 extras participated in the filming. The lighting level in the quarry was very low.
• The finale was filmed in one of the 13th-century monasteries in Yorkshire over 5 nights. It was incredibly cold on set, and bats were flying around.
• Hazel Court (1926-2008) was cast in a cameo role at the request of producer Harvey Bernhard (1924-2014), as she was vacationing in Cornwall at the time of filming.
• The 30-meter bridge fall was performed by stuntman Vic Armstrong, who later stated that it was the scariest stunt of his career, as he had previously only fallen from heights of 21 meters or less.