TY - ADVS AU - McTiernan,John AU - Banderas,Antonio AU - Venora,Diane AU - Wisher,William AU - Crichton,Michael AU - Dowd,Ned AU - Lewis,Warren AU - Storhøi,Dennis AU - Kulich,Vladimir AU - Sharif,Omar AU - Menzies,Peter AU - Wright,John AU - Goldsmith,Jerry AU - Harrington,Kate AU - Kroeger,Wolf AU - Crichton,Michael ED - Touchstone Pictures, ED - Touchstone Home Video (Firm) ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), TI - The 13th warrior SN - 0788818104 AV - PN1997 .T55 1999 U1 - 813.54 PY - 1999///] CY - Burbank, CA PB - Touchstone Home Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor] KW - Ibn Faḍlān, Aḥmad, KW - Beowulf KW - Film adaptations KW - fast KW - Epic poetry, English (Old) KW - Middle Ages KW - Drama KW - Northmen KW - Vikings KW - Northmen and Northwomen KW - Fiction KW - henn KW - Action and adventure films KW - lcgft KW - Fantasy films KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1999; Based on the book: Eaters of the dead / by Michael Crichton; Special features: theatrical trailer, film recommendations; Opening credits/ Things were not always thus -- A messenger from the North -- Traveling with the 12 -- In Hrothgar's realm -- Carnage at the farmhouse -- Council in the Great hall -- Wendol attack -- Building defenses -- Olga's warning -- Setting an example -- The fireworm is roused -- The wisdom of an old crane -- In search of the Wendol -- In the bowels of the earth -- Buliwyf's fate is sealed -- The Wendol return for vengeance -- End credits; Director of photography, Peter Menzies, Jr.; editor, John Wright ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; production designer, Wold Kroeger ; costume designer, Kate Harrington; Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhoi, Vladimir Kulich, Omar Sharif; Rated R for bloody battles and carnage ; Canadian Home Video rating: 18A N2 - After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters ER -