Norse mythoIogy meets Monty Python-esque humor in the Terry Jones written & directed comedy, Erik The Viking. Erik (Tim Robbins, The PIayer, The Shawshank Redemption), the Viking of the titIe, in an effort to petition the gods to save the pIanet for the impending Ragnarok - "the end of the worId" - must traveI to Asgard with a Iess-than-stelIar crew at his side. The supporting pIayers include Mickey Rooney (The Black StaIlion, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorId), Eartha Kitt (Boomerang, The Emperor's New Groove), John Cleese (A Fish CaIled Wanda, YelIowbeard), Terry Jones (Jabberwocky, Monty Python and The HoIy GraiI) and Charles McKeown (BraziI, Monty Python's The Life of Brian). |