Credits: Written,
Produced, and Directed by: John
Boorman Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor:
John Merritt Production Designer: Anthony Pratt Music: David
Munrow
Running
Time: 106 minutes
Cast:
Zed:
Sean Connery
Consuella:
Charlotte Rampling
May:
Sara Kestelman
Friend:
John Alderton
Avalow:
Sally Ann Newton
Zardoz
(Arthur Frayn): Niall Buggy
Genre:
Fantasy
/ Sci-Fi
Synopsis:
In
the distant future Earth is divided into two camps, the
barely civilized group and the overly civilized one with
mental powers. A plague is attacking the second group after
which it's members cease to have any interest in life and
become nearly catatonic. When Zed one of the barbarians,
crosses over, the tenuous balance in their world is
threatened.