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The Norseman
The Norseman is a 1978 American adventure film starring Lee Majors and directed, produced and written by Charles B. Pierce.[3] PlotAn 11th-century Viking prince sails to North America to find his father, who was captured by Native Americans during a previous voyage. Cast
ProductionThe film was a co-production between Charles Pierce and Lee Majors, with AIP handling the distribution. It was Pierce's first film with a major Hollywood studio.[1] Majors said it "took a lot of guts" to play a Viking but was persuaded by a fee of $500,000 and 10% of the profits.[1] He later remarked, "I had a little time off, and they said, "It shoots in Florida, on the coast there, out of Tampa," and they had a bunch of Tampa Bay Buccaneers that were gonna play Vikings, so ... I don't know, I thought it'd be fun, so I did it."[4] The film was shot in Tampa, Florida. Postproduction was done at Pierce's $2 million facility at Shreveport, Louisiana.[1] "There is no character to develop here and hardly any dialogue," said Majors, "this is a formula film."[1] ReceptionThe Los Angeles Times called it "tedious business".[5] References
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