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The Conqueror

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The Conqueror	comment	The Conqueror is a 1956 film directed by Dick Powell, starring John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Pedro Armendariz.It is the story of Genghis Khan (Wayne) and his rise to power. The great Khan, then called Temujin, is at the time the movie starts already the lord of his own tribe of Mongols. Temujin and his band stumble across a caravan of Tartars, sworn enemies of the Mongols, their chief Kumlek having murdered Temujin's father. Among this caravan is Kumlek's luscious daughter Bortai (Hayward), who had been promised to marry a Tartar prince, Tartugai. Temujin takes a fancy to Bortai, attacks the Tartar caravan, and carries her away, against the advice of his lancer Jamuga. This triggers a war between the Mongols and the Tartars, with Temujin appealing to the Chinese forces of Wang Khan for aid.The Conqueror is one of the most notorious films ever made in Hollywood, for multiple reasons. It was part of the death spiral of RKO Pictures under Howard Hughes. Despite actually doing pretty well at the box office, it still couldn't recoup its bloated budget, and RKO went out of business not long after. It is a member of the WTH, Casting Agency? hall of fame, with John Wayne – All-American boy John Wayne – being cast as Genghis Khan, wearing some sort of brown makeup with a silly Fu Manchu mustache.And then there's how it may have killed a bunch of people. The film was shot in the desert of southwest Utah, downwind of and three years after Operation Upshot-Knothole, a series of nuclear weapon tests, in the deserts of Nevada. After many of the cast and crew died of cancer, including director Powell and all the stars, some have hypothesized that fallout from the detonations, most notably the "Harry" shot due to its high fallout deposition, caused their cancers. There's no concrete reason to believe that, and it's entirely possible that other factors led to the illnesses (for example, the fact that most of them were chainsmokers, as it was common at the time), but the notion of radiation fatalities has been associated with The Conqueror ever since.
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The Conqueror / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: After the Tartar caravan is attacked by Temujin, Bortai's betrothed Targutei runs for it, abandoning her to Temjuin.
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The Conqueror / int_17a45ff5	type	Misplaced Wildlife
The Conqueror / int_17a45ff5	comment	Misplaced Wildlife: Temujin's tribe has a black panther as a pet. On the steppes of Central Asia.
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The Conqueror / int_1d30f9	type	Bedlah Babe
The Conqueror / int_1d30f9	comment	Bedlah Babe: Wang Khan's dancers are mostly dressed in the standard bra-and-hot-pants outfit, as is Bortai for much of the movie, like when she shucks off her wrap and follows up the dancers with a dance of her own.
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The Conqueror / int_2919486a	type	The Conqueror
The Conqueror / int_2919486a	comment	The Conqueror: Although Temujin doesn't actually do a lot of conquering in The Conqueror, most of the story having to do with the romance with Bortai and vengeance for Temujin's father. He does take over Wang Khan's people after the shaman betrayed them, and he defeats the Tartars and kills Kumlek in the climactic battle.
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The Conqueror / int_3e8d9cd3	type	Historical Hero Upgrade
The Conqueror / int_3e8d9cd3	comment	Historical Hero Upgrade: In the movie, Jamuga is Temujin's loyal Lancer, who refuses to betray him. In Real Life, Jamuga did betray Temujin, becoming his sworn enemy and main rival for the Mongol khan.
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The Conqueror / int_424c9a9b	type	Cold-Blooded Torture
The Conqueror / int_424c9a9b	comment	Cold-Blooded Torture: Kumlek tortures Jamuga for three days in an effort to find out where Temujin is but Jamuga won't tell.
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The Conqueror / int_4a875876	type	Yellowface
The Conqueror / int_4a875876	comment	Yellowface: Good lord. One of the most notorious examples of all time. John Wayne, a white boy from Iowa who played cowboys in the American west, wears bronzer and a Fu Manchu, and acts like he's Genghis Khan. There isn't a single Asian actor in the movie. Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz, who at least didn't need the tanning lotion, plays Temujin's sidekick Jamuga.
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The Conqueror / int_60b21fa3	type	The Lancer
The Conqueror / int_60b21fa3	comment	The Lancer: Jamuga, Temujin's loyal sidekick and all-around efficient second-in-command. He's so loyal that at the end of the movie, after Temujin erroneously thought Jamuga had betrayed him, Jamuga asks Temujin to kill him to remove all doubt.
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The Conqueror / int_65fcc287	type	Lima Syndrome
The Conqueror / int_65fcc287	comment	Lima Syndrome: Bortai doesn't realize that she loves Temujin until he is captured by her tribe, tied to a yoke, and tortured.
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The Conqueror / int_75d6bf40	type	Belligerent Sexual Tension
The Conqueror / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Bortai and Temujin, like when she curses him but then responds to his kisses, or when she has sex with him but later tries to murder him by flinging a sword at him.
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The Conqueror / int_76361cf9	type	You're Cute When You're Angry
The Conqueror / int_76361cf9	comment	You're Cute When You're Angry:
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The Conqueror / int_9843be73	type	As You Know
The Conqueror / int_9843be73	comment	As You Know: Lots of very awkward expository dialogue introducing people.
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The Conqueror / int_9ab2d4a	type	The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In
The Conqueror / int_9ab2d4a	comment	The Blade Always Lands Pointy End In: Like when Bortai ends her sexy-dance-with-two-swords by flinging one of the swords at Temujin, only for it to stick in the table next to him. Later the shaman flings a dagger at Temujin which lodges in the doorway.
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The Conqueror / int_a5f0752f	type	Rule of Drama
The Conqueror / int_a5f0752f	comment	Temujin´s father Yesugai, on the other hand, did kidnap Hoelun, Temujin`s mother. It is possible the movie adapted this episode for the Rule of Drama.
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The Conqueror / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
The Conqueror / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Temujin's little brother Kasar is introduced bending iron rods for his own amusement. Later in the movie, Kasar bends the iron bars in the window of a prison cell, allowing Jamuga to escape.
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The Conqueror / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Conqueror / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: Wang Khan's duplicitous shaman is never named.
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The Conqueror / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
The Conqueror / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: The shaman. Wang Khan and Temujin would have allied with each other left to their own devices. But the shaman first convinces Wang Khan that Temujin is laying a trap, then convinces Temujin that Wang Khan has betrayed him, leading Temujin to attack Wang Khan's city of Urga, where the shaman opens the gates. The idea was for the shaman to rule Urga under Temujin, and it might have worked if the shaman hadn't failed to finish off Wang Khan, allowing Wang to reveal the shaman's treachery before he dies.
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The Conqueror / int_d72a4480	type	Romanticized Abuse
The Conqueror / int_d72a4480	comment	Romanticized Abuse: Temujin, who has been strangely polite for a nomadic warlord kidnapper, finally slaps Bortai across the face, and leaves the tent. She then gives him a look of longing as he goes.
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The Conqueror / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
The Conqueror / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: While Yellowface was used for all the male actors, no effort whatsoever was spent on making Susan Hayward (an American of Irish and Swedish descent) look like someone from Central Asia. Instead she looks just like Susan Hayward—gorgeous, and very, very white.
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The Conqueror / int_dea5fe1	type	Kubrick Stare
The Conqueror / int_dea5fe1	comment	Kubrick Stare: Temujin delivers one to the shaman after learning of the shaman's treachery which led to the death of his brother.
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The Conqueror / int_dfb71617	type	Male Gaze
The Conqueror / int_dfb71617	comment	Male Gaze: Very obvious in the shot where Temujin first meets Bortai, and the camera tracks all the way up her body as she lounges in the cart in a slinky white dress.
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The Conqueror / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
The Conqueror / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Wang Khan, who is kind of fussy and effete, and has two muscular shirtless male slaves attending him in the bath.
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The Conqueror / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Conqueror / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: "This story, though fiction, is based on fact." Space does not permit going into all the ways The Conqueror makes a hash of history, but here's one: Temujin didn't kidnap Bortai. In fact, theirs was an Arranged Marriage between clans. Temujin´s father Yesugai, on the other hand, did kidnap Hoelun, Temujin`s mother. It is possible the movie adapted this episode for the Rule of Drama.
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The Conqueror / int_f1d3f0c9	type	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
The Conqueror / int_f1d3f0c9	comment	Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: For the entire movie, with stilted, awkward dialogue from beginning to end.
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The Conqueror / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: Temujin hauls off and slaps Bortai after she makes a crack about hoping vultures eat his heart.
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The Conqueror / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
The Conqueror / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: An odd bit of detail for a movie that mostly flushes history down the drain. But in the end, Jamuga asks to be executed in such a manner that no blood be spilled. This actually happened. In Real Life, Temujin's soldiers broke Jamuga's back.
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