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Flesh and Blood is a 1985 romantic historical adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Bruno Kirby and Jack Thompson. The script was written by Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman. The story is set in the year 1501 in Italy, during the early modern period, and follows two warring groups of mercenaries and their longstanding quarrel. The script is partly based on unused material for the Dutch TV series Floris, which was the debut for Verhoeven, Soeteman and Hauer. The film, originally titled God’s Own Butchers, was also known as The Rose and the Sword on early VHS releases. It was Verhoeven’s first English-language film. The film was a huge box office flop, only managing to make back US$100,000 out of its estimated US$6.5 million budget. Casts: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson, Fernando Hilbeck, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Brion James, Bruno Kirby, Simon Andreu, John Dennis Johnston, Marina Saura, Kitty Courbois, Jake Wood, Nancy Cartwright, Héctor Alterio, Blanca Marsillach, Jorge Bosso, Mario De Barros, Hans Veerman, Ida Bons, Jaime Segura, Bettina Brenner, Siobhan Hayes, Susan Beresford, Mònica Lucchetti, Anne Lockhart. Directed: Paul Verhoeven. Produced: Gijs Versylus. Written: Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven. Edited: Ine Schenkkan. Story: Gerard Soeteman. Cinematography: Jan De Bont. Music: Basil Poledouris. Release: June 10, 1985. Distributed: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Orion Pictures. Production: Riverside Pictures Impala Studios. Running Time: 02:07:53.
