Zardoz (1974)
Sean Connery in a red diaper costume.
Characters/Groups
Consuella - Charlotte Rampling
Arthur Frayn/Zardoz - Niall Buggy
IMDB has Star, nothing on Wikipedia check movie give name - Bairbre Dowling
IMDB has Old Scientist nothing on wikipedia check movie give name - Christopher Casson
Voice of Death - Reginald Jarman
Character thumbnails with links to profiles
Detailed Synopsis
In the year 2293 a group of Chosen Ones are gathered around their god Zardoz, which is a giant floating head. He tells them they were chosen to kill the Brutals and tells them chant The gun is good while the penis is evil, because the penis produces more Brutals while the gun purifies the earth. He then tells them go forth and kill and throws up a bunch of rifles. Zed sneaks aboard Zardoz, inside are people wrapped in plastic bags. He looks out a window and sees the ground far below. He shoots Arthur Frayn who calls Zed foolish for shooting him for he could have taught him many things. Arhtur then floats away. Zardoz lands in a valley with buildings and Zed leaves Zardoz. He walks around and explores the building complex and finds artifacts from the past and complex food and vegetable systems. He also sees Immortals walking around or standing still in trees. He finds a ring device that lists the surplus and need of different vortexes and also acts as a form of encyclopedia, answering questions the wearer asks. He is about to shoot May when she uses mental powers to stun his mind, causing him to drop his revolver. She asks him what he knows about the Vortex and he tells her what Zardoz has told the Chosen Ones. She reads his mind to see his past. Later Zed is on a table while May and Consuella watch his memories on a screen, including that Zardoz has taught them to use slavery to produce wheat. Consuella is disturbed by the use of slavery, however May reminds her that she eats the bread from the wheat. Consuella wants to kill Zed while May wants to study him. May asks her ring what happened to Arthur Frayn and it tells her he has died and is being reborn and a fetus appears in a nearby clear bag. George Saden, Apathetic and a group of other Immortals are watching Zed's memories. May and Consuella want to investigate what Arthur was doing and Friend reminds everyone no one else wanted to run the outlands. Friend inspects Zed and May said she wants to look at his DNA to see what new things have dome about. May and Consuella debate the fate of Zed and Avelow predicts they have conjured up a monster in their midst. Friend tells Zed he likes him while also being patronizing to him. A vote is taken and it is decided Zed shall live for another three weeks. Friend takes Zed from his cage in the morning and then demands to know what happened to Arthur Frayn. Friend takes him to a warehouse of artifacts where Zed is to work. may brings him into triangular where she examines Zed physiologically. She is interupted by the trial of George Saden who is on trial for exhibiting negativity which he calls constructive critisism. May decides he is lying. Zed learns from Friend that when a Immortal is convicted of a crime they are aged as punishment, but as there is no death the person just continues to look older as their crimes continue. Friend takes Zed to the area where the Renegades live, Immortals who have been aged to the point of senility.