Nomads (1986)

Interesting facts

• Filmed in: Santa Monica

Nomads is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by John McTiernan, adapted from the novel of the same name by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. It stars Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down and Anna Maria Monticelli. The story involves French anthropologist Jean-Charles Pommier, who is an expert on nomads. He stumbles across a group of urban nomads who turn out to be more than he expected.

Production

Gérard Depardieu was considered to play the central character Jean-Charles Pommier before Pierce Brosnan was cast in his first leading role in a film. He welcomed the opportunity to play a character so different from his eponymous role in Remington Steele. Lesley-Anne Down was cast by producer Elliott Kastner and paid $250,000. She would say that John McTiernan, the director, "was exceptionally hostile toward me ...

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