Gor

So, this stone,

this glowing gem

found hundreds of years ago in a Hibernian cavern,

possesses a key to another world.

known as a counter-earth, called Gor.

How the stone works, the circumstances that govern its power

and the nature of Gor itself

are yet undetermined by modern science.

Some suggest that Leonardo Da Vinci

approached the answers to these questions

in his famous discoursi.

It is even thought that the transference of dimension

was the last of Einstein's projects,

but in the stone's power

we can account for many out-of-body experiences.

Many of the tales of the mystics

and secrets of the psychic mind...

Yeah. Laugh if you will,

but the counter-earth lies close,

close to each one of us...

Okay, if you have any papers to hand in,

please hand them to Miss Anderson, okay?

Oh, have a good vacation.

Oh, thank you. Have a good vacation.

Beverly, meet you at the car in a few minutes, okay?

Uh, yeah. Okay.

Uh... goodbye.

Bye.

Beverly! Hey, Beverly!

Oh, hi, Tarl.

You were right on time.

Now, I've calculated our traveling time,

and if...

If we only stop for about 28 minutes,

- we'll be there in about two hours and 17... - Yeah.

Minutes.

Right. Tarl, I, I have to talk to you.

Tarl, I, uh...

Come on, what's the problem?

Tarl, I... I've got to talk to you.

Where are your bags?

Tarl, I'm not going with you.

What do you mean you're not going with me?

I made all the arrangements! Wait till you see the cabin.

Oh, Tarl! Norman showed me the place on the map.

It's in the middle of nowhere.

There's no electricity, there's no running water...

Tarl, this has all been a big mistake.

I never meant for it to go this far,

but there's nothing for me out there.

There's no nightlife, no clubs, no shops, nothing.

But... I'll be there.

That's not enough.

Well, especially if I have to share you with your work.

We've talked so much about this work.

It's extremely important for me.

I mean, we're almost finished.

Tarl, this is a holiday.

Oh, well, I mean that...

I know your proposal for a grant

is to study a family heirloom,

and I know your father's ring is important to you, but there's more to life

- than that. - Hey, hey, Tarl! How you doing?

Hey! Hows life's greatest reason for birth control, huh?

- Hi, Bev. - Hi, Norman.

Hey, it's just a little joke, okay, guy?

- Yeah. Let's go, Bev. Come on. - Yeah, uh, okay.

Uh, sorry, Tarl.

Hey, be careful with all that gear, okay?

You'll get hurt. We won't have anybody

to remind us what fashion used to be.

I know what I'm doing, Norman.

Yeah, sure you do, Tarl.

Sure you do.

Hey, guy, you are a statement.

Chao.

Stop it!

Make for the cliffs!

Take the stone, my son.

Take it.

Your home stone is now my father's.

Your father is worse than a barbarian.

The home stone is the spirit of our people!

Mine.

Help me. Stop.

Mine.

Man 2: Run! We can still make it! Run! Run!

Run away!

Run! Run!

Look at the fine folks of the Koroba.

How brave they are with the panic of defeat.

I want them all killed

or captured.

Advise my son

that not one person will escape.

Go.

- Go! - Yes, your Excellency.

- Father! - Grab her!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Run, Talena! Run!

- Run! - Hyah!

You okay?

Take your men that way, behind those rocks.

You go this way, and we'll catch him out in the open.

There he is!

Get him!

Hyah!

After him! Hyah!

Hyah!

Hold it! Hyah!

No!

Stop, please. Please, stop.

There is a very big mistake here.

Uh, I am a physics professor

at Harvard college, right? Okay? Stop right there.

Uh, I'll show you my driver's license

right away, okay?

Here it is. Uh-huh. Here.

See? It's a mistake.

Ah!

Hyah.

Uh... I...

Get the swords!

Get their weapons!

Here's one.

Thank the Gods, this one is still alive.

Your Excellency...

He died a hero.

You have won a great victory.

You have the homes.

Who killed my son?

The man who killed him escaped, Excellency.

Then he must be found.

And until he is...

100 people,

men, women,

and children will be tortured.

You will do that.

Excellency.

It's okay, it's okay.

Where the hell am I?

What a bad dream.

Indeed, you are not dreaming, young visitor.

You've come to a land called, Gor.

Appropriate name.

Come on, where are my clothes?

Please, where can I find a telephone? Come on.

We've had visitors like you before.

We believe you have been sent to us through the stone.

This?

This is...

Just a ring that my father gave me.

You want it?

Okay. I'll give it to you.

I can give it to you and go, okay?

No!

That will not be possible.

You've killed the son of Sarm. You're not safe on your own.

He's dead? But it was a mistake! I, I can explain that.

You were not sent here to help us?

Help who? I can't help anyone!

I had a car accident.

I need help!

Sarm has destroyed Koroba.

He's taken our home stone like some small trinket of war!

Half of our people have been slaughtered,

and the others have been forced into slavery, even Marlenus!

Slow down. Slow down.

Who's Marlenus?

Marlenus is my father.

He's the ruler of Koroba.

Uh! No, thank you.

Wha... What's his name? What's the other one?

Uh... smarm? Smarmy?

Sarm, formerly of the priesthood.

He came to power some passages ago

by killing his king.

As a priest,

he believed in the same values we all do.

But once king, he became obsessed by power.

He's been attacking and destroying village after village,

capturing their home stones and forcing the people into chains of slavery,

killing everyone who resists.

Are you friends of Norman?

Did he put you up to this?

He's not like any of the others.

It will never work. We must go by ourselves.

Talena, I think of Marlenus.

And so do I,

but what of the other survivors?

They also saw what he did.

They know of his ring.

They believed, as we did,

that he was sent here as a savior.

We cannot tell our people.

Talena is right.

We could teach him to be what they expected.

We must train him.

If I could just lie down and have a couple of aspirins, please.

- Huh? - It will never work!