Editing Zardoz (section)

===Filming===
The film was financed by [[20th Century Fox]] and produced by Boorman's own self-titled company, John Boorman Productions Ltd., which was based in Dublin,<ref>{{cite book |title=Trade and Industry, Volume 15, April to June 1974 |date=1974 |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |page=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7ZRAQAAMAAJ |access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John Boorman Productions Limited |url=https://www.duedil.com/company/ie/31164/john-boorman-productions-limited |website=DueDil |access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> [[principal photography]] for ''Zardoz'' took place from May to August 1973.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/Sight_and_Sound_1973_10_BFI_GB/ |title=John Boorman's Zardoz |journal=Sight & Sound |volume=42 |issue=4 |date=Autumn 1973 |page=[https://archive.org/details/Sight_and_Sound_1973_10_BFI_GB/page/n35/mode/2up 210] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> It was reported that [[Stanley Kubrick]] was an uncredited technical advisor on the film.<ref name="afi" />

The production was shot entirely on location in [[Republic of Ireland]] and was based out of [[Ardmore Studios]] in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], [[County Wicklow]] where the interior shots were completed. Connery lived in Bray while shooting.{{refn|group=Note|Connery's house went on the market in 2020, some months before his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/its-007-on-the-double-with-two-former-homes-of-james-bond-star-sean-connery-being-offered-for-sale-in-ireland-and-france-39316036.html|title=It's 007 on the double with two former homes of James Bond star Sean Connery being offered for sale in Ireland and France|website=independent|date=26 June 2020 }}</ref>}} Locations at the [[Glencree Centre for Reconciliation]], Hollybrook Hall (now Brennanstown Riding School) in [[Kilmacanogue]], and [[Luggala]] mountain for the dramatic wasteland sequences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/z/Zardoz.php |title=Filming Locations for John Boorman's Zardoz (1973), in the Republic of Ireland. |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref> Boorman used the locations in the area for several films, including ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/z/Zardoz.php |title=Filming Locations for John Boorman's Zardoz (1973), in the Republic of Ireland. |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wicklownews.net/2020/11/sean-connery-did-you-know/ |title=Sean Connery-Did you know? |date=2 November 2020 |website=WicklowNews}}</ref><ref name="filmschoolrejects.com">{{Cite web |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/35-things-we-learned-from-john-boormans-zardoz-commentary-64664cde1780/ |title=35 Things We Learned From John Boorman's Zardoz Commentary |date=18 May 2015 |website=Film School Rejects}}</ref>

In the audio commentary, Boorman related how political and cultural conditions in Ireland at the time affected the production, saying that it was "very difficult to get women to bare their breasts" as nudity was a prominent feature in several sequences. He added that a ban on importing rifles, which had been imposed because of the [[Irish Republican Army]], nearly prevented the movie from being made.<ref name="filmschoolrejects.com" />