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Stone's "Alexander" is based on the true story of one of
history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great
(Farrell) -– a man who had conquered 90% of the known world
by the age of 27. |
(2004) Film Review |
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| CREDITS |
|  Directed
by Oliver Stone
Screenplay
by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis
Cast
(in credits order)
Anthony Hopkins .... Old Ptolemy
David Bedella .... Scribe
Jessie Kamm .... Child Alexander
Angelina Jolie .... Olympias
Val Kilmer .... Philip
Fiona O'Shaughnessy .... Nurse
Connor Paolo .... Young Alexander
Patrick Carroll .... Young Hephaistion
Brian Blessed .... Wrestling Trainer
Peter Williamson .... Young Nearchus
Morgan Christopher Ferris .... Young Cassander
Robert Earley .... Young Ptolemy
Aleczander Gordon .... Young Perdiccas
Christopher Plummer .... Aristotle
Gary Stretch .... Cleitus
John Kavanagh .... Parmenion
Nick Dunning .... Attalus
Marie Meyer .... Eurydice
Mick Lally .... Horse Seller
Colin Farrell .... Alexander
Jared Leto .... Hephaistion
Elliot Cowan .... Ptolemy
Joseph Morgan .... Philotas
Ian Beattie .... Antigonus
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers .... Cassander
Denis Conway .... Nearchus
Neil Jackson .... Perdiccas
Garrett Lombard .... Leonnatus
Chris Aberdein .... Polyperchon
Rory McCann .... Crateros
Michael Dixon .... Campfire Soldier
Tim Pigott-Smith .... Omen Reader
Raz Degan .... Darius
Erol Sander .... Persian Prince
Stéphane Ferrara .... Bactrian Commander
Tadhg Murphy .... Dying Soldier
Jean Le Duc .... Fat Eunuch
Francisco Bosch .... Bagoas
Annelise Hesme .... Stateira
Tsouli Mohammed .... Persian Chamberlain
Toby Kebbell .... Pausanius
Laird Macintosh .... Greek Officer
Rosario Dawson .... Roxane
Produced
by
Moritz Borman .... producer
Jon Kilik .... producer
Gianni Nunnari .... co-executive producer
Volker Schauz .... executive producer: IMF
Thomas Schühly .... producer
Iain Smith .... producer
Oliver Stone .... producer
Fernando Sulichin .... co-executive producer
Original Music by Vangelis
Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto
Film Editing by Yann Hervé , Alex Marquez
and Thomas J. Nordberg
MPAA: Rated R for violence
and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime: 173 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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Alexander
(Score)
Vangelis
Put
the saga of history's greatest overachiever -- Macedonian emperor
Alexander the Great had conquered 90% of the pre-Christian world before
his death at 32 -- in the hands of Hollywood's favorite over-reacher,
Oliver Stone, and the result is three-hours of epic blood 'n' bathos.
The soundtrack by Greek synth-score pioneer Vangelis Papathanassiou
may be bookended by heroic orchestral/choral pomp of suitable scale
and melodic dignity, but they buttress a far more compelling cocktail
of primitive martial rhythms ("Drums of Gaugamela") and ancient ethnic-folk
conceits ("Roxanne's Dance"). Though his film scores have become increasingly
rare since the twin breakthroughs of his Oscar-winning Chariots of
Fire and the sci-fi masterpiece Bladerunner, his work here argues
that Vangelis' restless curiosity and musical range have only blossomed
in the ensuing decades. With the exception of the final, club-targeted
bonus cut, gone are his once overt electronics, replaced by a more
organic, post-modern sense of fusion that evinces itself seductively
on cues like "One Morning at Pella" and "Eastern Path." Elsewhere,
cuts like "Across the Mountains" and "Tender Memories" are powered
by Vangelis' trademark graceful lyricism, a trait that helps set this
score apart from sword 'n' sandal contemporaries like Gladiator and
Troy. --Jerry McCulley
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| Oliver
Stone's "Alexander" is based on the true story of one of
history's most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great
(Farrell) -– a man who had conquered 90% of the known world
by the age of 27. Alexander led his virtually invincible Greek and
Macedonian armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in
just eight years, and by the time of his death at the age of 32 had
forged an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. The film chronicles
Alexander's path to becoming a living legend, from a youth fueled
by dreams of myth, glory and adventure to his lonely death as a ruler
of a vast Empire. Alexander is the incredible story of a life that
united the Known World and proved, if nothing else, fortune favors
the bold. |
REVIEW BY DAVID BRUCE
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