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MPAA Rating - NR

Length:
    136 Minutes

Genre:
    Epic

Original Release Date:
    Oct 19, 2004

Director
    Robert Rossen

Cast
    Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux, Harry Andrews

 
Movie Summary
The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. While the films 141 minutes are occasionally bogged down by near-existential dialogue sequences (What doth it profit a man etc. etc.), the battle sequences are among the best and most accurate ever filmed. Fredric March and Danielle Darieux costar as Alexanders parents Philip of Macedonia and Olympius, Claire Bloom does what she can with the nothing role of Alexanders wife Barsine, and Michael Hordern and Harry Andrews are cast as Demosthenes and Darrius, respectively. Lensed in Spain and Italy, Alexander the Great conquered no new worlds at the box-office, perhaps because Richard Burton, brilliant though he was, hadnt yet attained saleability. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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