"Alexander," Oliver Stone's sweeping historical saga that charts the life and legend of one of the greatest figures in world history. The story is an epic that is as daring and ambitious as its subject, a relentless conqueror who by the age of 32 had amassed the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Past and present collide to form the puzzle of the protagonist, a tapestry of triumphs and tragedies in which childhood memories and Alexander's rise to power unfold side by side with the later day expansion of his empire, and its ultimate downfall. From his youth, fueled by dreams of glory and adventure, to his lonely and mysterious death as a ruler of a vast state, from the tumultuous relationship with his parents-a powerful king and a queen determined to put her child on the throne at any cost-to the rousing brotherly bonds with his closest companions and vast army, as they fought from the sun-scorched battlefields of the Persian Empire across the snow-peaked mountains of India, the film chronicles Alexander's journey to become a living legend, a man who embraced the ideal that power has a destiny.
Synopsis
Oliver Stones Alexander is based on the true story of one of historys most luminous and influential leaders, Alexander the Great (Colin 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 Alexanders 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.
Run Time:
158 minutes
FullScreen:
None
Widescreen:
Yes
Format:
PAL
Aspect:
2.35:1
Director:
Oliver Stone
Cast:
Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Rosario Dawson, Colin Farrell
Writer:
Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, Laeta Kalogridis
Producer:
Jon Kilik, Moritz Borman, Aslan Nadery
Composer:
Vangelis
Audio:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Extended:
Commentary by Oliver Stone. (Director’s Cut), Go Behind the Scenes of Alexander with Seaon Stone Via 3 Documentaries: Resurrecting Alexander, Perfect is the Enemy of God, The Death of Alexander, Theatrical trailer.
Publisher:
Warner Bros.
UPC:
9325336023891
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– Customer review on 24/06/2007
this is a very, very big film for a very big part of histoy. Alexander conquered a 1/4 of the world before he was 30 years old and died mysteriously at the age of 33. A good story about his life told from a view of one of his generals. A sad tale about a young man looking for love and acceptance which he was unable to find.
Alexander is such a huge blunder that it makes me feel guilty for the amount of money and resources were wasted. The thing is that this movie could have been brilliant and failing that it could have reached for good – but no it falls past all these into the territory of very bad. Colin seems to have degraded in ability since “phone booth” which was great. I really, really disliked this movie.
A really awesoem movie, i mean how can you go wrong with collin farrel and angelina jollie in an action style movie (even if it is about an old school dude), if your all into the life of alexander the great you may not like it, if not check it out coz its superb
Knuckle headed epic which purports to be a historically acurate account of the short and dramatic life of Alexander The Great. Which in short means that Alexander's homosexuality is not glossed over. Good intentions aside there is very little to recommend Alexander. It is top heavy, badly acted, over long and quite boring.
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