Alexander the Great
by Robert Rossen
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Actor: Barry Jones, Claire Bloom, Danielle Darrieux, Fredric March, Richard BurtonDirector: Robert Rossen
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Robert Krasker
Producer: Robert Rossen
Writer: Robert Rossen
Editor: Ralph Kemplen
Producer: Gordon Griffith
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Alexander the Great
Movie Review: Might be accurate, but almost unwatchable
Summary: 2 Stars
The fact that I am writing this while I am actually watching the movie should tell you something. The first hour is very boring, and watching Richard Burton in a blonde wig (yeah, Greeks are well know for their lovely blonde hair) is painful. Accurate? Hardly. So we're just starting the second hour which is suppose to have some good fight scenes, but I doubt it. In any case, it's barely worth renting for $1.00 at redbox, much less buying it.
Summary of Alexander the Great
Fierce military commander, magnificent warrior, world conqueror. Legendary Macedonian hero Alexander the Great is celebrated in this definitive film about his tumultuous life. Richard Burton, FredricMarch and Claire Bloom lead a "remarkable cast" (Leonard Maltin) of thousands in this epic film that seamlessly blends spectacular action, vivid character portrayals and an age-old tale of wisdom, blood and glory! Alexander (Burton) is a man torn by conflict between the lofty wisdom of histeacher, Aristotle (Barry Jones), loyalty to his warrior father (March) and his own grand design for world domination. In a turbulent world of political unrest, this ambitious young man must rise above all conflict to unite the continents of Europe and Asia and become one of the most celebrated rulers of all time!Richard Burton stars in Alexander the Great, a middling entry in the 1950s CinemaScope epic cycle. The film boasts excellent production values and a fine cast--including Frederic March, Claire Bloom, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Michael Hordern--but rarely comes to life other than as a big fat ancient Greek wedding of the talents of Burton and Bloom. They strike real dramatic sparks together, so much so they would be reunited in Look Back in Anger (1958) and The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965). Otherwise the blame must be laid at the feet of writer-director-producer Robert Rossen, who never before or after helmed anything remotely on this scale; his best work would follow with the intimate The Hustler (1961). Rossen simply shows little sensibility for the epic, staging lavish but brief and rather pedestrian battles, and somehow drawing from the usually mesmerizing Burton a performance lacking the charisma essential to a great military commander. Burton fans can enjoy him at his epic best as Marc Anthony in Cleopatra (1963). --Gary S. Dalkin
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