Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story

Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story
by Peter Nicholson, Tilman Remme

Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story
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DVD Cover Information

Actor: Aykut Hilmi, Jamel Aroui, Jeffrey Gibson, John Benjamin Hickey, Lotfi Dziri
Director: Peter Nicholson, Tilman Remme
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Ailsa Orr
Producer: Andrea Cornwell
Producer: Jonathan Stamp
Writer: Edward Canfor-Dumas
Writer: Georgann Kane
Writer: Steven Manuel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Product features:
  • Step back in time and visit the "vanished city" on its last day, as the mighty volcano Vesuvius explodes in a 24-hour reign of terror. On August 24th, AD79, Pompeii's citizens witness day turning into night as 4 billion tons of pumice, rock, and ash burst forth from Vesuvius. Pompeii: The Last Day uses archaeological evidence, including the writings of one survivor, to unravel the mystery of those

Movie Reviews of Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story

Movie Review: Students love it!
Summary: 5 Stars

I am a Latin and Ancient studies teacher. Students love this 50 minute long DVD about the last day in Pompeii, and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. There is a bonus "Life of a gladiator" also 50 mins. I found it historically accurate,informative and entertaining.

Summary of Pompeii - The Last Day/Colosseum - A Gladiator's Story

Step back in time and visit the "vanished city" on its last day as the mighty volcano Vesuvius explodes in a 24-hour reign of terror. On August 24th AD79 Pompeii's citizens witness day turning into night as 4 billion tons of pumice rock and ash burst forth from Vesuvius. Pompeii: The Last Day uses archaeological evidence including the writings of one survivor to unravel the mystery of those final hours. Lavish special effects reconstruct each stage of Vesuvius's cataclysmic eruption and its impact on soldiers slaves families and lovers as they struggle with the unfolding tragedy. One of the greatest natural disasters - and most fateful days - comes to vivid life in this critically acclaimed dramatization.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC:?794051218025
Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a great movie, but Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story has the distinct advantage of purely historical accuracy. The Roman gladiator whose story is told here is Verus (played by charismatic British hunk Robert Shannon), one of two victors in the only gladiatorial battle that was ever described in detail (by the Roman poet Martial in 80 A.D.). Using this factual record as its basis, Colosseum follows Verus as he is recruited from slavery, trained in gladiator's school, rises to favor among wealthy Romans, and ultimately battles his best friend, Priscus (Derek Lea), to a crowd-pleasing draw in the inaugural games of glorious, brand-new Colosseum, the construction of which is shown in fascinating detail. Combining authoritative narration with diary-like voiceovers from Verus's perspective, this riveting 50-minute BBC production is simultaneously intimate and epic in scale, employing the latest in digital compositing techniques to achieve its unparalleled (for TV, at least) visual splendor. With well-cast actors speaking authentic Latin, this sumptuous production is both dramatically involving and exacting in every detail.

Just as convincing--and just as impressive in its use of cutting-edge CGI--is the 50-minute bonus program Pompeii: The Final Day, which chronicles the final 24 hours of Pompeii when it was decimated by the ultraviolent eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 A.D. Inspired by the written descriptions of Pliny the Younger (whose detailed observations were later vindicated by geological science), recovered artifacts, and the haunting remains of Pompeii citizens preserved under tons of pumice and ash, Pompeii is first-rate from start to finish, proving yet again that the BBC is now setting the standard in lavishly produced docudrama programming. --Jeff Shannon

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