<div align=center></div> Website: http://www.alexanderthemovie.com Opens: 24 November 2004 Director: Oliver Stone Rated: R for Violence and some Sexuality/Nudity Cast: Colin Farrell as Alexander the Great; Angelina Jolie as Olympias, Alexander's mother; Val Kilmer as King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander's father; Rosario Dawson as Roxane, Alexander's wife; Jared Leto as Hephaistion, Alexander's best friend and battle partner; Sir Anthony Hopkins as General Ptolemy, Alexander's confidant... Synopsis: He was many things to many people – a dashing warrior king, filled with ambition, courage and the arrogance of youth, leading his vastly outnumbered forces against the massive Persian armies…a son desperately longing for the approval of his stern, battle-scarred father, torn and conflicted by his mother’s legacy…a relentless conqueror who never lost a battle and drove his soldiers to the very edges of the Known World…a visionary whose dreams, deeds and destiny echo through eternity, helping to shape the face of the world as we know it today. He was all that and more. He was Alexander the Great. Oliver Stone’s Alexander is based on the true story of one of history’s most luminous and influential leaders (COLIN FARRELL) – a man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of 25. 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 takes a bold, honest look at Alexander’s life and his relationships with his mother, Olympias (ANGELINA JOLIE), his father Philip (VAL KILMER), his lifelong friend and battle commander Hephaistion (JARED LETO), Roxane, his ambitious and beautiful Bactrian wife (ROSARIO DAWSON), and his trusted general and confidant Ptolemy (ANTHONY HOPKINS). Set in Alexander’s pre-Christian world of social customs and morals far different from today’s, the film explores a time of unmatched beauty and unbelievable brutality, of soaring ideals and staggering betrayals. His extraordinary journey begins when Alexander launches his invasion from Macedonia, first leading his armies to wrest Western Asia from Persian control, then driving his vastly outnumbered troops to an impossible victory over the mighty Persian army itself. Alexander expands his empire into the unknown lands of modern day Central Asia before venturing across the Himalayan foothills, further than any Westerner had ever gone, continuing his conquests all the way to the exotic world of India. Incredibly, and possibly uniquely in the annals of military history, Alexander was never defeated in battle. He relentlessly pushes his army across the sands, mountains and jungles of strange and mysterious lands, conquering every enemy who dares oppose him. The film chronicles Alexander’s path to becoming a living legend, from a youth fueled by dreams of myth, glory, and adventure, to his intense bonds with his closest companions, 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. My Reaction: (five w00ts!)
Angelina is going to be what ruins the movie for me. She's so ugly. And she's a terrible actress. :wth:
I think she's very attractive but maybe thats cause I like spanish looking girls. And the movie is gonna be awesome. It'll own the next oscars.
It won't. Oliver Stone won't let this movie suck. [/b][/quote] His latest have been pretty bad, but he did do Platoon in '87 and The People vs. Larry Flynt. I'll just wait for it to come out on DVD.
Umm, Oliver Stone directed The Doors, did he not? If so...yeah. He royally fucked that movie up, IMO.
i'll most probably see this film for the director Baz Luhrmann, since he directed Moulin Rouge it would definitely be very interesting to see how did he directed this film since his trademark is his fast paced editing and bright colours/lightings...
What in the world are you talking about? Oliver Stone directed the movie. Baz Luhrmann had nothing to do with it.
And ya i thought Troy was a good movie. They just promoted like fuck so people expected something epic.
What in the world are you talking about? Oliver Stone directed the movie. Baz Luhrmann had nothing to do with it. [/b][/quote] Baz Luhrman is also making a film of Alexander, it was meant to be released around this time but they held back on production etc because there would have been two versions of alexander out at the same time. so he has nothing to do with this movie.
Baz Luhrman is also making a film of Alexander, it was meant to be released around this time but they held back on production etc because there would have been two versions of alexander out at the same time. so he has nothing to do with this movie. [/b][/quote] Yeah, I know that, but it had nothing to do with this movie.