After Philip is assassinated, Alexander becomes King of Macedonia.I do not own nor take credit for the clips uploaded here. I smiled when I read what you said about Nick Dunning as you are absolutely right. Alexander the Great – He lives and reigns. He assassinated Philip in 336 BC on the orders of his wife Olympias and son Alexander the Great.. *scratches head*. And everyone except Alexander is having a wonderful time. This goes against records which claim that Alexander gave his ring to Perdiccas. Alexander este un film epic istoric de dramă din 2004, bazat pe viața lui Alexandru cel Mare.El a fost regizat de Oliver Stone, cu Colin Farrell în rolul principal. He then says, ‘[r]avaged or expanded, for better or worse, no occupied territory remained the same again’. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India. And listen to Vangelis’ evocative music, which reminds us very well indeed of Alexander’s nobility. I like to write historical fiction based in ancient Greece and I’m working on a story centered around Philip. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Alexander and Ptolemy look over the Hindu Kush (The ‘Indian Caucasus’ in Arrian). Writer, producer, and director Robert Rossen was lobbied by photojournalist (and later a co-producer on John Cassavetes' movies) Sam Shaw to consider John Cassavetes, then a struggling young actor in New York City, for the title role in this movie. While he is living he won’t be able to stop pushing, conquering, exploring, doing-because he is too driven by thoughts of his legacy, even though he is beginning to recognize the consequences. To add further complications to the assassination of King Philip by Pausanias, there are the actions of Philip’s wife, Olympias. We do … Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India. The scene opens with a neat mosaic graphic showing Alexander’s progress over the mountain range. Alexander (2004) Angelina Jolie as Olympias. Poseidon (/ p ə ˈ s aɪ d ən, p ɒ-, p oʊ-/; Greek: Ποσειδῶν, translit. Philip’s Wedding Party Dunning captures the physical appearance of such a man perfectly. Plot. Father and Son - Part 2, Rotten Movies from Critically Acclaimed Directors, Most Inaccurate Biographical/Historical Movie, Chris Makrozahopoulos . Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK not because Lyndon Johnson employed him to gain power but for his own personal reasons. Oliver Cromwell can no longer tolerate King Charles' policies, and the self-interest of the ruling class, and leads a civil war to install Parliament as the ultimate ruler of England. I’m not sure why Oliver Stone felt the need to have an intermission on a DVD but I don’t mind as it gives us the opportunity to admire some ancient Greek works of art (or copies of the same). Philip accuses Alexander of being lead by his mother. Finally, we stand behind Alexander in a rich red cloak staring into the distance. That is a very interesting take on what Alexander regards as his home, and I have to say quite convincing, too. The reference to her waiting for his invitation only makes sense if she is in Pella but not Babylon. In his boyhood, Hephaestion appears as being mature and interested in knowledge. Template:Other people Pausanias of Orestis (Greek: Παυσανίας τῆς Ὀρεστίδος) was a member of Philip II of Macedon's somatophylakes, his personal bodyguard. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. . Alexander and Hephaestion Since the beginning of the movie, Alexander and Hephaestion are depicted as intimate and very close friends7. In 326, Alexander was at the Hydaspes River preparing to fight his last major battle, against Porus. It could be that his dismissiveness is an act, designed to gain Pausanias’ trust in order to facilitate the rape, but if so the film is guilty of bad story telling. During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive. Changing characters and events is one thing but if one is going to adapt a book or historical event for the cinema I think one ought to remain true to what happened even if not factual. ( Log Out / Written by Death, that is, for Alexander; but if for him, then so for everyone. Despite the fact that he fears he will be confronted by illusions until his death, Alexander says, “Yet still I push harder and harder to reach this home.” I have to admit I am not entirely clear what Alexander is saying here – he has, after all, just told Ptolemy that he has no home. Philip is a hard character to portray. . . Alexander adalah sebuah film epik yang diproduksi pada tahun 2004, berdasarkan kehdiupan Alexander yang Agung.Film ini disutradarai oleh Oliver Stone, dengan Colin Farrell sebagai Alexander. He (Green) treats Pausanias’ motivation – revenge for Philip refusing to give Pausanias justice after … Until we find an end.” Poor Ptolemy; now he knows: ‘an end’ means ‘the end’ – death. The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C. I’m guessing that ‘home’ is a euphemism for his desire to find himself fully, to strip away all of the illusions he has about himself. Would any Greek or Macedonian have ever actually said that? In the 2004 film Alexander, Attalus was portrayed by actor Nick Dunning. Dead Man's Shoes (2004) [Anthony]: Commits suicide by hanging himself, some time before the story begins; he appears in Paddy Considine's imagination throughout the movie, and his death is shown in a flashback. . Directed by Robert Rossen. As you’ll see, Philip never raped Pausanias – his worst crime was not to take Pausanias’ complaint against Attalus seriously. If you have a different impression, though, feel free to leave a comment. . Alexander is confusing as Hades. Our editors have rounded up their most anticipated horror movies of the year. This is one of my favourite scenes in the movie. Another historical drama Chandragupta Maurya replaced it with seamless continuity of story. ( Log Out / Here are the movies we're most excited for in 2021. “We must go on Ptolemy. With Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones. My source for this chapter was Peter Green’s Historical Biography of Alexander. I don’t think Thais is dead at this point, because Ptolemy is with a beautiful woman during Clietus’ murder scene. Not quite 150,000 but close enough. Well, maybe, although I find the statement hard to reconcile with their constant attempts to beat each other up. The layer between death an life. We know, of course, that things were not quite that simple in real life, but this is a film and films have to simplify their stories in order to fit them on the screen. Alexander is a 2004 epic historical drama film based on the life of Alexander the Great.It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role. An epic movie that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King that conquered all of the ancient Greek tribes and led the Macedonian Army against the vast Persian Empire. Well, perhaps not surprisingly, I have since seen it used in that context and it fitted perfectly. I would love to read it if so. However, as the film advances, he becomes the best friend and confident of the King, his companion and lover. Alexander and Ptolemy atop the Hindu Kush, Alexander Revisited: Philip’s Wedding Party & Atop the Hindu Kush, Chaeronea: Philip Confirms His Domination Over Greece. View production, box office, & company info. That would certainly make sense of his suspicion that death will be the last one to fall away. When I first saw this figure, I thought that Stone and his fellow script writers had succumbed to the same temptation to exaggerate as some ancient Greek writers. The budget of this movie was about 155 million dollars. I’ve never tried to write anything from Philip’s point of view but now that you mention it, yes, I could imagine it being very hard to do. Once Pausanias has been sent away, Attalus proposes a toast; firstly, to ‘Macedonia and Greece, equals in greatness!’. While the historical Philip might not have shared Alexander’s restraint when it came to sex (I mean restraint in a very non-Christian sense here-more like, restraint for a King who had three wives, a mistress, most probably a lover, and a eunuch but could have had way way more), he was hardly a rapist. The king asks his friend, “Have you found your home…?” Ptolemy tells him he thinks it will be Alexandria, ‘Well,” he says, “at least it’s hot. Occasionally, he would put Macedonians in charge but that seems to be the exception rather than the rule. You can’t introduce one idea (Philip’s dismissive attitude) then turn it round (his hatred) without explaining why the change took place. Alexander the Great While Alexander did return to the Macedonian court, he remained isolated and enjoyed no real relationship with his father. . But 21-year-old Alexander, heir to the powerful king, quickly fell under suspicion. As you can see from the title to this blog post, I am covering just two scenes in the film today. Before that infamous drunken argument, Alexander engages Ptolemy in a discussion of why he likes drinking so much, and Ptolemy has an arm around this woman and later sits her on his lap. Add the first question. Thaïs could not have loved Alexandria as when they left it, it had not yet been built. Alexander and Ptolemy Yet he still believes in being that Homeric hero, of having his name on our lips, thousands of years later. Also, it’s notable how it is Hephaestion who launches himself like a rocket at Attalus while Ptolemy tries to restrain Alexander. Alexander and Ptolemy atop the Hindu Kush . Made in Spain with British, American and French actors.Robert Rossen is a good director with many fine movies to his credit but really doesn't seem to have the flair for historical epics. I never caught Philip telling Pausanias leave in all my….few dozen times watching it. The illusions might be in reference to him losing his youthful hope and sense of adventure-he’s learning the harsh lessons of reality, seeing some of what his father was trying to tell him in that cave when he was a child. Alexander is depicted as holding out his ring straight into the air before dying, whereupon the ring falls to the ground and collapses. It’s also hard to write him because he’s always seen in relation to his son, and it’s easy to either make him into the smarter, better, father or the old, conservative old man who couldn’t understand his son. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. More to the point, why would Attalus bother making that toast upon the marriage of two Macedonians? This is because an intermission follows the Hindu Kush scene so it forms a natural break for both the film and me. I can understand why Oliver Stone made Philip the one who raped Pausanias but I will always wish he hadn’t as people will come away from the film with the wrong impression of who Philip was. . Ptolemy’s use of the past tense when talking about his mistress suggests that she is already dead. They are not only… Film Role Notes 2004 Dead Man's Shoes: Anthony Nominated – British Independents Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer: 2004 Northern Soul: Mark Sherbert Short film 2004 Alexander: Pausanias of Orestis: 2005 Match Point: Policeman 2006 Wilderness: Callum 2007 Control: Rob Gretton: British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor The ending of this grim war drama is all tension. Scenes Covered. A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man. I wish Stone hadn’t, too. Arrian’s Anabasis Alexandri, written in the second century BC and Oliver Stone’s 2004 movie Alexander are generally similar narratives. I was supposed to read our actual historical sources on Alexander, then watch Oliver Stone's movie, then write about how and why they are different. An epic movie that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King that conquered all of the ancient Greek tribes and led the Macedonian Army against the vast Persian Empire. After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel. I suppose one could make them a kind of team with Philip helping Alexander to build upon his achievements but there is less dramatic tension in that, plus it sounds a bit twee and lacks historicity. What do you think? His third toast, to Eurydice, “a Macedonian queen we can be proud of!”, his malevolent expression towards Alexander, and the final toast, ‘… to their legitimate sons!” took my breath away. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? This is one of those international productions popular in the 1950's. Philip II of Macedon's bodyguard—and former lover—wielded the knife. However, while looking up in Robin Lane Fox’s biography the name of the river that marked the easternmost point of Alexander’s expedition (it is the modern day Beas, known in antiquity as the Hyphasis) I found that while at the Hydaspes River (on his way back from the Hyphasis), Alexander received 35,000 troops from the west, which ‘raised the army’s strength to 120,000’. Alexander seems like he knows her, so I’m pretty sure this is Thais. There are two possibilities: 1 - Phillip was killed by his bodyguard under orders of Alexander. Have you published any of your fiction on the internet or elsewhere? The Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint. Alexander is a 2004 epic drama war movie about Alexander III of Macedon.It was directed by Oliver Stone.. That’s their rôles in the film explained in a second. Maybe he was mistrusted by Alexander as having silenced Pausanias to cover up a deeper plot. Good ears! I don’t envy you your task! Or simply what is really real after we defy every social construct in his time limits set for mortals by the gods. Now I am totally confused about this as well. Porus is a historical drama television series based on the Battle of the Hydaspes, visualizing the lives of Indian warrior and ruler Porus, King of the Pauravas and Alexander The Great, King of the Macedonian Empire.It premiered on 27 November 2017 on Sony TV.Its last episode was aired on 13 November 2018. Dunning’s performance is one of my favourite in the film. Antipater: accustomed now to the power that you have given him. There is too much talk and the battle scenes tend to be rather confusing and poorly choreographed.Richard Burton does his best, his magnificent voice can make something of the most mundane dialogue and he certainly looks virile despite a rather swish looking blonde wig.A good supporting cast is largely wasted. I do remember you, Philotas, but not as you remember yourself. Having said that, when Alexander crossed the Hindu Kush he only had around 30,000 men. When Alexander tells Ptolemy that he has no home, Ptolemy reminds him that he has Babylon, ‘Where your mother awaits your invitation’. The life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C. ( Log Out / It doesn’t matter, though, for the beauty of the scene in both its words and Eliot Cowan’s acting forgives all its sins. The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire. Based on history, Alexander is tutored by Aristotle, made regent by his father Philip, wins battles in Greece, and then leads the Greeks in the conquest of the Persian empire. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. When Alexander looks up into the sky and talks about a “home”, I think he’s referring to death; the last illusion, the end. It may have been that Alexander persuaded Pausanias to assassinate his father (Alexander had the most to gain from his father’s death) with Alexander’s friends silencing the assassin to keep Alexander’s secret safe. He assassinated Philip in 336 BC, possibly at the instigation of Philip's wife Olympias, or even his son Alexander the Great. Alexander merupakan sebuah filem drama sejarah tahun 2004 arahan Oliver Stone. Although I love the movies one thing I will never get used to is the way they habitually include dialogue or scenes that seem not to make any sense at all in terms of the narrative. You’ve got 99 problems, son, and Alexander is now each and every one. 2 - Pausanias killed Phillip for his own personal reasons. ), commonly known as Alexander the Great. A man named Pausanias did kill indeed Philip; this is a historical fact. For example, after chiding Alexander for his self-pitying, Philip tells Pausanias to go away; ‘you bore me’ he tells him. Was this review helpful to you? If Diodorus is to be believed (and we must be wary), Attalus is the real villain of the piece. Or the values of multiculturalism. At least that’s how I interpret it, anyway. . Alexander is obviously worried about what is going to happen to him but he remains loyal to his father; until, that is, he is ordered to apologise to Attalus. It’s excellent. ‘Hindu Kush – 10 Years Later’ (i. e. 326 BC). Perhaps when he wasn’t ruining people’s lives he was just a very polite man. The reason for his sadness, of course, is he knows that as and when Eurydice gives birth to her first son, he will replace Alexander as heir to the throne of Macedon. Alexander the Great (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Search for "Alexander the Great" on Amazon.in, Title: For the previous posts on Alexander Revisited click here And Thais, she loved it there.’ Eliot Cowan’s delivery captures Ptolemy’s gentle humour, sadness (note the past tense used to describe Thaïs) and longing perfectly. Historically, the scene is all wrong. ), commonly known as Alexander the Great. Pausanias in 338 BC. A handful of sources suggest that Alexander coerced Pausanias into killing Philip but there is no evidence to substantiate these claims. A beautiful wide angle shot of the snow capped mountains then appears. Paragraph 4 This paragraph opens with some excellent questions regarding Alexander’s empire that we will debate until the end of time. This was for Hellenistic Greece and Rome. Seconds later, however, we see him raping the young man before sending him away to be assaulted by others. Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. . The film is now behind the times. Unless, of course, something is done about it. It is really hard to write about Philip and Alexander without selling one of them short, if you think about it. I also think that he might be referring to Thais loving Egypt in general, and the past tense is just colloquial. In the 1956 Richard Burton film Alexander the Great, he was played by Stanley Baker. . The whole Pausanias affair is confusing and convoluted-if it ever happened-and I don’t think he had the time to explain it in any real detail during the film, so he gives us sexually abusive Philip to explain Pausanias’ motive. While Philip’s son and successor, Alexander the Great, had Pausanias’ corpse put on display, Olympias allegedly set up a memorial to Pausanias when Alexander … He was captured and killed. Change ). Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The elder Ptolemy tells us that in the spring, ‘Alexander marched an army of 150,000′ across the passes of the Hindu Kush’. ‘Macedonia – 9 Years earlier’ and it is party time in Pella as Philip celebrates his forthcoming marriage to Attalus’ niece, Eurydice. Given how the last scene between them worked out I am not surprised, but had Philip touched upon a truth here? Poseidôn, pronounced [poseːdɔ̂ːn]) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. He had also the cult title "earth shaker". If we don’t, though, the script writers are guilty of a mistake. . . This is something I need to look more closely at. His account is available to read here. Could they be about what he is capable of? Biography. In 1950s Mexico, a famous bullfighter loses his nerve after he's injured and witnesses the death of another matador in the ring. Attalus’ Intemperance . Use the HTML below. Don Lee to Produce and Star in ‘The Club’ Korean Series Adaptation, Starlings Television Ramps Up Output With ‘Sherlock’s Daughter’, ‘Alexander the Great’ & Romanovs Series, TV Movie Slate, Horrible Histories: the 15 greatest songs, Combine 2 Movie Titles, Get 1 Film! We don’t know what the real Attalus was like but Stone’s is a nasty, sneering nobleman with a fatal amount of pride poisoning his soul. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It might be that we will see the reason for Philip’s switch later on. Well, this might be correct, but at least one writer in antiquity says she married Ptolemy after Alexander’s death (see my post here). This costume was created for use by Toby Kebbell as Pausanias of Orestis and was visioned by Academy Award winning costume designer Jenny Beavan who consulted with historians to recreate the various items of dress required for the movie. I think Stone is doing a lot of simplifying during Philip’s wedding scene. Alexander angrily denies that this is so. One thing I will give Oliver Stone credit for, though, is the perfect casting of Nick Dunning as Attalus. On Thaïs – you are not the only person to say this; I shall be mentioning her again in the next post, which I am about to write. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. By the way, if you would like to read about what really happened between Philip and Pausanias (and Attalus), Diodorus Siculus is your man. An original costume used in the production of Alexander, the 2004 historical epic directed by Oliver Stone. I think he had, to a point. 6 of 11 people found this review helpful. While depicted as a fairly minor character, Perdiccas played a large role in the campaigns of Alexander. He just manages to give me the creeps with a single look. As we watch Alexander’s army trudge across the desolate landscape, the elder Ptolemy gives a special mention to the rôle of slaves, the ‘anonymous, bent, working spine of this new beast’ which is a complete sop to modern sensibilities – the real Ptolemy would not have given them a second thought. 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