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One of the great screen epics, director Anthony Mann’s Oscar®-nominated The Fall of the Roman Empire comes to DVD for the first time in this digitally remastered deluxe edition. The all-star cast includes Academy Award® winners Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren with Christopher Plummer, Stephen Boyd, James Mason and Omar Sharif. Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome’s collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians. Featuring "great sets, fine acting, and thundering battle scenes" (Videohound’s Movie Guide) plus a blistering chariot race rivalling that in Ben-Hur, this is a must-see "epic full of the gore and glories of ancient Rome" (Channel 4).
Features:
- Audio Commentary with Bill Bronston and Mel Martin ?
- The Rise and Fall of an Epic Production: The Making of the Film
- The Rise and Fall of an Empire: An Historical Look at the Real Roman Empire
- Dimitri Tiomkin: Scoring the Roman Empire
- Hollywood vs. History: An Historical Analysis
- Bill Deneen New Intro
- Original Intro & Life In Ancient Rome
- Julius Caesar
- Claudius: Boy Of Ancient Rome
- Rome In Madrid: 1964 Promotional Film
- The Fall Of The Roman Empire Trailer
- Anchor Bay
- Anthony Mann
- PG
- Sophia Loren
- English
- 1
- 2
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One of the great screen epics, director Anthony Mann’s Oscar®-nominated The Fall of the Roman Empire comes to DVD for the first time in this digitally remastered deluxe edition. The all-star cast includes Academy Award® winners Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren with Christopher Plummer, Stephen Boyd, James Mason and Omar Sharif. Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome’s collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians. Featuring "great sets, fine acting, and thundering battle scenes" (Videohound’s Movie Guide) plus a blistering chariot race rivalling that in Ben-Hur, this is a must-see "epic full of the gore and glories of ancient Rome" (Channel 4).
Features:
- Audio Commentary with Bill Bronston and Mel Martin ?
- The Rise and Fall of an Epic Production: The Making of the Film
- The Rise and Fall of an Empire: An Historical Look at the Real Roman Empire
- Dimitri Tiomkin: Scoring the Roman Empire
- Hollywood vs. History: An Historical Analysis
- Bill Deneen New Intro
- Original Intro & Life In Ancient Rome
- Julius Caesar
- Claudius: Boy Of Ancient Rome
- Rome In Madrid: 1964 Promotional Film
- The Fall Of The Roman Empire Trailer
- Anchor Bay
- Anthony Mann
- PG
- Sophia Loren
- English
- 1
- 2
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
Only Oscar nominated for the musical score which it did not win but it did win the Golden Globe. It must have been a great year for films as this is a true Hollywood epic, a great story well acted and with impressive cinematography. Highly recommended.
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