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The fall of the Roman Empire
Fall of the Roman Empire (Motion picture)
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A fictionalized account of the ascension of Roman Emperor Commodus, in which Commodus assassinates his father (Emperor Marcus Aurelius) when he learns that Aurelius had planned to name Aurelius' ad...
A fictionalized account of the ascension of Roman Emperor Commodus, in which Commodus assassinates his father (Emperor Marcus Aurelius) when he learns that Aurelius had planned to name Aurelius' adopted son Livius (a fictional character) as Aurelius' successor.
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- Creator
- Samuel Bronston presents ; directed by Anthony Mann
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Bronston, Samuel, producer
- Barzman, Ben, author of screenplay
- Franchina, Basilio, 1914-2003, author of screenplay
- Yordan, Philip, author of screenplay
- Mann, Anthony, 1906-1967, director
- Loren, Sophia, 1934- actor
- Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977, actor
- Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000, actor
- Mason, James, 1909-1984, actor
- Plummer, Christopher, actor
- Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989, actor
- Ireland, John, 1914-1992, actor
- Sharif, Omar, 1932-2015, actor
- Ferrer, Mel, actor
- Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979, composer
- Samuel Bronston Productions, Inc
- Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Genius Products, Inc
- Publication
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- Two-disc deluxe edition ; widescreen format (2.20:1)
- [New York, N.Y.] : Weinstein Company Home Entertainment ; Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, [2008]
- ©2008
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 2 videodiscs (185 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1594447365, 9781594447365
- OCLC
- ocn224550891
- Credits
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- Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer
- Screenplay, Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina, Philip Yordan ; producer, Samuel Bronston ; director of photography, Robert Krasker ; film editor, Robert Lawrence ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.
- Special features (disc 1, 26 min.): optional audio commentary by Bill Bronston (son of producer Samuel Bronston) and Mel Martin (biographer of Samuel Bronston); "Rome in Madrid" promotional film (c1964, 22 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.); behind-the-scenes stills gallery; promotional material stills gallery; filmographies (Bronston, Mann, Tiomkin, Barzman, Franchina, Boyd, Loren, Guinness, Mason, Plummer, Sharif, Quayle, Ferrer, Ireland). Special features (disc 2, 70 min.): "The rise and fall of an epic production" making-of featurette (29 min.); "The rise and fall of an Empire" historical featurette (11 min.); "Hollywood vs. History" historical featurette (10 min.); "Dimitri Tiomkin : scoring the Roman Empire" biographical featurette (20 min.).
- "Enhanced for widescreen TVs" -- Container.
- Filmed at Bronston Studios in Madrid, Spain.
- DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1.
- In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Subjects
- Commodus, Emperor of Rome, 161-192 -- Drama.
- Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180 -- Drama.
- Lucilla, Annia Aurelia Galeria, Empress, consort of Lucius Verus, Emperor of Rome, 150-182 -- Drama.
- Emperors -- Rome -- Drama.
- Emperors -- Succession -- Rome -- Drama.
- Rome -- History -- Commodus, 180-192 -- Drama.