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Alexander (2004)
Starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Hopkins. Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto. Edited by Yann Hervé, Gladys Joujou, Alex Marquez, and Thomas J. Nordberg. Produced by Moritz Borman, Jon Kilik, Tabrez Noorani, Thomas Schühly, Iain Smith, and Oliver Stone. Written by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, and Laeta Kalogridis. Directed by Oliver Stone.
The biography of Alexander by OxfordUniversity professor Robin Lane Fox was an original inspiration and source of information for director Oliver Stone. As an historical advisor, Professor Fox didn't get an on screen credit; his price for giving his advice was to be allowed to take a place at the head of what is one of the largest cavalry charges ever filmed. Professor Fox was used to riding around the English countryside, but gladly dressed up as a Macedonean cavalry officer to live his dream of charging for Alexander.
Oliver Stone and Val Kilmer originally discussed Alexander while filming The Doors (1991).
The film almost never made it to the theatres in Greece. A group of Greek lawyers decided to try to ban the film on the grounds that Stone was denigrating the figure of Alexander the Great by making reference to his bisexuality. The film was ultimately given a theatrical release in Greece and premiered at #1.
In what just may be a cinematic first, the director's cut of this film runs eight minutes shorter than the theatrical version. The re-edit was done in response to the film's poor reception in theaters to clarify plot points and improve the pacing, although it had been initially speculated that this was done to downplay Alexander's bisexuality.
Budget: $150,000,000
Total US Gross: $34,297,191
Genre: War
Runtime: 175 Minutes
US Release Date: 11/24/04
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Awards: none
Tagline: The Greatest Legend Of All Was Real.
Quote: “I've lived a long life, Cadmos, but the glory and the memory of man will always belong to the ones who follow their great visions. And the greatest of these is the one they now call Megas Alexandros… the greatest Alexander of them all.”
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