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Let's discuss the failed historical epic, The Fall of the Roman Empire.
Directed by Anthony Mann
Written by Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina, and Philip Yordan
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer, Eric Porter, John Ireland, Douglas wilmer, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, George Murcell, Norman Wooland, and ANTHONY QUAYLE
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 6, 2023 2:20 AM |
Underrated camp.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 27, 2022 12:33 AM |
It's a great movie and quite historically accurate. Gladiator is pretty much a remake of this.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 27, 2022 12:41 AM |
R3 That thread was dead, so I created a better one
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 27, 2022 12:55 AM |
Neither this film nor Gladiator are historically accurate, though The Fall of the Roman Empire is somewhat more accurate. The historical inaccuracy begins with the title which they try to gloss over with an explanation at the end.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 27, 2022 1:04 AM |
The fall of the Roman Empire occurred in 1964 even I know it occurred a lot earlier than that- at least 1904.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 27, 2022 1:06 AM |
Stephen Boyd was hot
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 27, 2022 1:08 AM |
Eric Porter is the subject of his very own DL thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 27, 2022 1:12 AM |
R8 Yes. I created both lol
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 27, 2022 1:18 AM |
Clearly this film gave someone the idea for "Gladiator" (always with the excuse that it was a new retelling rather than a remake - that old chestnut).
While "Gladiator" is far sillier, Scott's film also has more memorable elements, including the director's staging of action sequences and a stronger centre - Crowe's performance.
Weirdly, another Scott film - "Kingdom of Heaven" - also takes inspiration from an Anthony Mann film - "El Cid". I have no doubt that William Monahan and Ridley Scott watched or rewatched the Mann film. In preparation for theirs.
There's even a scene in which an enemy prince is spared to return the favour at a later date.
And, regardless of what anyone may claim, the director's cut for "Kingdom of Heaven" is NOT A great film and "El Cid" shits all over it.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 27, 2022 1:26 AM |
R10 really? I've never heard of Ed Cid.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 27, 2022 1:33 AM |
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| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 27, 2022 1:38 AM |
Who is “Ed Cid”?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 27, 2022 1:45 AM |
You fucked up here, R12:
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| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 27, 2022 1:45 AM |
The OP, shown here posing in uniform after a heavy day with his scissors, cutting-and-pasting.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 4, 2023 5:22 PM |
[quote] "El Cid" shits all over it.
An ugly expression, R10.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 4, 2023 5:24 PM |
[quote] This was a boring movie
It took two centuries for the complete fall of the Roman Empire. Sophia Loren couldn't wait that long.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 4, 2023 11:57 PM |
[quote] Stephen Boyd was hot
He was an utterly gorgeous male model for ten years.
But his face grew hard and old in 1967.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 6, 2023 12:52 AM |
I reckon he was more pretty than Guy Madison (who seems to be Datalounge's Eldergay favorite).
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