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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Oliver Stone (written by) and
Christopher Kyle (written by) ...
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Release Date:
24 November 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fortune favors the bold more
Plot:
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(185 articles)
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Hard to digest for hoi polloi, but true to history and Greek epic and tragedy more (1347 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Colin Farrell | ... | Alexander | |
| Angelina Jolie | ... | Olympias | |
| Val Kilmer | ... | Philip | |
| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Old Ptolemy | |
| Jared Leto | ... | Hephaistion | |
| Rosario Dawson | ... | Roxane | |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Cassander | |
| Rory McCann | ... | Crateros | |
| Gary Stretch | ... | Cleitus | |
| Ian Beattie | ... | Antigonus | |
| Neil Jackson | ... | Perdiccas | |
| Raz Degan | ... | Darius III | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Aristotle | |
| John Kavanagh | ... | Parmenion | |
| Annelise Hesme | ... | Stateira |
Additional Details
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Alexander (Germany)
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (USA) (recut version)
Alexander: Director's Cut (USA) (censored version)
Alexandre (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and some sexuality/nudity. (also director's cut)
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175 min | 167 min (director's cut) | 214 min (final cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Malaysia:18PL | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:M18 (also final cut version) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (director's extended cut) | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #41133) | USA:Unrated (Cut Director's Version) | New Zealand:R13 | Australia:M (DVD rating)
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The final scenes of the film had originally been shot in Bangkok, but the dailies revealed that all the film they had used was damaged, forcing Oliver Stone to re-shoot the end of the film. more
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Continuity: In the final battle, before Alexander would ride towards the elephant, he is seen holding a spear, even waving it and pointing with it to his men to move forward. One second later he is carrying a sword, with the spear nowhere to be seen. more
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[first lines]
Old Ptolemy:
He was a god, Cadmos, or as close as anything I've ever seen.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.12)" (2004) more
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Oliver Stone consulted Robin Lane Foxe, Oxford historian and the premier Alexander expert, before making this film. It shows. The film certainly ranks as one of the closest-to-the-real-story Hollywood historical mega-films. To viewers with any background in Aristotelian drama and the Greek epic, it will immediately become clear that Stone has tried hard to emulate the epic form while integrating the culture of the Greek tragedy into his film. There is plenty of fear and pity here and there are plenty of tragic elements. The aging Ptolemy as narrator even takes on some of the functions of the chorus/choir. Tragic destiny in a larger-than-life man plagued by doubts over his own decisions, his consuming passions, is the universal here; the gripping story of Alexander the historical incidental, as it were. Not surprisingly, characterization and character interaction must loom large. Which explains the numerous and lengthy monologues and dialogues. Bravo, Mr Stone. Those who can appreciate will. But I fear that hoi polloi will not appreciate. They will simply fail to understand. Postscript: If there were any episodes in Alexander's life I missed and would have liked included (at the risk of making this film even longer) it would have been the Gordian Knot and the Oasis of Siwa.