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March 16, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Troy (2004)

— 163 min - Adventure, History, War, Action - 3 May 2004

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In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

Director:  Wolfgang Petersen

Stars:  Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Sean...

March 5, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

— 228 min - Adventure, Drama, History, War - 11 December 1962

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The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.

Director:  David Lean

Stars:  Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Wolfit, I.S. Johar, Gamil Ratib, Michel Ray, John Dimech, Zia Mohyeddin, Howard Marion-Crawford, Jack Gwillim, Hugh Mille...

March 5, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Zulu Dawn (1979)

— 117 min - Adventure, Drama, History, War - 14 May 1979

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In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Director:  Douglas Hickox

Stars:  Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliott, Bob Hoskins, Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Nigel Davenport, Simon Ward, Phil Daniels, Peter Vaughan, Ronald Lacey, Ronald Pickup, Michael Jayston, David Bradley, Christopher Cazenove, James Faulkner, Paul Copley, Ian Yule, Nicholas Clay, Donald Pickering, Christopher Chittell, Freddie Jones, Anna Calder-Marshall, Kenneth Baker, Claire Marshall, Vivienne Drummond, Patrick Mynhardt, Don Leonard, Len Sparrowhawk, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Pe...

February 12, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Last Emperor (1987)

— 163 min - Drama, History - 4 October 1987

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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

Director:  Bernardo Bertolucci

Stars:  John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu, Dennis Dun, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong, Maggie Han, Ric Young, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Richard Vuu, Tsou Tijger, Lisa Lu, Henry O, Constantine Gregory,