Forget Oliver Stone’s terrible Alexander. Robert Rossen’s 1956 Epic Film Starring Richard Burton in the title role is certainly the most accurate cinematic depiction of the Macedonian Conqueror to date. The film was to introduce a young dashing Richard Burton to the American audience but the film was not the commercial success it ambitioned to be. Yet Burton’s splendid voice and powerful performance could not be ignored and it is no surprise that he became one of the quentessential Hollywood Stars who was to seduce Elizabeth Taylor on the Set of the Hollywood Extravaganza Cleopatra. The Persians and King Darius III also appear in a more positive light in Rossen’s film which is worth noting. Also French Star Danielle Darrieux who portrays Olympia, Alexander’s mother was to play in the now Classic Animated movie . In itself this is a sweet ironic cinematic coincidence 50 years Apart ! ;0)
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TRAILER: The Colossus That Conquered the World
Birth of Alexander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-gcBP5g_mU&feature=related
Alexander and Aristotle speak about the Persian Empire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kArhSflC9BI&feature…
Alexander’s Rising Ambition: Macedonia Vs Greece – Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
Recommended Readings:
Robert Rossen’s Alexander by Darius KADIVAR
Oliver Stone’s Alexander by Darius KADIVAR