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That's a great poster for me.
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I was thinking mikis time and richard egan? Clearly not.
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Or, it could be a Richard Burton film--Great!
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WHAT A GREAT POSTER!
The painting is FABULOUS!
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Here, Alec... what's your bloomin' girlfriend called?
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That's a great poster for me.
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Richard Burton was so puny-looking as Alexander.
The problem with any movie about the man is: there is so much to the story, but so little time to tell it. Maybe a miniseries, but the cost would be prohibitive.
Oliver Stone at least centered everything around the relationship between Alexander and his father, Philip of Macedon, which is a good start. But, as we all know, Stone still continues to tinker with his creation, even up to very recently, when he brought out yet again another "Director's Cut."
And, though I think Nascimbene's music contributed to the ancient quality of the film, I don't think he was the best for the subject. Maybe Alex North could have been best equipped to explore the psychological themes best.
(And, of course, we can't have contemporary audiences shocked by Alexander's ambisexual proclivities. They'd have no idea what to make of that, and just call him some perv... Like they don't have secrets...)
It's all moot now, 60 years later.
But that is a great poster.
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I wouldn't say Dickie was puny. He had charisma.
The descriptions of Alec suggest he was not tall, but wiry and boyish. Yer ideal physically would be Ryan O'Neill in his youth, if the sculptures are anything to go by, but would audiences ever accept Ryan in that role?
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The first film released in CinemaScope was "The Robe" in 1953 and starring Richard Burton.
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Mar 24, 2015 - 4:33 PM
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Ron Pulliam
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Richard Burton was so puny-looking as Alexander.
The problem with any movie about the man is: there is so much to the story, but so little time to tell it. Maybe a miniseries, but the cost would be prohibitive.
Oliver Stone at least centered everything around the relationship between Alexander and his father, Philip of Macedon, which is a good start. But, as we all know, Stone still continues to tinker with his creation, even up to very recently, when he brought out yet again another "Director's Cut."
And, though I think Nascimbene's music contributed to the ancient quality of the film, I don't think he was the best for the subject. Maybe Alex North could have been best equipped to explore the psychological themes best.
(And, of course, we can't have contemporary audiences shocked by Alexander's ambisexual proclivities. They'd have no idea what to make of that, and just call him some perv... Like they don't have secrets...)
It's all moot now, 60 years later.
But that is a great poster.
Historically, Alexander was no giant. He was genetically akin to other Macedonians/Greek men of his time and would have been shorter than Burton who was 5' 9 1/2" tall. Historians have estimated his height at 5'6" - 5'7" and weighing in at approximately 155 lbs. Alexander would definitely not have been much stockier, either.
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