Alexander

Production year: 2004

Drama R   Running time: 1:43 

IMDB rating:   5.5     Aspect: Wide;  Languages: English;  Subtitles: English, French, Spanish;  Audio: DD 5.1

Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great (Farrell) led his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia, Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east to India. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaestion. Alexander died young, of illness, at 33. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest.

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Features

Audio commentary
Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
Interviews
Trailers/TV spots

Special features

Commentary By Director Oliver Stone
Resurrecting Alexander (Explores the filming of Alexander)
Perfect Is the Enemy of God (Provides an in-depth look at the details that go into the filming of an epic)
Interviews with the cast on how they prepared for their roles
"Vangelis Scores Alexander" Featurette
The Ultimate Cut Commentary by Oliver Stone
Documentary "The Real Alexander and the World He Made"
Feature-Length Documentary by Sean Stone "Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander
Alexander