Big Screen RomeJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009 M02 9 - 288 pages Big Screen Rome is the first systematic survey of the most important and popular films from the past half century that reconstruct the image of Roman antiquity.
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... Nero (Peter Ustinov) plays the lyre during the Great Fire of Rome Quo Vadis. Marcus (Robert Taylor) and Lygia (Deborah Kerr) share a final embrace in prison before she is taken into the arena The Robe. Marcellus (Richard Burton) and ...
... Nero (Peter Ustinov) plays the lyre during the Great Fire of Rome Quo Vadis. Marcus (Robert Taylor) and Lygia (Deborah Kerr) share a final embrace in prison before she is taken into the arena The Robe. Marcellus (Richard Burton) and ...
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... Nero (Dom DeLuise) and Empress Nympho (Madeline Kahn) luxuriate at Caesar's Palace, while the wine steward Josephus (Gregory Hines) serves them Gladiator. Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and Maximus (Russell Crowe) exchange tense words in the ...
... Nero (Dom DeLuise) and Empress Nympho (Madeline Kahn) luxuriate at Caesar's Palace, while the wine steward Josephus (Gregory Hines) serves them Gladiator. Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and Maximus (Russell Crowe) exchange tense words in the ...
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... Nero 9 Temple of the Divine Hadrian 10 Pantheon 11 Temple of Isis 12 Saepta Iulia 13 Baths of Agrippa 14 Theater of Pompey 15 Portico of Pompey 16 Baths of Constantine 17 Circus Flaminius 18 Portico of Octavia 19 Theater of Marcellus 20 ...
... Nero 9 Temple of the Divine Hadrian 10 Pantheon 11 Temple of Isis 12 Saepta Iulia 13 Baths of Agrippa 14 Theater of Pompey 15 Portico of Pompey 16 Baths of Constantine 17 Circus Flaminius 18 Portico of Octavia 19 Theater of Marcellus 20 ...
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... Nero Petronius Poppaea Tigellinus Aulus Plautius Pomponia Eunice Peter Paul Acte Ursus Fabius Nerva Mervyn LeRoy John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel) Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 170 ...
... Nero Petronius Poppaea Tigellinus Aulus Plautius Pomponia Eunice Peter Paul Acte Ursus Fabius Nerva Mervyn LeRoy John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel) Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 170 ...
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... Nero's chief protector. Nero informs Marcus that he is to wait until the next day, when he and his victorious soldiers will ride into the city in triumph, because “the people want spectacle.” As he departs, Marcus shares a private word ...
... Nero's chief protector. Nero informs Marcus that he is to wait until the next day, when he and his victorious soldiers will ride into the city in triumph, because “the people want spectacle.” As he departs, Marcus shares a private word ...
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Robe 1953 | 34 |
Chapter 3 BenHur 1959 | 59 |
Chapter 4 Spartacus 1960 | 89 |
Chapter 5 Cleopatra 1963 | 121 |
Chapter 6 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 | 159 |
Chapter 7 Monty Pythons Life of Brian 1979 | 176 |
Chapter 8 History of the World Part I 1981 The Roman Empire Sequence | 194 |
Chapter 9 Gladiator 2000 | 207 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 262 |
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