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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569797277
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D79727D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Running Time: 139 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1961-11
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During the year 280 BC Rhodes is traumatized by rebels attempting to overthrow King Sere. One of these rebels Darios (Rory Calhoun) falls in love with Diala (Lea Massari) an artist who just completed a statue of Apollo while visiting his uncle. The failure of the rebels led by Peliocles (Georges Marchal) causes them to become entertainers in the local arena as earthquakes ultimately change the balance of power in Rhodes.Runtime: 127 minFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/CLASSIC Rating: NR UPC: 012569797277 Manufacturer No: 79727
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
great classic romans movie directed by sergio leone with:lea massari georges marchal.prisoners scramble for their live in coliseum pageants of doom. usurpers connive. revolution erupts. and towering over all the excitement is the mighty bronze colossus that stradles the harbor, fighting foes by dropping burning oil from the huge cauldron it holds and firing streams of molten lead from the catapults in its headpiece. i love this film i recommended for those ancient fans movies.
Rating:  -
For the longest time, I never thought I would actually see this film. This is Sergio Leone's first official film as director, and it's been notoriously hard to find in any home video format. I was plesantly surprised when I found out that it was officially released, so I rented it immediately.
Leone started as an assistant director on many Hollywood productions that shot in Italy in the 1950's, and many of them were part of the Roman epic cycle. This film follows in that vain (even though it's on Rhodes, not Rome), and it's a decent "Roman" epic film, nothing more. You would have to be clairvoyant to think that Leone would go on to direct masterpieces after this film, though. Some of the action scenes are awkwardly choreographed, and much of the acting is rather formless (the film has that awkward dubbing best known in Italian films), or it's so over the top. Many have said Rory Calhoun was miscast here, but I thought he was OK. He wasn't great, but it didn't bother me that much. He's kind of endearingly goofy, like he knows he really shouldn't be in the film, but he's enjoying himself anyway. The original leading man, John Derek, was fired early in the production because Leone was convinced that he was trying to steal his job (John Derek did go on to be a director, but his films were horrible). It's kind of fun to see Lea Masari in this film. The previous year she played Anna, the woman who disappears in L'avventura. Maybe this is where Anna ended up.
There is some good here. Leone's framing is pretty good, the crowd scenes are well handled, the plot twists are surprisingly good for a film like this, the inside of the Collusus is cool, and the film is never boring. It's definitely worth watching once, just don't expect the beauty and mastery of Leone's best films. It's not a great debut or anything, but if you're a Leone fan (like me), you should check it out nevertheless.
Rating: -
Not bad, but only for those die hard old-time Greek tales. The color and sound reasonable but I noticed the sound quality not to Warner DVD's usual standard and really had to push up the volume. Not sure if this was my copy or the entire DVD reproduction range.
Still, an interesting story and if you like these old tales, then certainly a welcome edition to the library. If you have been to Greece and the island of Rhodes then this is a chance to see how it was in those days - and I say this tongue in cheek!
Rating:  -
the movie was superbly done by sergio leone well known for the spaghetti western of clint eastwood. great cinematography and action but rory calhoun is very badly miscast in this epic movie. steve reeves should have been chosen for his role here. rory calhoun looks like a cowboy wearing sword aand sandals. terrible!
Rating: -
What a great movie. If only they could act now like they did when this epic was made.
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