Alexander The Great (1968)
An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then-known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.
- Phil Karlson
- Robert Pirosh
- William Robert Yates
Rating: 5/10 by 3 users
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Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 00 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: alexander the great, period drama, battle of issos
If it wasn't for the really terrible dialogue, this would make for quite a passable sword and sandals adventure, William Shatner is in full theatrical ham mode as the eponymous character who must combat the maniacal King Darius of Persia as well as a few of his more independently minded generals. It can only really be described as a very loose interpretation of history - there is oodles of creative licence going on - but it is still quite a good fun little drama that lets our hero roll around in the dirt, without his shirt coming off, and we've even got some belly dancing too! It's rubbish, really - but I still, perversely perhaps, I rather enjoyed it.
