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Due for 2008 directed by John Boorman and featuring Antonio Banderas as the voice of Emperor Hadrian, the epic novel adaptation is coming to the silver screen!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467470/
Thoughts, concerns, etc, etc.
Plot Keywords state it is: Drama/Gay Interest so I dunno.... :?
Hoping its more Drama/Action
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Yet another bastardization of history for mass market appeal. Get a decent actor at least.
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Oh dear. Boorman also made Excalibur. I fear that we will see the head of Bar Kochba being brought to Hadrian with the sound of the Carmina Burana. :evil: :x shock:
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Or Hadrian bedding his missus in full armour! :lol:
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C'mon guys, as an old artist friend used to say; "Only fools and children judge work half finished." :wink:
Boorman also made some great films: Point Blank, Deliverance, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General.
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I'd like to say a word in defence of Excalibur - it is no worse than any other attempt to put Arthur (certainly not the woeful most recent attempt) on screen and does get some sense of the mysticism. There is a "The adventures of the Young Arthur' or something like that which was very good - had Brian Blessed and that guy from The Smuggler in it - a BBC production.
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Quote:I agree. Enjoyed that film and I saw it very young (too young probably!)
Yeah, me too. My parents sent me to bed after about 20 minutes :oops:
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:lol: :lol:
Lucky for me, mine thougtht it was a kids movie just because it had knights and horses ... I popped the video in the player, they took a glance, and went away, leaving me alone to watch in entirety, haha!
(yeah I was a latchkey kid :oops: )
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I enjoyed the book. It's more of a philosophical/psychological works, so I wouldn't expect huge mass scenes, battles etc. Well, it's Hadrian's memoirs, so more "in his head" by nature.
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