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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Oliver Stone (written by) and
Christopher Kyle (written by) ...
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Release Date:
24 November 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fortune favors the bold more
Plot:
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(185 articles)
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Alexander proves too smart for dumb American critics more (1347 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Colin Farrell | ... | Alexander |
 | Angelina Jolie | ... | Olympias |
 | Val Kilmer | ... | Philip |
 | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Old Ptolemy |
 | Jared Leto | ... | Hephaistion |
 | Rosario Dawson | ... | Roxane |
 | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | ... | Cassander |
 | Rory McCann | ... | Crateros |
 | Gary Stretch | ... | Cleitus |
| Ian Beattie | ... | Antigonus |
| Neil Jackson | ... | Perdiccas |
 | Raz Degan | ... | Darius III |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Aristotle |
| John Kavanagh | ... | Parmenion |
| Annelise Hesme | ... | Stateira |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Alexander (Germany)
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (USA) (recut version)
Alexander: Director's Cut (USA) (censored version)
Alexandre (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and some sexuality/nudity. (also director's cut)
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175 min | 167 min (director's cut) | 214 min (final cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Malaysia:18PL | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:M18 (also final cut version) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (director's extended cut) | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #41133) | USA:Unrated (Cut Director's Version) | New Zealand:R13 | Australia:M (DVD rating)
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During the battle of Gaugamela, the command "Back and to the left! Back and to the left!" is shouted, which is the same as a famous line in an earlier Oliver Stone movie, JFK (1991). more
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Continuity: Phillip addresses his troops just before the jungle battle against the Indians. In a flipped shot, his right eye is missing, not his left. more
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[first lines]
Old Ptolemy:
He was a god, Cadmos, or as close as anything I've ever seen.
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Referenced in 'Kingdom of Heaven': Interactive Production Grid (2005) (V) more
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What was the music used in the trailer?more
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The US reviews have been really terrible and the IMDb user rating is lower than KING ARTHUR, so I'm wondering if Europe has got a different cut, because the film I saw was excellent. Problems, yes, like Anthony Hopkins and Val Kilmer hamming away and Angeline doing a very odd accent. Farrell's not bad even though he doesn't have enough small moments to work with to shade the role: after Clive Owen's disgracefully bad performance in KING ARTHUR it's amazing that it's Farrell the critics are laughing at.
You don't get involved in the characters as much as you should, but its an amazing flick, a real movie. It feels like it's been done for real not by a computer by someone as mad and vainglorious as Alexander himself. Not a total success, but the 80% that hits the target is really intelligent and ambitious and is worth more than a lot of pictures that work better, if you know what I mean.
I think the reason Hollywood is so dumbed down now is when someone tries to do something different on a big scale like Alexander, HEAVEN'S GATE, REDS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN America, THE RIGHT STUFF or films like that is that the American critics who are always complaining about dumb audiences and filmmakers can't get them and tear them a new *beep*hole killing them off at the box-office. Certainly seems to be the case with Alexander. Not the most successful flick I've seen this year but easily one of the best.