Alexander 2004

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 175 min

genre: historical

theme: epic

director: Oliver Stone

Score: 6 / 10

Alexander is a 2004 epic historical drama film based on the life of the ancient Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great. It was co-written and directed by Oliver Stone and starred Colin Farrell. The film's original screenplay was derived in part from the book Alexander the Great, published in 1973 by the University of Oxford historian Robin Lane Fox. After release, it performed well in Europe, but the American critical reaction was mixed to negative. It grossed $167 million worldwide against a $155 million budget, thus making it a commercial failure.

Plot

Around 285 BC, Ptolemy I Soter, basileus and pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, narrates the life of Alexander. Alexander grows up with his mother Olympias and his tutor Aristotle, where he finds interest in love, honor, music, exploration, poetry and military combat. His relationship with his father, Philip II of Macedon, is destroyed when Philip marries Attalus's niece, Eurydice. Alexander insults Philip after disowning Attalus as his kinsman, which results in Alexander's banishment from Philip's palace.

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author	Laeta Kalogridis Oliver Stone
contentLocation	Ancient Greece
director	Oliver Stone
editor	Alex Marquez Thomas J. Nordberg Yann Hervé
events	Alexander the Great
genre	action drama historical
keywords	achilles alexander\'s generals amun aristotle assassinate assassination attalus babylon bagoas basileus battle of gaugamela battle of hydaspes burn cleitus the black cleopatra eurydice of macedon combat darius iii darius iii of persia deathbed diadochi end eurydice fight over the ownership of his body hephaestion injured kinship kinsman later library of alexandria olympia oracle patroclus persepolis pharaoh philip ii of macedon poison ptolemaic egypt ptolemy i soter roman empire roxana siwa oasis symposium typhus wars of the diadochi zeus
musicBy	Vangelis
producer	Iain Smith Jon Kilik Moritz Borman Thomas Schühly
productionCompany	IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3 Produktions KG Intermedia Films Moritz Borman Productions
publisher	A-Film Distribution Constantin Film Pathé Distribution Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Malta Morocco Pinewood Studios Thailand
theme	action drama biographical drama epic narrative sword-and-sandal war