Alexander
Director: Oliver Stone
Genre: LGBT, Costume drama, War film, Action, Biography, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Period piece, History, Romance Film, Drama
Year: 2004
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy
Language: English Language
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Christopher Plummer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brian Blessed, Tim Pigott-Smith, Francisco Bosch, Gary Stretch, Connor Paolo, Joseph Morgan, Toby Kebbell, Neil Jackson, Raz Degan, Elliot Cowan, John Kavanagh, Nick Dunning, Ian Beattie, Annelise Hesme, Jessie Kamm, Denis Conway, Rory McCann, Erol Sander, Aleczander Gordon, Bin Bunluerit
Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role. The film was an original screenplay based in part on the book Alexander the Great, written in the 1970s by the Oxford University historian Robin Lane Fox.
The film was critically derided upon its release and failed in the American box office. It grossed only US$34 million domestically, while costing $155 million to produce. However, it did better internationally in recovering its losses, grossing a total of $132 million in overseas revenue.
The two earlier DVD versions of Alexander ("director's cut" version and the theatrical version) sold over 3.5 million copies in the United States. Oliver Stone's third version, Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (2007) has sold close to one million copies.
The film is based on the life of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, who conquered Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia and part of Ancient India. Shown are some of the key moments of Alexander's youth, his invasion of the mighty Persian Empire and his death. It also outlines his early life, including his difficult relationship with his father Philip II of
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