Advantages: Authenticity, Script, Acting, everything Disadvantages: not likely to be a third season, DAMN!
no season 3, I live in hope they will change their minds.
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Episode 1: Passover
In the wake of Caesars death, Marc Antony considers a move north, whilst Vorenus issues a curse that he soon regrets.
Episode 2: Son Of Hades
Cleopatra arrives in Rome, to Atia's dismay; Octavian wins over the masses; Vorenus steps into Eraste's shoes
Episode 3: These Being The Words Of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Mark Antony finds his plans derailed following Cicero's message to the Senate.
Episode 4: TESTUDO ET LEPUS {The tortoise And The Hare}
Atia turns the tables on Servilia, Octavian wins a battle against Antony, Vorenus learns of his childrens fate.
Episode 5: Heroes Of The Republic
Vorenus returns to the Collegium, two former adversaries patch up their differences, Atia welcomes home her son ...
Advantages: Excellent retelling of Roman history Disadvantages: Lashings of sex, violence and bad language
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The big budget historical drama Rome, spread over two series, is the result of collaboration between HBO, BBC and Italian television company RAI. In common with other big budget dramas produced by HBO in the past (such as Band of Brothers) it is ambitious and produced to movie quality standards.
Largely filmed at the Cinecitta studios outside Rome the series are impressive in scale and execution. The large cast is filled with recognisable faces but there are no stars, the stars are the sets and the authenticity of the production.
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Series 1 Summary~
Having finally conquered the tribes of Gaul, Julius Caesar finds himself at odds with his former friend Pompey and threatened with exile. Marshalling his large and battle hardened legions he returns to Rome, in the process defying one ...
Advantages: History of Hungary come to life Disadvantages: Long, occasionally unconvincing
Sunshine, directed by Istvan Szabo, is an award winning co-production between Austria, Germany, Canada and Hungary. An historical film, the story weaves through 3 generations of a Jewish family in Hungary from the turn of the 20th century to the communist regime post 1956 examining issues of family, torn loyalty and the effects of our personal and national history upon our lives.
The film follows the lives of 3 generations of the Sonnenshein family, all played by Ralph Fiennes, through the intense upheavals of the period. Ignatz Sonnenshein is a political conservative loyal to the Emperor even changing his name from the too Jewish Sonnenshein from which the film takes it's name-being the German for sunshine-to the more Hungarian Sors in order to forward his career. He falls in love with and eventually marries his cousin Valerie who has ...
flyingllamas 21.06.2009
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