Philotas

Alexander: Hero of Heroes (2007)

Actors: Terrence Evans (actor), Hawk Younkins (actor), John Gilbert (actor), Elyse Mirto (actress), Frank Krueger (actor), Joyce Brand (editor), Rayne Aspengren (actress), Charles Haigh (actor), Devon Michaels (actor), Richard Leroy (actor), Chris Pauley (actor), Craig Braun (actor), Carrie Ainsworth (actress), Granger Green (actress), Jamie Walsh (actress),

Plot: With the assassination of his rowdy and bawdy father King Philip in 336 BC, Alexander gathers up his Home-Boy Macedonians (30,000 or so) and crosses the Hellespont to strike Darius and the Persian Horde. The Persians, of course, torched the Acropolis three generations earlier. The Greeks (and Macedonians) never forgot. During his herculean 12-year odyssey, Alexander succeeds in creating a world empire from the Danube to the Indus. Ever the glorious conqueror, he shows not only military genius, but compassion for the conquered. Alexander's women (aside from his mother Olympias) include his life-long consort, Barsine, who takes him on erotic / chemical "trips". There is also Roxanne, the Bactrian princess / wannabe dancer, his possessive first wife and True Love. His second marriage to Stateira, Darius' clueless daughter, doesn't set well with Roxanne, which starts the tragic time-clock ticking. Roxanne opts into a regime-changing scenario-- orchestrated back in Athens by Demosthenes and Macedonian rivals.

Keywords: betrayal, women
Genres: Adventure,
Taglines: Re-Live the Legend ! In the fourth century before Christ, a young Macedonian prince led 30,000 armed and dangerous Greeks into Asia. . . . Sometimes it's hard to tell your friends from your enemies

Alexander (2004)

Actors: Jared Leto (actor), Christopher Plummer (actor), John Kavanagh (actor), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (actor), Colin Farrell (actor), Oliver Stone (actor), Stéphane Ferrara (actor), Jason Croot (actor), Tim Pigott-Smith (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Féodor Atkine (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Val Kilmer (actor), Angelina Jolie (actress), Rosario Dawson (actress),

Plot: Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.

Keywords: 25-year-old, 285-bc, 323-bc, 3rd-century-b.c., 4th-century-b.c., african-lion, alexander-the-great, alexandria-egypt, ambition, ancient-egypt
Genres: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War,
Taglines: Fortune favors the bold The greatest legend of all was real

Quotes:

Alexander: I've come to believe the fear of death drives all men, Hephaistion. This we didn't learn as schoolboys.::Hephaistion: I've always believed, Alexander. But this seems so much bigger than us.::Alexander: Did Patroclus stare at Achilles when they stood side by side at the siege of troy?::Hephaistion: Patroclus died first.::Alexander: If you do... if you were to fall Hephaistion, I will avenge you, and follow you down to the house of death.::Hephaistion: I would do the same.::Alexander: On the eve of battle it's hardest to be alone.::Hephaistion: Then perhaps this is farewell, my Alexander.::Alexander: Fear not, Hephaistion. We are at the beginning.

Alexander: Conquer your fear, and I promise you, you will conquer death.

Hephaistion: You know better than any great deeds are donned by men who took, and never regretted. You're Alexander! Pity and grief will only destroy you.::Alexander: Have I become so arrogant that I am blind?::Hephaistion: Sometimes to expect the best from everyone is arrogance.::Alexander: Then it's true. I have become a tyrant!::Hephaistion: No! But perhaps a stranger. We've come too far. They don't understand you anymore.::Alexander: They speak of Phillip now as if I were a passing cloud, soon to be forgotten. I've failed. Utterly.::Hephaistion: You're mortal. And they know it. And they forgive you because you make them proud of themselves.

Olympias: My little Achilles.

Olympias: My poor child. You're like Achilles; cursed by your greatness. You must never confuse your feelings with your duties, Alexander. A king must make public gestures for the common people. You will be nineteen this summer, and the girls already say you don't like them, you like Hephastion more. I understand, it's natural for a young man. But if you go to Asia without leaving a successor you risk all.::Alexander: Hephastion loves me. As I am. Not who.

Cassander: Alexander, if we must fight, do so with stealth. Use your numbers well; we should attack tonight when they least expect us.::Alexander: I didn't cross Asia to steal this victory, Cassander.::Cassander: No, you are too honorable for that, no doubt influenced from sleeping with tales of Troy under your pillow. But your father was no lover of Homer's.::Parmenion: The lands west of the Euphrates, Alexander, and his daughter's hand in marriage! Since when has a Greek ever been given such honors?::Alexander: These are not honors, Parmenion, they're bribes! Which the Greeks have accepted too long! You forget, Parmenion, that the man who murdered my father lies across the valley floor.::Parmenion: Come, Alexander, we're not really sure if it was Persian gold behind the assassination. It is no matter! Your father taught you never to surrender your reason to your passion! I urge you, with all my experience, regroup! Fall back to the coast, raise a larger force!::Alexander: I would, if I were Parmenion. But I am Alexander. And no more than earth has two suns will Asia bear two kings. These are my terms. And if Darius isn't a coward who hides behind his men then he'll come to me tomorrow. And *when* he bows down to Greece, Alexander will be merciful.

Alexander: May all those who come here after us know, when they see this altar, that titans were once here.

Alexander: A thousand ships we'll launch from here, Hephaistion! We'll round Arabia, and sail up the gulf to Egypt. From there, we'll build a channel through the desert, out to the middle sea. And then we'll move on Carthage, and that great island Cecily; they'll pay large tribute. After that the Romans - good fighters, but we'll beat them. And then explore the northern forests, and add the pillars of Heracles to the western ocean. And then one day, populations will mix and travel freely. Asia and Europe will come together. And we'll grow old, Hephaistion, looking out our balcony at this new world.

Young Alexander: One day I'll be on walls like these.

Hephaistion: [on his death bed] I'll feel better. Soon I'll be up.::Alexander: We leave for Arabia in the spring, I can't leave without you!::Hephaistion: Arabia... you used to dress me up like a sheik and wave your wooden scimitar...::Alexander: You were the only one who'd never let me win. The only one who's ever been honest with me. You saved me from myself. Please don't leave me, Hephaistion.::Hephaistion: ...I remember the young man who wanted to be Achilles, and then out did him.::Alexander: And then what happens? That was a myth only young men believe!::Hephaistion: But how beautiful a myth it was.::Alexander: How we reach, we fall! Oh, Hephaistion.::Hephaistion: I worry for you without me.::Alexander: I am nothing without you!

Alexander Senki (1997)

Actors: Kirk Thornton (actor), Nicholas Tse (actor), Michael Sorich (actor), Terrence Stone (actor), Toshihiko Seki (actor), Dwight Schultz (actor), Tony Pope (actor), Beau Billingslea (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Dae-kun Lee (actor), Jordan Chan (actor), Shûichi Ikeda (actor), Bob Papenbrook (actor), Takeshi Aono (actor), John Wesley (actor),

Plot: Alexander the Great was the world's most powerful warrior. Reign is a 21st century science-fiction retelling of the legend of this Macedonian king. A visual masterpiece, Reign tells the story of Alexander's's triumphs through engaging characters, intricate plots and glorious battle sequences.

Keywords: alexandria-egypt, allegory, anime, character-name-in-title, chosen-one, city, egypt, fictional-war, geometry, goddess
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi,

Philotas (1990)

Actors: Ulrich Mühe (actor), Dieter Montag (actor), Volkmar Kleinert (actor), Friedo Solter (director), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (writer), Horst Manz (actor), Christine Stromberg (costume designer),

Genres: Drama,

Alexander the Great (1956)

Actors: Robert Rietty (actor), Gustavo Rojo (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Julio Peña (actor), José Marco (actor), Peter Cushing (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), José Nieto (actor), Stanley Baker (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Richard Burton (actor), Manuel Arbó (actor), Niall MacGinnis (actor), Fredric March (actor), Rubén Rojo (actor),

Plot: An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.

Keywords: ancient-greece, archery, armor, arms-tied-overhead, army, attack, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, battle, battlefield
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: The colossus who conquered the world! Conqueror of conquerors! Spectacle of spectacles! The colossus of motion pictures!

Quotes:

Philip of Macedonia: Alexander. In your first act as regent, send your mother away.::Alexander: Exile my mother?::Philip of Macedonia: Back to her kinsman in Epirus, she'll be happy there.::Alexander: Is that the cost of my prove to you?::Philip of Macedonia: How do you think I came to power? My own two brothers...::Alexander: I know, you slew them, you want me to do that too?

Alexander: It is men who endure toil and dare dangers that achieve glorious deeds. And it is a lovely thing to live with courage and to die leaving behind an everlasting renown.

Philip of Macedonia: Alexander, you have my temper.::Alexander: I know.::Philip of Macedonia: And my ambition, more I think. Alexandroplis? At least wait until I die first. HAHAHAHA!

Aristotle: Wonders are many, but none is more wonderful than man himself.

Nectenabus: There were signs of greatness at his birth! Quakes and storms shook the earth - and in the skies, a star fell... and two eagles perched upon the roof of the Queen's chamber. And in far-off Asia... the Temple of Ephesus was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground.::Philip of Macedonia: And how did you read these signs, soothsayer?::Nectenabus: The two eagles - that he was born to rule two worlds. The burning of the Temple - that a torch was kindled that day that would one day consume all the world. And this torch... your son.::Philip of Macedonia: And the falling of the star?::Olympias: That a god was born to me... *of* a god.

Parmenio: I believe in the glory of Macedonia, in the kingdom, in the army which you forged with your will, and your strength, and your belief that we were better, and stronger, and more fit to rule than anyone in Greece, even in Athens! And you're right, Philip. We *are*! We must proclaim to the world that Macedonia will not fall apart; that she will continue to rule through you, and through your son!... And then, Philip, we shall have truly lived.

Olympias: [ rocking the infant Alexander in his cradle ] Alexander... Alexander... Achilles, too, was born of a god... and at his birth, it was foretold that he would be greater than his father... and he was*. And this destiny shall be yours too, Alexander...

Aristotle: Do you know how vast the Persian Empire is?::Alexander: From the Nile, to the Indus... from Samarkand, to Babylon.::Aristotle: And beyond. Do you know how many different people live there?::Alexander: By heart. Carians, Armenians, Jews, Parthians, Egyptians... I know their customs and their gods.::Aristotle: Yes. But this is more than an empire, this is colossus. To rule it would take a man as great as *you can be*... That is why I say, "Patience".::Alexander: Patience? My time is short.::Aristotle: Short?::Alexander: When the great god Zeus, father of Achilles, gave him his choice of a long life of obscurity and a short life filled with glory, he chose glory. So did I. Achilles died young...

Aristotle: We Greeks are the chosen - the elect. Our culture is the best - our civilization, the best; our men, the best. All others are barbarians! And it is our moral duty to conquer them, enslave them, and if necessary destroy them!::Aristotle: [ speaking before Alexander and his friends ] Wonders are many - but none is more wonderful than Man himself. The Persian way of life has the seed of death, and fear, in it. That of the Greek - of life, and courage.::Aristotle: The gods of the Greeks are made in the image of Men - not men with birds' heads, or bulls with lions' heads, but Men, who can be understood... and felt.

Alexander: [quoting Book 20 of the Iliad] "... thus beneath great-hearted Achilles his whole-hooved horses trampled corpses and shields together, and with blood all the axletree below was sprinkled, for blood-drops from the horses' hooves splashed them, and blood-drops from the tires of the wheels, for the son of Peleus pressed on to win glory, flecking with gore his irresistible hands."

Alexander the Great (1956)

Actors: Robert Rietty (actor), Gustavo Rojo (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Julio Peña (actor), José Marco (actor), Peter Cushing (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), José Nieto (actor), Stanley Baker (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Richard Burton (actor), Manuel Arbó (actor), Niall MacGinnis (actor), Fredric March (actor), Rubén Rojo (actor),

Plot: An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.

Keywords: ancient-greece, archery, armor, arms-tied-overhead, army, attack, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, battle, battlefield
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, War,
Taglines: The colossus who conquered the world! Conqueror of conquerors! Spectacle of spectacles! The colossus of motion pictures!

Quotes:

Philip of Macedonia: Alexander. In your first act as regent, send your mother away.::Alexander: Exile my mother?::Philip of Macedonia: Back to her kinsman in Epirus, she'll be happy there.::Alexander: Is that the cost of my prove to you?::Philip of Macedonia: How do you think I came to power? My own two brothers...::Alexander: I know, you slew them, you want me to do that too?

Alexander: It is men who endure toil and dare dangers that achieve glorious deeds. And it is a lovely thing to live with courage and to die leaving behind an everlasting renown.

Philip of Macedonia: Alexander, you have my temper.::Alexander: I know.::Philip of Macedonia: And my ambition, more I think. Alexandroplis? At least wait until I die first. HAHAHAHA!

Aristotle: Wonders are many, but none is more wonderful than man himself.

Nectenabus: There were signs of greatness at his birth! Quakes and storms shook the earth - and in the skies, a star fell... and two eagles perched upon the roof of the Queen's chamber. And in far-off Asia... the Temple of Ephesus was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground.::Philip of Macedonia: And how did you read these signs, soothsayer?::Nectenabus: The two eagles - that he was born to rule two worlds. The burning of the Temple - that a torch was kindled that day that would one day consume all the world. And this torch... your son.::Philip of Macedonia: And the falling of the star?::Olympias: That a god was born to me... *of* a god.

Parmenio: I believe in the glory of Macedonia, in the kingdom, in the army which you forged with your will, and your strength, and your belief that we were better, and stronger, and more fit to rule than anyone in Greece, even in Athens! And you're right, Philip. We *are*! We must proclaim to the world that Macedonia will not fall apart; that she will continue to rule through you, and through your son!... And then, Philip, we shall have truly lived.

Olympias: [ rocking the infant Alexander in his cradle ] Alexander... Alexander... Achilles, too, was born of a god... and at his birth, it was foretold that he would be greater than his father... and he was*. And this destiny shall be yours too, Alexander...

Aristotle: Do you know how vast the Persian Empire is?::Alexander: From the Nile, to the Indus... from Samarkand, to Babylon.::Aristotle: And beyond. Do you know how many different people live there?::Alexander: By heart. Carians, Armenians, Jews, Parthians, Egyptians... I know their customs and their gods.::Aristotle: Yes. But this is more than an empire, this is colossus. To rule it would take a man as great as *you can be*... That is why I say, "Patience".::Alexander: Patience? My time is short.::Aristotle: Short?::Alexander: When the great god Zeus, father of Achilles, gave him his choice of a long life of obscurity and a short life filled with glory, he chose glory. So did I. Achilles died young...

Aristotle: We Greeks are the chosen - the elect. Our culture is the best - our civilization, the best; our men, the best. All others are barbarians! And it is our moral duty to conquer them, enslave them, and if necessary destroy them!::Aristotle: [ speaking before Alexander and his friends ] Wonders are many - but none is more wonderful than Man himself. The Persian way of life has the seed of death, and fear, in it. That of the Greek - of life, and courage.::Aristotle: The gods of the Greeks are made in the image of Men - not men with birds' heads, or bulls with lions' heads, but Men, who can be understood... and felt.

Alexander: [quoting Book 20 of the Iliad] "... thus beneath great-hearted Achilles his whole-hooved horses trampled corpses and shields together, and with blood all the axletree below was sprinkled, for blood-drops from the horses' hooves splashed them, and blood-drops from the tires of the wheels, for the son of Peleus pressed on to win glory, flecking with gore his irresistible hands."