Troy (2004)

Actors: Julie Christie (actress), Brad Pitt (actor), Rose Byrne (actress), John Shrapnel (actor), Orlando Bloom (actor), Saffron Burrows (actress), Peter O'Toole (actor), Sean Bean (actor), Eric Bana (actor), Brian Cox (actor), Brendan Gleeson (actor), Julian Glover (actor), James Cosmo (actor), Wolfgang Petersen (producer), Diane Kruger (actress),

Plot: It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."

Keywords: achilles'-heel, achilles-tendon, achilles-tendon-cut, adulterous-wife, adultery, aegean-sea, ancient-civilization, ancient-greece, ancient-troy, ancient-world
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: For Honor For Victory For Love For Destiny For Passion For Troy

Quotes:

Agamemnon: Peace is for women and the weak.

Andromache: [to Hector] I can't imagine life without you.

Priam: I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest.

Glaucus: [the Appolonians are making their last stand] Soldiers of Troy! You men are warriors! To lead you has been my honor! [to Paris] My prince! The boatman waits for us! I say, we make him wait a little longer!::[Trojans attack as the Greeks break down the last barricade]

Agamemnon: I see you're not hiding behind your high walls. Valiant of you. Ill-advised, but valiant.::Hector: You come here uninvited. Go back to your ships and go home.::Agamemnon: We've come too far, Prince Hector.::Menelaus: Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospitality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship, and then steal his wife in the middle of the night?::Paris: The sun was shining when your wife left you.::Menelaus: She's up there, watching, isn't she? Good. I want her to watch you die.::Agamemnon: Not yet, brother. Look around you, Hector. I brought all the warriors of Greece to your shores.::Nestor: You can still save Troy, young prince.::Agamemnon: I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother. Second, Troy must submit to my command, to fight for me whenever I call.::Hector: You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed.::Agamemnon: Careful boy, my mercy has limits.::Hector: And I've seen the limits of your mercy and I tell you now, no son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler.::Agamemnon: Then every son of Troy shall die.

[Paris cowardly bows out of a duel with Menelaus, leaving everyone aghast, especially Menelaus]::Menelaus: [shouts to Helen] Is this what you left me for?

[Eyes closed, Briseis has blade against his throat]::Achilles: Do it. [Briseis doesn't do anything, but only stares at him. Achilles opens his eyes] Do it. Nothing is easier.::Briseis: Aren't you afraid?::Achilles: Everyone dies, whether today or fifty years from now.::Briseis: If I don't, you'll kill more men.::Achilles: Many.

Odysseus: [Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend.

Agamemnon: [approaches king] Good day for the crows.::Triopas: Remove your army from my land.::Agamemnon: Why, I like your land, I think we'll stay. I like your soldiers too.::Triopas: They won't fight for you.::Agamemnon: That's what the Messenians said, and the Acardians, and the Opeians, now they all fight for me.::Triopas: You can't have the whole world, Agamemnon. It's too big, even for you.::Agamemnon: I don't want to watch another massacre. Let's settle this war in the old manner. Your best fighter against my best.::Triopas: And if my man wins?::Agamemnon: We'll leave Thessaly for good.::Triopas: Boagrius!::[cheers from Thessalian army. Boagrius comes out from the centre of the army]::Agamemnon: Achilles!::[silence]::Triopas: Boagrius has this effect on many heroes.::Agamemnon: Be careful who you insult, old king.::Greek Soldier: My king, Achilles is not with the army.::Agamemnon: Where is he?::Greek Soldier: I sent a boy to look for him.

Achilles: If I hurt you, it's not what I wanted

Quo Vadis (2001)

Actors: Eugeniusz Priwieziencew (actor), Jerzy Nowak (actor), David Seffer (actor), Jerzy Trela (actor), Danuta Stenka (actress), Enis Rotthoff (miscellaneous crew), Boguslaw Linda (actor), Franciszek Pieczka (actor), Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (composer), Marian Glinka (actor), James Ordonez (producer), Pawel Delag (actor), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (director), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (writer), Mieczyslaw Hryniewicz (actor),

Plot: Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus. After that, Lygia falls in love, but Marcus must go to meet Nero. After the meeting somebody told Marcus that Nero burnt Rome. Marcus decides to go back to Rome and find Lygia.

Keywords: based-on-novel, crucifixion, punctuation-in-title, question-in-title
Genres: Drama,

Orpheus & Eurydice (2000)

Actors: Oliver Reed (actor), Ilias Sgouropoulos (editor), Paul Pissanos (director), Paul Pissanos (writer), Paul Pissanos (producer), Rika Dialina (actress), David Bowles (actor), Joseph Gatt (actor), Francesca De Luca (actress), Kyriakos Cosmides (actor), Carolina Liriti (actress), Peter Theiss (actor), Andrew Bullock (actor), Ted Merwood (actor), Anna Maria Economoy (actress),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance,

Harold and Maude (1971)

Actors: Ellen Geer (actress), Cyril Cusack (actor), Tom Skerritt (actor), Bud Cort (actor), William Lucking (actor), Pablo Ferro (miscellaneous crew), Ruth Gordon (actress), Julie Pitkanen (miscellaneous crew), Charles Tyner (actor), Eric Christmas (actor), Hal Ashby (actor), Hal Ashby (director), Marjorie Eaton (actress), Charles Mulvehill (producer), Arnold H. Orgolini (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Self-destructive and needy but wealthy teenager Harold is obsessed with death and spends his leisure time attending funerals, watching the demolition of buildings, visiting junkyards, simulating suicides trying to get the attention of his indifferent, snobbish and egocentric mother, and having sessions with his psychologist. When Harold meets the anarchic seventy-nine-year-old Maude at a funeral, they become friends and the old lady discloses other perspectives of the cycle of life for him. Meanwhile, his mother enlists him in a dating service and tries to force him to join the army. On the day of Maude's eightieth birthday, Harold proposes to her but he finds the truth about life at the end of hers.

Keywords: 1970s, actress, afi, alienation, ambulance, amputee, amusement-park, anti-conformity, anti-war-protest, art-model
Genres: Comedy, Drama,
Taglines: They will defy everything you've ever seen or heard about screen lovers! [Video] They were meant to be. But exactly what they were meant to be is not quite clear. This is Harold. Fully equipped to deal with life. This is Maude. Harold's girlfriend. His Hangups Are Hilarious They met at the funeral of a perfect stranger. From then on, things got perfectly stranger and stranger.

Quotes:

Harold: What were you fighting for?::Maude: Oh, big issues. Liberty. Rights. Justice. Kings died, kingdoms fell. I don't regret the kingdoms - what sense in borders and nations and patriotism? But I miss the kings.

Maude: I should like to change into a sunflower most of all. They're so tall and simple. What flower would you like to be?::Harold: I don't know. One of these, maybe.::Maude: Why do you say that?::Harold: Because they're all alike.::Maude: Oooh, but they're *not*. Look. See, some are smaller, some are fatter, some grow to the left, some to the right, some even have lost some petals. All *kinds* of observable differences. You see, Harold, I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are *this*,::[she points to a daisy]::Maude: yet allow themselves be treated as *that*.::[she gestures to a field of daisies]::[cut to a shot of a field of gravestones in a military cemetery]

Harold: I like you, Maude.::Maude: I like you, Harold.

Maude: A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. *Reach* out. Take a *chance*. Get *hurt* even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.

Psychiatrist: Tell me, Harold, how many of these, eh, *suicides* have you performed?::Harold: An accurate number would be difficult to gauge.::Psychiatrist: Well, just give me a rough estimate.::Harold: A rough estimate? I'd say [savoring the thought] fifteen.::Psychiatrist: Fifteen?::Harold: That's a rough estimate.::Psychiatrist: Were they all done for your mother's benefit?::Harold: No. No, I would not say "benefit."

[seagulls fly across the sky]::Maude: Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been seagulls... For me they will always be - *glorious* birds.

Harold: You sure have a way with people.::Maude: Well, they're my species!

Harold: Do you... *enjoy*... knives?

Harold: Maude.::Maude: Hmm?::Harold: Do you pray?::Maude: Pray? No. I communicate.::Harold: With God?::Maude: With *life*.

Maude: Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life.* Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully.

L'ultimo gladiatore (1964)

Actors: Paul Naschy (actor), Nello Pazzafini (actor), Giuseppe Addobbati (actor), Charles Borromel (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Piero Pastore (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Jimmy il Fenomeno (actor), Enzo Fiermonte (actor), Gilberto Galimberti (actor), Richard Harrison (actor), Philippe Hersent (actor), Livio Lorenzon (actor), Emilio Messina (actor), Gianni Solaro (actor),

Plot: While fighting in Britain, Roman forces commanded by Caligula capture the noble warrior, Glaucus. Seeing in him gladiator material, Caligula takes Glaucus back to Rome along with other hostages including Glaucus's girlfriend, Ena. A man seeking to restore the Roman Republic then assassinates Caligula after which Claudius is proclaimed emperor. Messalina -- Claudius's beautiful but evil wife -- then maneuvers to replace Claudius with her lover, Silio. She forces Glaucus to help her in this quest by threatening to harm the enslaved Ena.

Keywords: action-hero, adventure-hero, ambush, arena, assassination, battle, battlefield, beggar, bow-and-arrow, brawl
Genres: Adventure, Drama,
Taglines: Enslaved but not conquered! Freedom rests in the hands of one mighty warrior!

Quotes:

Caligola: [referring to Glaucus] He's much too heroic to die like a slave under the yoke. He'll do it much more gracefully in the arena.

Glaucus: [to Messalina] So, you want to play with me before you kill me.

Caligola: Have the slave brought to the torture.

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1959)

Actors: Ennio De Concini (writer), María Silva (actress), Lucio Fulci (producer), Sergio Corbucci (writer), Antonio Casas (actor), Mario Morales (actor), Christine Kaufmann (actress), Mario Berriatúa (actor), Mimmo Palmara (actor), Jesús Puente (actor), Mino Doro (actor), Fernando Rey (actor), Guillermo Marín (actor), Carlo Tamberlani (actor), Sergio Leone (writer),

Plot: Based on the Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel. Set in the shadows of Mt. Vesuvius just before its famous eruption, the film begins with Glaucus, a Roman legionnaire, returning to his home from far-off wars. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that his father has been murdered by a gang of black-hooded looting bandits. Glaucus vows revenge against the killers, but just how high up are those involved?

Keywords: ancient-rome, arena, based-on-novel, blind-woman, blood, bow-and-arrow, centurion, chariot, christian, christianity
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: VOLCANIC! Now the Screen is Swept by Scenes That Stagger the Imagination!

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii (1913)

Actors: Carlo Campogalliani (actor), Fernanda Negri Pouget (actress), Arturo Ambrosio (producer), Mario Caserini (writer), Mario Caserini (director), Eleuterio Rodolfi (director), Bret Wood (miscellaneous crew), Ercole Vaser (actor), Eugenia Tettoni Fior (actress), Bartolomeo Pagano (actor), Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (writer), Antonio Grisanti (actor), Ubaldo Stefani (actor), Vitale Di Stefano (actor), Cesare Gani Carini (actor),

Plot: Well respected Pompeiian Glaucus performs an act of kindness by buying Nidia, a blind slave being mistreated by her owner. Nidia falls in love with her new master, but he only has eyes for Jone. Jone in turn is lusted after by Arbace, an Egyptian high priest of Isis. When Nidia beseeches Isis for help in capturing Glaucus' heart, Arbace gives her a "love" potion, which really will affect his mind and not his heart, thus opening the way to Jone for himself. When Arbace's disciple is murdered Glaucus finds himself in hot water, shortly after which Mt. Vesuvius erupts.

Keywords: ancient-rome, arena, based-on-novel, beating, blind-girl, blindness, boat, destruction, disaster, duplicity
Genres: Adventure, Drama,