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Originally posted by chavos
a excerpted version of Thucydidies "Peloponnesian War." Just the scope and the drama would make for one of the best war movies ever.... and i'd love to see jude law play pericles...
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The only decent suggestion in this thread.
Alternatively, if you wanted a bit more Hollywood glitz, you could adapt Steven Pressfield's
Gates of Fire which is loosely based upon the Battle of Thermopylae. Though to be honest, I'm not a real fan of this book having just finished it. Full of anachronisms and a bit too "trashy", but anything that helps popularize history is good in my opinion.
Finally,
Jude Law as Pericles?!! He was approximately 65 when he died of the plague in Athens at the height of the Peloponnesian War. A bit old for Jude Law...
Great suggestion for a film though.
They should seriously consider remaking a film about the Roman Civil War(s). Either that between Marius and Sulla or that between Octavian (Augustus) and Mark Anthony/Cleopatra.
I'm looking forward, tentatively, to the upcoming epic Alexander...
Mr Mephisto