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ALEXANDER THE GREAT (25:34)
1. Main titles (1:53)
2. Philip's return (1:27)
3. Olympia's party and burning of Alexandropolis (1:20)
4. Eurydice and Alexander (3:37)
5. The battle of Cheronea (2:59)
6. Barsina and Alexander (0:51)
7. Battle of Granicus (2:34)
8. Hemnon's death and storming of Mileto (1:24)
9. Battle of Gaugamela (5:58)
10. Chase and death of Darius (1:25)
11. Alexander's death (0:55)
BARABBAS (26:00)
12. Main titles (2:03)
13. Oriental dance (2:36)
14. Eclipse (3:18)
15. The empty tomb (2:45)
16. The mines (4:10)
17. Intermezzo (1:52)
18. Arrival in Rome (1:46)
19. Rome afire (3:28)
20. The death of Barabbas (2:39)
ALEXANDER THE GREAT - The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. While the film's 141 minutes are occasionally bogged down by near-existential dialogue sequences (What doth it profit a man etc. etc.), the battle sequences are among the best and most accurate ever filmed. Fredric March and Danielle Darieux costar as Alexander's parents Philip of Macedonia and Olympius, Claire Bloom does what she can with the nothing role of Alexander's wife Barsine, and Michael Hordern and Harry Andrews are cast as Demosthenes and Darrius, respectively. Lensed in Spain and Italy, Alexander the Great conquered no new worlds at the box-office, perhaps because Richard Burton, brilliant though he was, hadn't yet attained "saleability". 1956
BARABBAS - This 1962 Biblical epic was adapted by Christopher Fry from the novel by Pär Lagerkvist. Anthony Quinn stars as Barabbas, the thief who was pardoned in place of Jesus. For the rest of his life, the guilt-ridden criminal tries to justify his existence and to determine his place in the scheme of things. Along the way he encounters the self-righteous pomposity of Pontius Pilate (Arthur Kennedy), the stoning of Sara (Katy Jurado), the gladiatorial sadism of Torvald (Jack Palance), and the burning of Rome. The film's unbilled Christ is played by Roy Magnano, the brother of Quinn's second-billed costar Silvia Mangano. Watch for the genuine solar eclipse during the Crucifixion sequence, an effect that director Richard Fleischer spent several days preparing for.
