Alexander (2004)

Director:

Oliver Stone

Writers (WGA):

Oliver Stone (written by) and
Christopher Kyle (written by) ...

Release Date:

24 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War

Tagline:

Fortune favors the bold

Plot:

Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

Plot Keywords:

King | Army | India | Alexander The Great | Battle

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Dec. 14

6:00 AM

USA

Cast

Colin Farrell	...	Alexander
Angelina Jolie	...	Olympias
Val Kilmer	...	Philip
Anthony Hopkins	...	Old Ptolemy
Jared Leto	...	Hephaistion
Rosario Dawson	...	Roxane
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Cassander
Rory McCann	...	Crateros
Gary Stretch	...	Cleitus
Ian Beattie	...	Antigonus
Neil Jackson	...	Perdiccas
Raz Degan	...	Darius III
Christopher Plummer	...	Aristotle
John Kavanagh	...	Parmenion
Annelise Hesme	...	Stateira

Also Known As:

Alexander (Germany)
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (USA) (recut version)
Alexander: Director's Cut (USA) (censored version)
Alexandre (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some sexuality/nudity. (also director's cut)

Runtime:

175 min | 167 min (director's cut) | 214 min (final cut)

Country:

Germany | USA | Netherlands | France | UK | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:M18 (also final cut version) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (director's extended cut) | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #41133) | USA:Unrated (Cut Director's Version) | New Zealand:R13 | Australia:M (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Ait Benhaddou, Morocco

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Features two actors who have played Elvis Presley; Val Kilmer (King Philip) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Cassander).

Goofs:

Continuity: Phillip addresses his troops just before the jungle battle against the Indians. In a flipped shot, his right eye is missing, not his left.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Old Ptolemy: He was a god, Cadmos, or as close as anything I've ever seen.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters (#30.7)" (2004)

Making the the worst move ever in 10 easy steps according to Oliver Stone

1) Start off by miscasting every single actor. It can be said as simple as that. There wasn't a single actor in this movie, who was meant to play whichever role he or she actually played.

2) Have an entire orchestra playing the harp non-stop. Just to set the mood.

3) Turn Alexander the Great into a whimpering, sexually frustrated Fabio.

4) Shoot every battle-scene in such a manner, that no-one will have the slightest idea of what's going on. Of course, use shaky cam so you really get a feeling of being right in the middle of it. If the battle suddenly gets to a point where it's too easy to follow, screw up the color contrasts.

5) Have every Macedonian talk in an Irish accent, every Greek in a British accent and everyone should just mumble

6) Make sure not to have a point with the movie. If the audience does not leave the theater thinking "OK, what was he trying to say?" you've failed.

7) Waste two-and-a-half hours of a three-hour movie about the greatest warlord of all time on ridiculous philosophizing.

8) Make sure to have at least six or seven fake scars on every single actor in the movie.

9) Hire additional make-up-artists. If you want to create the worst movie in history; every single actor has to wear way too much make-up.

10) If there's anything even decent in the movie; re-shoot it. Every single scene has to be worse than the one before. This will leave the audience in one of two perfect states; either they will be laughing so hard, that they cant actually watch the film, or they'll be crying over how badly a really cool theme can be turned into the Worst Movie In History.

There's Alexander for you. 1/10.