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Troy |
Homer's epic tragedy 'The Iliad' provides the backdrop for the story of the ancient Greek city of Troy.
When Paris, the son of the king of Troy, falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, the result is an epic war that will be remembered throughout history.
The king of Sparta, asks his brother, Agamemnon, to unite the kings of Greece to do battle with Troy for the honor of Helen. Odysseus is dispatched to recruit Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, to fight...
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Homer's epic tragedy 'The Iliad' provides the backdrop for the story of the ancient Greek city of Troy.
When Paris, the son of the king of Troy, falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, the result is an epic war that will be remembered throughout history.
The king of Sparta, asks his brother, Agamemnon, to unite the kings of Greece to do battle with Troy for the honor of Helen. Odysseus is dispatched to recruit Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, to fight for Greece.
Unable to breach the walls of Troy, Odysseus conjures up a plan that will give the upper hand in the war to Greece.
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Warriors of Heaven and Earth |
In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, "Warriors of Heaven and Earth" weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows two protagonists, Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) - both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the West to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is...
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In the tradition of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, "Warriors of Heaven and Earth" weaves a thread of battle, comradeship and honor. Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows two protagonists, Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) - both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the West to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a violent mutiny when he refused orders to kill female and child prisoners.
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The Good War |
Based on a true story. It is the final days of World War II, and Luigi Manin (Luca Zingaretti) is one of many Italian prisoners of war being held on U.S. soil. His prison is the Hereford Internment Camp in Texas, a grim place commanded by Colonel Gartner (Roy Scheider). After several attempts, Manin manages to escape the camp, but only briefly. A patrol force brings him back several days later, and much to his surprise, the camp has already been evacuated. Gartner is now obliged to hold...
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Based on a true story. It is the final days of World War II, and Luigi Manin (Luca Zingaretti) is one of many Italian prisoners of war being held on U.S. soil. His prison is the Hereford Internment Camp in Texas, a grim place commanded by Colonel Gartner (Roy Scheider). After several attempts, Manin manages to escape the camp, but only briefly. A patrol force brings him back several days later, and much to his surprise, the camp has already been evacuated. Gartner is now obliged to hold Manin until another patrol force comes to collect him, but no one ever arrives. The phone lines are cut, and there are no vehicles to transport them out. Both men must now wrestle with their own beliefs as they struggle to survive the camp and each other.
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The Alamo |
The roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar at a small, ruined mission called The Alamo--a place where myth meets history and legend meets reality.
In the spring of 1836 nearly 200 Texans held the fort for thirteen days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men - Colonel William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett - the Texans and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's rallying cry for...
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The roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar at a small, ruined mission called The Alamo--a place where myth meets history and legend meets reality.
In the spring of 1836 nearly 200 Texans held the fort for thirteen days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men - Colonel William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett - the Texans and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's rallying cry for Texas independence.
As well, their actions would become legend for their symbolic significance.
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Gettysburg: Three Days Of Destiny |
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Three years of destruction. Three months of decision. Three days of destiny. This is the compelling, epic saga of the Battle of Gettysburg, filmed at the massive 140th Gettysburg Battle reenactment. The dramatic story unfolds through both Union and Confederate commanders' dispatches, diaries, and after-battle reports. And the action is nonstop, with some of the biggest and most exciting civil war battle sequences ever filmed.
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To End All Wars |
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When a captured Scottish regiment is forced by the Japanese to construct the infamous “Railway Of Death,” the soldiers must fight to survive – and ultimately forgive their brutal captors.
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