Alexander
Alexander is a 2004 epic historical drama film based on the life of the ancient Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great. It was co-written and directed by Oliver Stone and starred Colin Farrell. The film's original screenplay was derived in part from the book Alexander the Great, published in 1973 by the University of Oxford historian Robin Lane Fox. After release, while it performed well in Europe, the American critical reaction was negative. It grossed $167 million worldwide against a $155 million budget, thus making it a commercial failure.
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $155 million
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| Box office | $167.3 million
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Young Alexander: He's my favorite.
Philip: Why?
Young Alexander: Because he loved Patroclus, and avenged his death. Because he lived without fear.
Philip: Some say he was a hotheaded fool, who fought only for himself and not for Greece.
Young Alexander: But he was a hero! The greatest at Troy.
Philip: And his fate?
Young Alexander: That he must die young, with great glory.
Philip: Did he have a choice?
Young Alexander: Oh yes. He could've had a long life, but there would be no glory.
- Alexander is commonly depicted in statues with eyes raised upwards towards the sun, and hence the many visual references of Alexander always looking towards the sun.
- Near the end of the film, Ptolemy mentions that one of the influential generals in the east of Asia after Alexander's death was Seleucus. While he is barely mentioned in the film, Seleucus and his dynasty would go on to take almost all of Alexander's Asian territories.
- Oliver Stone's second collaboration with both Val Kilmer and Anthony Hopkins. Coincidentally, they had both played historical characters during their first collaboration with Stone (Kilmer played Jim Morrison and Hopkins played Richard Nixon).
- Before he makes his suicidal charge during the Indian battle, Alexander remarks, "Isn't it a lovely thing to live with great courage, and to die leaving an everlasting fame!" This paraphrases part of the opening lines to Alexander the Great (1956).
- Sean Connery was originally considered for the role that was eventually offered to Val Kilmer.
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