Alexander (2004 movie)
2004 film by Oliver Stone
(Redirected from Alexander (film))
Alexander is a 2004 epic drama war movie about Alexander III of Macedon. It was directed by Oliver Stone.
| Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Oliver Stone |
| Written by | Oliver Stone Christopher Kyle Laeta Kalogridis |
| Produced by | Moritz Borman Thomas Schühly Jon Kilik Iain Smith |
| Starring | Colin Farrell Angelina Jolie Val Kilmer Anthony Hopkins Jared Leto Rosario Dawson Jonathan Rhys Meyers Rory McCann Neil Jackson Gary Stretch Christopher Plummer |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Edited by | Thomas J. Nordberg Yann Hervé Alex Marquez |
| Music by | Vangelis |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 175 minutes (theatrical director's cut), 167 minutes (2005 DVD cut), 214 minutes (2007 "Alexander Revisted" The final cut) |
| Countries | Germany United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $155 million |
| Box office | $167,298,192 |
The budget of this movie was about 155 million dollars. Its box office was about 167 million dollars.
Plot
changeThe story is about Alexander III of Macedon and his battles against Great Persian Empire and his victories, in the beginning, movie shows early life of Alexander and what happened in his young ages and what his father King Philip II did. When Philip died Alexander was King of Macedon and decided to fight with Persian Empire and at last he conquered Persia. When he wanted conquer India in a battle he wounded and died.
Main characters
change| Actor/Actress | role |
|---|---|
| Colin Farrell | Alexander the Great |
| Angelina Jolie | Queen Olympias |
| Val Kilmer | King Philip II |
| Anthony Hopkins | Ptolemy I Soter |
| Jared Leto | Hephaestion |
| Rosario Dawson | Roxana |
| Christopher Plummer | Aristotle |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Cassander |
| Rory McCann | Craterus |
| Gary Stretch | Cleitus |
| Ian Beattie | Antigonus |
| Neil Jackson | Perdiccas |
| Raz Degan | Darius III of Persia |
| John Kavanagh | Parmenion |
| Annelise Hesme | Stateira |
| Nick Dunning | Attalus |
| Denis Conway | Nearchus |
| Marie Meyer | Eurydice |
| Bin Bunluerit | Porus |
| Francisco Bosch | Bagoas |
| Joseph Morgan | Philotas |
| Toby Kebbell | Pausanias of Orestis |
| Erol Sander | Pharnakes |
| Elliot Cowan | Young Ptolemy I Soter |
| Connor Paolo | Young Alexander |
| Patrick Adolphe | Alexander's Servant Boy |
| Brian Blessed | Wrestling Trainer |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Omen Reader |
| Oliver Stone | Macedonian Soldier at Zeus Statue (Uncredited) |