The true story of Alexander the Great

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Title:

The true story of Alexander the Great

Author:

Lindsay, Jim, director, screenwriter.

Woodward, Peter, actor.

Ferrer, Rafael, narrator.

Murray, William Michael, interviewee.

Bosworth, Brian, interviewee.

Green, Peter, 1924- interviewee

Johnson, Paul, director of photography.

O'Brien, Kevin, director of photography.

Plowman, Michael Richard, composer.

Arts and Entertainment Network.

New Video Group.

Summary:

Arguably the most brilliant and courageous warrior in recorded history. In the year 334 BC, a 20 year old military commander from Northern Greece set out to conquer what was then the known world. His name was King Alexander of Macedon. During the next 12 years, he led 40,000 troops more than 20,000 miles, defeating the most powerful ruler on Earth, King Darius of Persia, and conquering all of Asia. He died of a battle wound at the age of 32, but his legendary conquests have been celebrated and studied for more than 2000 years. Today, we know him as Alexander the Great.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

General Note:

Originally broadcast on television in 2004.

Special features: The making-of "The true story of Alexander the Great' featurette.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction films.

Personal Subject:

Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.

Subject Term:

Kings and rulers -- Biography.

Geographic Term:

Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.

Greece -- History, Military.

Author(s):

Lindsay, Jim,

Woodward, Peter,

Ferrer, Rafael,

Murray, William Michael,

Plowman, Michael Richard,

Added Corporate Author:

Arts and Entertainment Network.

New Video Group.

Publisher:

A & E Television Networks ; Distributed by New Video,

Publication Date:

2005

ISBN:

9780767077095

Publication Information:

Burlington, VT : A & E Television Networks ; New York, NY : Distributed by New Video, [2005]

Call Number:

DVD 923 ALEXAND

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Throughout the course of history, there are few who can claim the notable feat of having conquered the known world by the relatively tender age of 25 -- but then again not even the greatest military leaders of the 21st century can compare their lives or careers to that of Alexander the Great -- one of history's most notorious and debated conquerors. It was in the year 334 B.C. that the then-20-year-old King Alexander of Macedonia swore that he would bring the farthest reaches of the world under one domain, and over the course of the next decade he nearly accomplished his goal before succumbing from wounds sustained in battle at the age of thirty-two. Featuring state-of-the-art computer graphics combined with meticulously researched reenactments and the expertise of the world's most renowned scholars, this look into the life of Alexander the Great goes where no previous documentary has dared to journey. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi