If you're watching this in the early years of the 21st century, and you've been part of or watched 1/2 the history of the 20th, be prepared for a bad case of the willies.
Spoiler alert (some reference to field action): Soldiers pushing into olive groves. Farmers and children with no weapon but stones. Military units champing at the bit to go home. Resistance refusing to give up, and even the children setting traps for the occupiers. Here we go again.
Those of you from the '70's will see the burning and scattered thatch and think of the Zippo Wars.
More up to date than ever. And Peter O'Toole in one of his most magnificent turns as the commanding general of the tenth legion. The rest of the cast puts in superb performances. Nobody phoned it in.
Timothy West makes a wonderful Vespasian.
Only one question: why didn't O'Toole receive the reward for Best Actor?
Accuracy of costume complete, right down to the lack of stirrups on the saddles. The Romans never had 'em.
Spoiler alert (some reference to field action): Soldiers pushing into olive groves. Farmers and children with no weapon but stones. Military units champing at the bit to go home. Resistance refusing to give up, and even the children setting traps for the occupiers. Here we go again.
Those of you from the '70's will see the burning and scattered thatch and think of the Zippo Wars.
More up to date than ever. And Peter O'Toole in one of his most magnificent turns as the commanding general of the tenth legion. The rest of the cast puts in superb performances. Nobody phoned it in.
Timothy West makes a wonderful Vespasian.
Only one question: why didn't O'Toole receive the reward for Best Actor?
Accuracy of costume complete, right down to the lack of stirrups on the saddles. The Romans never had 'em.