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2003 Certificate 15
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This television mini-series takes the action of Homer's ILIAD and presents it as it has never been seen before. Former model Sienna Guillory stars as Helen, the face that launched 1000 ships and the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. The trouble begins when Helen falls in love with Paris (Matthew Marsden), Prince of Troy and the .. Read more

Starring Sienna Guillory, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Marsden, Stellan Skarsgard
Director John Kent Harrison
Genres Drama

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Helen Of Troy

This television mini-series takes the action of Homer's ILIAD and presents it as it has never been seen before. Former model Sienna Guillory stars as Helen, the face that launched 1000 ships and the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. The trouble begins when Helen falls in love with Paris (Matthew Marsden), Prince of Troy and the two run off together, beginning the 10 year war between Greece and Troy. Featuring a great cast including Rufus Sewell as King Priam, Paris' father, and boasting some amazing action sequences, HELEN OF TROY is a fabulous production of a classic story.

Starring Sienna Guillory, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Marsden, Stellan Skarsgard, John Rhys Davies, Maryam D'Abo, Maryam d'Abo
Director John Kent Harrison
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 47 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 21 May 2004
Production year: 2003
Format DVD

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  • 15 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Interesting and Entertaining

    This film promotes itself as the most actual/correct account of the story everyone has already heard, and I did find it interesting to watch. I couldn't help but make comparisons with Wolfgang Petersons epic 'Troy', which was a far more entertaining film, but according to this version, appeared to miss out and/or change part of the sequence of events.

    I was quite surprised how differently both Hector and Paris are potrayed compared to 'Troy', with Paris seemingly a stronger and more heroic character and Hector appearing fairly average. Achilles is given a much lesser role here and is not made out to be half the warrior he is made by Brad Pitt.

    This story starts with the birth of Paris and progresses gradually on from there also giving much more information about the life of Helen and how she came to Troy.

    It was also shown in the film, just how much was thought of the Gods, and this was made clear by certain, quite brutal events.

    Whilst some of the acting could have been better, in all this is quite a decent film and worth watching when you have almost 3 hours to spare.

      • Martin from St Helens, England
      • Posted 08 Jul 2004 23:28

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Worth the rent.

    I thoroughly enjoyed this dvd, and to be honest i felt it faired allot better than the hollywood adaptation Troy. Rufus sewell delivers a incredibly underrated portrayal of Agamemnon. While although it didn't have the budget of troy, the battle scenes were still excellent, and portrayed a more real account of this story.

    I didn't watch this all in one sitting (after all it was a tv adaptation, not all shown in one go), i am definitely glad i rented it.

      • A customer from Durham, England.
      • Posted 23 Nov 2005 16:35

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