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Helen Of Troy
2003
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Director | John Kent Harrison |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 47 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 21 May 2004 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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15 out of 15 people found this review helpful
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. -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Slow beginning but good ending
I thought this film was more appropriate as a TV series. It had the pondorous beginning and seemingly half hour segments between each set piece. Helen was as wooden as the horse! The action scenes were good and well choreographed.I stayed with it till the end but my wife became bored and went to bed early. I'm pleased I stayed the course but I still give it only one star because it was over long and like other people I found the other Troy with Brad Pitt more entertaining.
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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 ... -