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Augustus
Director: Roger Young
2005 (2003)
Caesar has been assassinated. As the Roman Empire struggles to regain
itself, a young Emperor steps forward, prepared to claim the abandoned
throne. This is an epic tale of political intrigue, heroism, villainy and of
Augustus’ love for
one woman. 178 min.
Call number: DVD augu |
A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum
Director: Richard Lester
2000 (1966)
Based on the comedies of Plautus. Zero Mostel portrays a conniving slave
who uses his wiles to attain his freedom during the days of the Roman Empire.
97 min.
Plot
summary from IMDb.com
Call number: DVD funn |
Gladiator
Director: Ridley Scott
2005 (2000)
A Roman
general refuses to transfer his loyalty to the new Emperor, Commodus. He
becomes a slave and then a gladiator, fighting in the Roman Colosseum in
defiance of the Emperor. 171 min.
Call number: DVD glad |
Rome: The Complete First Season
Director: HBO Mini-series
2006
Four hundred
years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the
world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a
sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and
fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute
control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption
and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus
Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome.
720 min.
Call number: DVD rome |
Rome: The Complete Second Season
Director: HBO Mini-series
2007
In the year 44 B.C.,
Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the
Republic. In the void left by Caesar’s demise, egos clash and numerous
players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to
solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her
cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar’s will as his only son
and heir. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus
out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal
tragedy. 600 min.
Call number: DVD rome S2 |
Spartacus
Directors: Mann & Kubrick
1998 (1960)
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave
revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal
struggle for freedom. 196 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: DVD spar |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Director:
Michael Hoffman
1999
Shakespeare's play features Ovid's story of Pyramus and Thisbe. 120 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: DVD mids |
Satyricon
Director: Federico Fellini
1999 (1969)
Fellini recreates the bawdy and lecherous days of Nero's reign in ancient
Rome and its lack of concern with human dignity and obsession with perverse
sex. The film is also an allegorical satire of the self-indulgence of modern
society. In Italian. 129 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: DVD saty |
Titus
Director: Julie Taymor
2000
Dramatization of William Shakepeare's tragedy. Set in early Rome, this is
the saga of a noble man cruelly betrayed and brutally persecuted --
ultimately driven to madness and murder by the "wilderness of tigers" of the
Roman court. 162 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: DVD titu |
VHS tapes in
English with Classical Roman Cultural Content
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Antony and Cleopatra
Director: Jon Scoffield
1993 (1974)
Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. 161 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: VHS PR 2802 .A23 1993 |
Antony and Cleopatra
Director: Lawrence Carra
1983
183 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: VHS PN 1997 .A4 1983 pt.1-2 |
Ben-Hur
Director: William Wyler
1988 (1959)
The story of a Jewish prince, set in the time of the Roman Empire and
the emergence of Christianity. 211 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: VHS PN
1997 .B45 1988 |
Cleopatra
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1992 (1963)
Cleopatra seeks to stabilize her power using romance and political
tensions within the encrouching Roman Empire. With Elizabeth Taylor
and Richard Burton. 246 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: VHS PN 1997 .C594 |
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
Director: Richard Lester
1990 (1966)
Based on the comedies of Plautus. Zero Mostel portrays a conniving slave
who uses his wiles to attain his freedom during the days of the Roman Empire.
97 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: VHS PN 1997 .F85 |
Titus Andronicus
Director: Christopher Dunne
2000
Dramatization of William Shakepeare's tragedy. Set in early Rome, this is
the saga of a noble man cruelly betrayed and brutally persecuted --
ultimately driven to madness and murder by the "wilderness of tigers" of the
Roman court. 146 min.
Plot summary from IMDb.com
Call number: VHS PR 2835 .A2
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