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Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   54,430 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Oliver Stone (written by) and
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Release Date:
24 November 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Fortune favors the bold more
Plot:
Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 9 nominations more
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Also Known As:
Alexander (Germany)
Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut (USA) (recut version)
Alexander: Director's Cut (USA) (censored version)
Alexandre (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and some sexuality/nudity. (also director's cut)
Runtime:
175 min | 167 min (director's cut) | 214 min (final cut)
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Certification:
Malaysia:18PL | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:M18 (also final cut version) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (director's extended cut) | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #41133) | USA:Unrated (Cut Director's Version) | New Zealand:R13 | Australia:M (DVD rating)
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Val Kilmer had to undergo over an hour of daily makeup to look older and don the scar tissue that covers the eye that Philip lost in battle. more
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Continuity: When Alexander tries to ride the wild black horse, the ropes are crossed. In the next shot, they are in place. more
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[first lines]
Old Ptolemy: He was a god, Cadmos, or as close as anything I've ever seen.
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Version of Alexander the Great (1956) more

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546 out of 1004 people found the following comment useful.
Alexander proves too smart for dumb American critics, 30 November 2004
8/10
Author: cliveowensucks from Scotland

The US reviews have been really terrible and the IMDb user rating is lower than KING ARTHUR, so I'm wondering if Europe has got a different cut, because the film I saw was excellent. Problems, yes, like Anthony Hopkins and Val Kilmer hamming away and Angeline doing a very odd accent. Farrell's not bad even though he doesn't have enough small moments to work with to shade the role: after Clive Owen's disgracefully bad performance in KING ARTHUR it's amazing that it's Farrell the critics are laughing at.

You don't get involved in the characters as much as you should, but its an amazing flick, a real movie. It feels like it's been done for real not by a computer by someone as mad and vainglorious as Alexander himself. Not a total success, but the 80% that hits the target is really intelligent and ambitious and is worth more than a lot of pictures that work better, if you know what I mean.

I think the reason Hollywood is so dumbed down now is when someone tries to do something different on a big scale like Alexander, HEAVEN'S GATE, REDS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN America, THE RIGHT STUFF or films like that is that the American critics who are always complaining about dumb audiences and filmmakers can't get them and tear them a new *beep*hole killing them off at the box-office. Certainly seems to be the case with Alexander. Not the most successful flick I've seen this year but easily one of the best.

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