Cpt. Kirk as Alexander the Great...?

[Narukami]

It just doesn't get any better than this...

A TV pilot from 1964 with William Shatner as Alexander.

Has anyone seen this film?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326725/


Alexander the Great (1964)

Starring: Joseph Cotten, John Cassavetes Director: Phil Karlson Rating

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Actors: Joseph Cotten, John Cassavetes, William Shatner
Directors: Phil Karlson
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Edi Video


This production probably came to life riding on the coat tails (or cape in this case) of the feature film The 300 Spartans. But while that film could boast 300 Spartans that's nothing compared to a "Shirtless Shatner." hock: :roll: :?

What a feast for the eyes...to say nothing of the drama or the horror depending upon your view of Shatner as an actor.

:wink:

Narukami

[Theodosius the Great]

Hey, it has Batman in it too :lol: (Adam West)

Captain Kirk and Batman. What a team :wink: Nothing can stop them.

I might watch it for laughs depending on how cheap it is...oh, no, leather armor...

depending upon your view of Shatner as an actor.

He's classically trained and therefore a fine actor in my book.

But while that film could boast 300 Spartans that's nothing compared to a "Shirtless Shatner."

Shatner probably has a better build for the part than the then-scrawny Richard Burton when he played Alexander (1956).


~Theo

[Senovara]

Woah! lol: ).

I'll have to rent this sometime, or judging from the Amazon listing price, just buy it.

[Niedel]

I've seen it, got it for something like 5 bucks on Amazon. It's the pilot for a never filmed TV series. John Cassavetes is in it, too, he's the bad guy. Strange thing. Most of the time, it feels like a 50s Western with the Macedonians being the cavalry and the Persians being the Indians. Scenes of about 10 Macedonians riding through some Utah landscape, all of a sudden, the Persians attack (arrows etc.), hectic withdrawal by the Macedonian scouts, etc., you get the picture. Really weird experience.

[Kate Gilliver]

Captain Picard is a rather better Sejanus than Captain Kirk's Alexander in my book :wink:

[Narukami]

Captain Picard is a rather better Sejanus than Captain Kirk's Alexander in my book :wink:

Indeed!

:wink:

Narukami