Alexander is a movie directed by Oliver Stone in 2004 and based on the book Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox, first published in 1973. The movie features Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
The story begins around 283 BC, with Ptolemy I Soter, who narrates throughout the film. Alexander grows up with his mother Olympias and his tutor Aristotle, where he finds interest in love, honor, music, exploration, poetry and military combat. His relationship with his father is destroyed when Philip marries Attalus’s niece, Eurydice. Alexander insults Philip after disowning Attalus as his kinsman, which results in Alexander’s banishment from Philip’s palace.
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
175
Movie Rate
5.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1973
Pages
576
Book Rate
8.14
S: Goodreads
Book
Alexander the Great
Author: Robin Lane Fox
Country: UK
First published in: 1973
Length: 576 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“It’s such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.”
ARTHUR SLADE (Writer)
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