Description |
5 videodiscs (approximately 600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; region 1,NTSC; widescreen (16x9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0. |
Cast |
Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Indira Varma, David Bamber, Haydn Gwynne, Guy Henry, Suzanne Bertish, Anna Francolini, Chiara Mastalli, Lorcan Cranitch, Esther Hall, Max Pirkis, Ian McNeice, Rick Warden, Nicholas Woodeson, Coral Amiga, Lee Boardman, Ciaran Hinds, James Purefoy, Zuleikha Robinson, Lyndsey Marshal, Rafi Gavron, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Nardone, Daniel Cerqueira, Alan Williams, Allen Leech, Camilla Rutherford, Simon Woods, Alex Wyndham, Ronan Vibert. |
Credits |
Costume designer, April Ferry ; production designers, Joseph Bennett, Anthony Pratt ; edited by Glenn Farr, David J. Siegel ; director of photography, Alik Sakharov, Marco Pontecorvo, Jonathan Freeman ; music by Jeff Beal ; co-producers, Robert Papzian, James Hirsch, Frank Yablans ; supervising producer, Todd Ellis Kessler ; co-executive producer, Scott Buck, Marco Valerio Pugini, Jim Dyer, Eugene Kelly. |
Event |
Originally broadcast on HBO during the 2006-2007 season. |
Note |
Contains all 10 episodes from the second season. |
Audience |
TV-MA. |
Summary |
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. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry favor with the masses that have condemned him as a murderer, while his mother Servilia concocts a deadly plot of her own. 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. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Passover / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by Tim Van Patten -- Son of Hades / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by Allen Coulter. |
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Disc 2. These being the words of Marcus Tullius Cicero / written by Scott Buck ; directed by Alan Poul -- Testudo et Lepus (The tortoise and the hare) / written by Todd Ellis Kessler ; directed by Adam Davidson. |
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Disc 3. Heroes of the Republic / written by Mere Smith ; directed by Alik Sakharov -- Philippi / written by Eoghan Mahony ; directed by Roger Young. |
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Disc 4. Death mask / written by Scott Buck ; directed by John Maybury -- A necessary fiction / written by Todd Ellis Kessler ; directed by Carl Franklin. |
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disc 5: Deus impeditio esuritori nullus (No God can stop a hungry man) / written by Mere Smith ; directed by Steve Shill -- De patre vostro (About your father) / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by John Maybury. |
Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary on "Passover" by Bruno Heller, Jonathan Stamp; "A tale of two Romes" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette; Season 1 recap. Disc 2. "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 3: "The making of Rome, Season II" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 4: Audio commentary on "Death mask" by John Maybury, Lindsay Duncan; Audio commentary on "A necessary fiction" by John Melfi, Carl Franklin; "The rise of Octavian: Rome's first emperor" featurette ; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 5: Audio commentary on "Deus impedito esuritori nullus" by James Purefoy; Audio commentary on "De patre vostro" by Bruno Heller, Jonathan Stamp; "Antony & Cleopatra" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. |
Language |
In English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43 B.C.-31 B.C. -- Drama.
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Rome -- History, Military -- 265 B.C.-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Rome -- Politics and government -- 265 B.C.-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Drama.
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Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Historical television programs.
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War television programs.
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Epic television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
London, Todd. Producer.
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MacDonald, William J. Producer. Creator.
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Milius, John. Producer. Creator.
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Thomopoulos, Anne. Producer.
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Melfi, John. Commentator. Producer.
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Heller, Bruno. Commentator. Producer. Screenwriter. Creator.
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McKidd, Kevin. Actor.
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Stevenson, Ray, 1964-2023. Actor.
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Walker, Polly. Actor.
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Duncan, Lindsay. Commentator. Actor.
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Menzies, Tobias, 1974- Actor.
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Condon, Kerry, 1983- Actor.
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Varma, Indira. Actor.
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Bamber, David. Actor.
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Gwynne, Haydn. Actor.
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Henry, Guy, 1960- Actor.
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Bertish, Suzanne. Actor.
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Francolini, Anna. Actor.
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Mastalli, Chiara, 1984- Actor.
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Cranitch, Lorcan, 1959- Actor.
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Hall, Esther, 1970- Actor.
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Pirkis, Max. Actor.
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McNeice, Ian. Actor.
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Warden, Rick. Actor.
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Woodeson, Nicholas. Actor.
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Amiga, Coral. Actor.
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Boardman, Lee, 1972- Actor.
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Hinds, Ciarán, 1953- Actor.
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Purefoy, James, 1964- Commentator. Actor.
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Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- Actor.
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Marshal, Lyndsey. Actor.
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Gavron, Rafi. Actor.
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Lindsay, Nigel, 1969- Actor.
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Nardone, Michael, 1967- Actor.
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Cerqueira, Daniel. Actor.
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Williams, Alan. Actor.
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Leech, Allen. Actor.
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Rutherford, Camilla, 1976- Actor.
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Woods, Simon, 1980- Actor.
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Wyndham, Alex. Actor.
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Vibert, Ronan. Actor.
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Ferry, April. Costume designer.
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Bennett, Joseph. Designer.
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Pratt, Anthony, 1937- Designer.
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Farr, Glenn. Film editor.
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Siegel, David J. Film editor.
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Sakharov, Alik, 1959- Cinematographer. Director.
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Pontecorvo, Marco. Cinematographer.
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Freeman, Jonathan. Cinematographer.
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Beal, Jeff, 1963- Composer.
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Papazian, Robert A. Producer.
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Hirsch, James G. Producer.
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Yablans, Frank. Producer.
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Kessler, Todd Ellis. Producer. Screenwriter.
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Buck, Scott (Scott R.) Producer. Screenwriter.
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Pugini, Marco Valerio. Producer.
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Dyer, Jim (James R.) Producer.
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Kelly, Eugene (Gene) Producer.
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Van Patten, Timothy, 1959- Director.
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Coulter, Allen. Director.
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Poul, Alan. Director.
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Davidson, Adam, 1964- Director.
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Smith, Mere. Screenwriter.
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Mahony, Eoghan. Screenwriter.
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Young, Roger, 1942- Director.
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Maybury, John, 1958- Commentator. Director.
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Franklin, Carl, 1949- Commentator. Director.
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Shill, Steve. Director.
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Stamp, Jonathan. Commentator.
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HBO Entertainment (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
0783150415 |
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9780783150413 |
Standard No. |
026359395628 |
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883929326716 |
Music No. |
93956 HBO Home Video |
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92848 Home Box Office |
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