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The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
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- TriviaThis adaptation changes several aspects of the original legend of Helen. The gods play almost no role in the characters' lives, Helen is not shown to have any children and it's not explained how Cassandra supposedly got her powers. Instead, the series plays the story like a brutal historical event with little supernatural elements.
- GoofsIt is mentioned three times that Troy is the gateway to the riches of Byzantium. The city of Byzantium was founded in 667BC five centuries after the Trojan War.
- ConnectionsReferenced in In Praise of Action (2018)
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Long, at almost 3 hours, but does an admirable job of telling the legend of Helen of Troy.
DVD borrowed from my local public library, DTS sound, widescreen, each half on each of two disks, I watched it on consecutive nights. I was most drawn to it for Sienna Guillory, young British actress and daughter of a famous musician from Cuba, whom I had seen in the modern remake of 'The Time Machine.' She plays Helen of Sparta, who becomes Helen of Troy, and is the default object of passion which sparks the war and eventual fall of Troy, via the Trojan Horse. Agamemnon and Achilles are depicted as heartless killers with no redeeming qualities. I don't know what Homer had in mind, but this seems to be decidedly different from most earlier treatments of these mythical characters. The video transfer to DVD is very high quality, but the sharpness and realistic colors are not as effective as some period pieces (e.g. Gladiator) which use a mildly tinted image and selective focus to better depict the olden times. Still, for the type of movie it is, a worthwhile depiction of some important Greek mythology.
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- Jul 29, 2004
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