Alexander - Director's Cut - Theatrical Version

Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, War

Anthony Hopkins	Old Ptolemy
David Bedella	Scribe
Jessie Kamm	Child Alexander
Angelina Jolie	Olympias
Val Kilmer	Philip
Colin Farrell	Alexander
Jared Leto
Rosario Dawson
Fiona O'Shaughnessy	Nurse
Connor Paolo	Young Alexander
Patrick Carroll	Young Hephaistion
Brian Blessed	Wrestling Trainer
Peter Williamson	Young Nearchus
Morgan Christopher Ferris	Young Cassander
Robert Earley	Young Ptolemy
Aleczander Gordon	Young Perdiccas
Christopher Plummer	Aristotle
Gary Stretch	Cleitus
John Kavanagh	Parmenion
Nick Dunning	Attalus
Marie Meyer	Eurydice
Mick Lally	Horse Seller

Director	Oliver Stone
Producer	Moritz Borman; Hans De Weers; Jon Kilik
Writer	Oliver Stone; Christopher Kyle; Laeta Kalogridis

If you're determined to spend three hours with Oliver Stone's take on the personal and military struggles of ancient Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great, you should know that Alexander (Colin Farrell, in blonde disarray) is not half so much fun as mom Olympias (Angelina Jolie) or his future wild bride Roxane (Rosario Dawson). Indeed, it's the women in Alex's life who provide the movie's most satisfying action: Jolie, sporting some kind of Russian accent, wraps herself in snakes while hissing promises of Farrell's destiny; Dawson disrobes and threatens to cut Farrell's throat before shtupping his brains out. The rest is leaden history, supposedly novel because it showcases epic battle sequences and addresses Alexander's great love for his buddy Hephaistion (Jared Leto). But the man-on-man romance is limited to teary hugs, and the battles are indecipherable messes-you have to wait for Anthony Hopkins' narration to tell you what happened (in fact, you have to wait for Hopkins' narration to tell you everything that happens). There's some spectacle on display but, alas, not much that is truly spectacular. --Steve Wiecking