Аттила завоеватель (Attila)

[Gale]

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[Lora]

Какой объем!

[kapelka]

ОООчень кликабельно.

[Kika]

глаза

[ina]

Хочу только отметить,что единственный хронист,встречавшийся вживую и воочию с Аттилой это Приск Панионийскй.Он был в числе делегации которая пришла на переговоры к нему.И именно он дал самое автентичное описание Аттилы как внешность и характер.Остальные хронисты только переписали добавляя от себя вымышленные ими факты о нем

[Anna Karenina]

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[kapelka]

[margarita]

[Эра]

Нептун...Посейдон...

[kapelka]

Это небольшая статья за 2000 год. Там буквально два слова о Батлере, как он готовился к роли Аттилы. У меня большая просьба, кто хорошо знает английский-переведите подчёркнутое, пжлста.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Jul 13, 2000.

Gerard Butler - Attila - making off

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А это уже после сьёмок, статья кинокритика Scott D. Pierce. Фильм ему понравился, а вот Джерард Батлер-нет. Он считает, что Джерр так и не отошёл от исполнения Дракулы, и не дотягивал в сценах с Пауэрсом Бутом. Я думаю, это из-за того, что Джерр очень старался.


Scott Pierce: 'Attila' is surprisingly good

If the thought of a TV miniseries about Attila the Hun strikes you as rather odd, well, you're not alone.

"When we told people we were producing an event miniseries about Attila the Hun, the reactions ranged from astonishment and interest to concern and disbelief," said Adam Shapiro, USA's senior vice president of longform programming. "The subject has most definitely not been tackled before by any network, which, frankly, surprised us.

"What better story is there of a man destined to become a powerful king, a genius at strategy, a uniter of people and a great lover who died mysteriously on his honeymoon night — poisoned, some believe, by his young bride?"

What's particularly astonishing is that, against all the odds, "Attila" (Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 and 9 p.m. on USA) is actually a pretty good TV movie. And this from a cable network that's known much more for its cheesy, exploitative TV movies than its quality productions.

"Attila" is certainly ambitious. Shot on location in Vilnius, Lithuania, it looks like a first-class production — excellent location shots, fabulous sets, elaborately staged battle scenes, great costumes.

"There is no question that the intention was to make what I can only describe as a major motion picture," said executive producer Sean Daniel.

And Robert Cochran's script and Dick Lowry's direction keep the story moving along at a nice pace.

Cochran admits that much of the story is conjecture, but he insists it's conjecture based in fact. He said he drew on what "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" had to say about Attila and the Huns, allowing that it and other histories have a distinctive point of view.

"The history was written by his enemies, for the most part, so you have to filter it through that," Cochran said. "The best source we have was a Roman ambassador . . . who visited Attila in his capital city and spent a couple of weeks there.

"A portrait of Attila does emerge. . . . There was a banquet and Attila ate sparingly. His men and the others were eating, drinking — he ate very little, sat very aloof, showed no emotion until his 8-year-old walked into the tent. And then Attila called him over and stroked his cheek and talked to him for a while, just like any father would who loved his son.

"So we have some actual eyewitness reports of Attila that do show him in a light quite different from what you would normally expect. And I tried, of course, to use as much of that as I could."

Shapiro insists USA wasn't trying to create a "kinder, gentler Attila," but history's most famous Hun does come off as decidedly sympathetic — barbaric, but sympathetic. His violence is of his time and culture, and he's also portrayed with a loving side to him.

Yeah, he kills his brother (who, granted, was not a nice guy), but he also loves his son.

(As you might expect, "Attila" is not exactly a telefilm for the entire family. Not only are there multiple battle scenes and other acts of violence, there are some steamy scenes as well — including a couple of minutes at a Roman orgy. We're not talking R-rated stuff here — more like PG-13 — but this is not a show for the kids.)

Not that it's a perfect narrative. "Attila" gets hokey when it delves into mysticism and magic, detracting from the rest of the miniseries.

And, frankly, Gerard Butler, who plays the title role, isn't a particularly talented actor. (Although he doesn't embarrass himself like he did in the theatrical bomb "Dracula 2000"). He has difficulty holding up his end of his scenes with Powers Boothe, who plays Roman general Flavius Aetius.

"Attila" actually tells the parallel and intersecting stories of its title character and Aetius, of the Huns and the Romans.

"The thing I loved was the story; not only of (Attila), but his relationship with the Roman general," Cochran said, "because they were two men who were very powerful, totally convinced of their own destiny. They overcame incredible obstacles to get to the top of their respective nations. And, against all odds, they became friends.

"And, despite that friendship, there came a time some years later when they faced off, in effect, to see who would rule the world. And that's all true."

True or not, "Attila" is indeed gorgeous to look at — the sort of elaborate production that's rarely attempted nowadays on either the large or small screen.

"I'll tell you something, there was never a day that I shot on this project that I felt like we were shooting television," Boothe said. "Always felt like I was going on to a feature set.
"I told Gerry one day, 'Enjoy this, young man, because you will never have an opportunity to make . . . a film like this again, probably.'"

Пауэрс Бут сказал Джерри -" Наслаждайтесь, молодой человек, потому что , возможно, вы никогда не будете иметь возможность сделать... такой фильм как этот снова." Как он ошибался. Через 8 лет Джерр сделал"300" и стал звездой.