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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0026359795527
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 11
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Running Time: 1320 minutes
Sales Rank: 1797
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 2005
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A generously budgeted show jointly produced by HBO and the BBC ROME takes viewers back to 52 B.C. for a chance to relive the reign of Julius Caesar. Details have been painstakingly researched to ensure accuracy so both history buffs and viewers less versed in the ways of Caesar should find something to enjoy here. The show also contains intricately woven plots fine acting and stunning recreations of the ancient city. This release contains the first two seasons of the show.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 026359795527 Manufacturer No: 97955
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Family dysfunction. Treachery. Betrayal. Coarse profanity. Brutal violence. Graphic (and sometimes brutal) sex. No, it's not The Sopranos, it's Rome, HBO's madly ambitious series that bloodily splatters the glory of Rome just as savagely as Monty Python and the Holy Grail soiled the good name of Camelot (but with far fewer laughs; very few funny things happen on the way to this forum). Set in 52 B.C. (Before Cable), Rome charts the dramatic shifts in the balance of power between former friends Pompey Magnus (Kenneth Cranham), leader of the Senate, and Julius Caesar (Ciaran Hinds), whose imminent return after eight years to Rome after conquering the Gauls, has the ruling class up in arms. At the heart of Rome is the odd couple friendship between two soldiers who fortuitously become heroes of the people. Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) is married, honorable, and steadfast. Titus Pullo (Ray Stevenson) is an amoral rogue whose philosophy is best summed up, "I kill my enemies, take their gold, and enjoy their women." Among Rome's most compelling subplots is Lucius's strained relationship with his wife, Niobe (Indira Varma), who is surprised to see her husband alive (but not as surprised as he is to find her upon his homecoming with a newborn baby in her arms!) Any viewer befuddlement over Rome's intrigues and machinations, and determining who is hero and who is foe, disappears the minute Golden Globe-nominee Polly Walker appears as Atia, Caesar's formidable niece and a villainess for the ages. In the first hour alone, she offers her already married daughter as a bride to the recently widowed Pompey. Rome is a painstakingly mounted production that earned eight well-deserved Emmy nominations in such categories as costumes, set design, and art direction. Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter) was honored with a Director's Guild Award for the first episode, "The Stolen Eagle." But artistic considerations aside, instantly addicted viewers will agree with Atia, who notes at one point, "I adore the secrecy, the intrigue. It's most thrilling."
Season 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, and charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between "vulgar beast" Mark Antony (James Purefoy) and "clever boy" Octavian (Simon Woods), who is surprisingly named Caesar's sole heir. The series' most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers and unlikely friends, the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus "Violence is the only trade I know" Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife's suicide. Season 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker), who is Antony's mistress, and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings and sickening torture. Another gripping subplot is Vorenus's estrangement from his children, who, at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered, but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them. Rome's second season does not scrimp on the series' sex and violence, in both cases exceedingly brutal. But in this cauldron of treachery and betrayal, words, too, are vicious, as when a defiant Atia ominously tells Octavian's new wife, Livia, "Far better women that you have sworn to [destroy me]. Go look for them now." In writing Rome's epitaph, we come to praise this series, not to bury it. Although two seasons was not enough to establish a Rome empire, it stands as one of HBO's crowning achievements. --Donald Liebenson
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Got this for my husband's birthday. He is a history buff and watches anything about the Roman empire. It is barbaric at times with language that today we might find offensive although it is used, full of scheming and lies. He enjoyed it so much that he has watched it four times. He was sorry to see HBO not continue into a third season. He said "it's pretty clear why Rome fell" and we had better pay attention to what's going on now. He felt it was true to the history of Rome with some artistic ... Read More
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While (as some have pointed out) not historically accurate as purists may like, it still gives a fairly accurate (I believe) insight into life in Rome at that time. Of course it won't be perfectly accurate - otherwise it would be a history lesson rather than a TV series.
Most enjoyable and wish they would continue.
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I'm trying this one again. I'm not sure why certain Amazon reviews don't seem to make it into print but this is one that didn't. In any event and in my humble opinion, "Rome" is one of the best things ever put on television. Because I chanced on an HBO episode, I subscribed to HBO. Now that HBO has cancelled this wonderful series after only two seasons, I will cancel my subscription to HBO.
The series takes us through some of the most climactic events of the Roman Empire i.e. the ascension ... Read More
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This is simply a great TV show. I think it will be considered a great tragedy that it was cancelled so abruptly by HBO, but they still wrapped it up as well as they could. The story, both the historically accurate and the fictional stories are wonderful to behold. This show ironically introduced some of the finest actors from Britain to the United States. Now they are some pretty mediocre network TV shows. Shame on you HBO!
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The first season is wonderful. Compared to other television shows, The First Season of Rome is very refreshing. Yes, there is gratuitous violence and sex, but it doesn't distract from the show and the content. In my opinion, these elements actually go a long way to depicting the brutality of the times. The characters are wonderfully crafted, especially Atia, Caesar, Lucius Vorenus, and Titus Pullo.
Another reviewer complained that they have annoying British accents which "do not fit because they ... Read More
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