| Classification |
MOVIE TROY |
| Title |
Troy : directed by Wolfgang Petersen [DVD]. |
| Edition |
2-disc widescreen edition. |
| Publication Details |
Pyrmont, NSW : Warner Home Video, c2004. |
| Physical Description |
2 videodiscs (PAL)(157 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm. |
| Note |
Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles available in English or Greek. |
| "Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Radiant production in association with Plan B" --on screen. |
| Warner Home Video : 28411. |
| Special features include: Disc 1: scene selection. Disc 2: In the thick of the battle (examines the action sequences) ; From ruins to reality (the production design) ; Troy : an effects odyssey (special effects) ; Gallery of the gods (3D animated guide to Greek myths) ; theatrical trailer. |
| Loosely based on the Iliad by Homer. |
| Credits Note |
Producers, Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson ; director, Wolfgang Petersen ; screenplay, David Benioff ; music, James Horner. |
| Performer/Cast Note |
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger. |
| Summary Note |
A retelling of The Iliad. In the year 1193 B.C., Paris, a prince of Troy, woos Helen, Queen of Sparta, away from her husband, Menelaus, setting the kingdom of Mycenae Greece at war with Troy. The Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles was the greatest hero among the Greeks, while Hector, the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, embodied the hopes of the people of his city. |
| Disc characteristics: DVD Region 4. |
| Closed-captioned. |
| Original Version |
United Kingdom/Malta : Helena Productions, c2004. |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Feature films -- Malta |
| Achilles (Greek mythology) -- Drama |
| Trojan War -- Drama |
| Subject - Geographic Name |
Troy -- Legends -- Drama |
| Troy (Extinct city) -- Drama |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Petersen, Wolfgang |
| Pitt, Brad, 1963- |
| Wilson, C. (Colin) |
| Bana, Eric |
| Rathbun, Diana |
| Homer Iliad. |
| Added Entry - Corporate Name |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Radiant Productions |
| Helena Productions |
| Plan B (Firm) |
