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Omar Khayyam (1957) |
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Credits: Director: William
Dieterle || Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget |
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Synopsis:
Cornel Wilde stars as
the legendary Persian poet, here depicted as not only a
philosopher but a scientist, politician and great lover.
As the Persians gear up for war against the Byzantines,
Omar occupies his time by romancing Sharain (Debra Paget), the favorite wife of the Shah
(Raymond Massey). He also does his best to foil a plan by Hasani
(Michael Rennie), leader of the Cult of Assassins, to murder the royal
family. |
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Description:
VHS || NTSC || color || English Language || Extremely rare
collector's video ||
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Condition: Very Good
quality |
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Price: $29 |
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Omar Khayyam (2002) |
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Credits: Director of production Salah Touma / Saad
who plays the role of Omar al Khayyam, Samar Sami, Khaled
Taja, Rafiq Sbeai, Zoheir Abdel Karim and many others. |
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Synopsis:
Tunisian director Shawqi al Majeri
said that emphasis will be put on the humanitarian side of
al Khayyam’s character as if he were a contemporary man.
Al Majeri added that the filming of the 30-episode series
will take more than five months. Scenarist Ghassan
Jbaai said that any historical series produced now becomes
contemporary, because history repeats itself.
In reply to a question about the
reason for choosing the character of Omar al Khayyam,
Jbaai said that al Khayyam had a lasting imprint in
the human history. However, he was a marginalized and
defeated character. “I like to defend defeated people in
my scripts,” Jbaai said. |
Tunisian
director Shawqi al Majeri has chosen Syrian actor Jihad
Saad to play the role of Omar al Khayyam and Syrian
actress Saba Mubarak to play his beloved Yasmin’s role in
the TV series depicting the life history of the famed
poet.
The series screenwriter Ghassan
Jbae’i has based on around 50 references which depict the
life of the controversial figure, mainly Amin Maalouf’s
novel Samarkand, in addition to Ruba’iyyat al Khayyam and
biographical books which shed lights on the time period in
which Khayyam lived.
Al Majeri is going to start filming the series in the
second part of May, in several countries: Azerbaijan,
Kazakhistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
The 30-episode series is produced by al Sham International
for TV and Cinema Production.
The TV series not only deals with
the life of the famed Arab figure, but also sheds light on
the time period in which Khayyam lived. The producers aim
to give the audience a closer look at Islam and the Arab
world during the middle ages period, while tracing the
events of Khayyam's life.
Khayyam's poetry has been translated into several
languages, and is most famous for its embodiment of themes
such as life, love and beauty. The middle ages figure,
Khayyam, studied philosophy, and later on in life went to
become a much-esteemed mathematician and astronomer.
Khayyam's work has been made famous
in English language through the translations of Edward
Fitzgerald, and has also been translated into other
languages and studied by scholars the world over. One of
his most accomplished works is Rubaiyyat al Khayyam which
has been immortalized into song by Umm Kalthoum, and are
still popular today among lovers of poetry, literature
critics, those who study eastern philosophy, middle ages
historians, and simply those who are passionate about life
and love |
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Description:
VHS || color || Arabic Language ||
Genre: Arabic series
|| country: Syria |
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Condition: NA |
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Price: NA |
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Oedipus Rex (1957) |
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Credits: Director: Tyrone Guthrie ||
Starring: Douglas Rain, Douglas Campbell, Eric House,
Robert Goodier, Donald Davis |
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Synopsis:
Oedipus Rex
looks just like what it was: a photographed stage play.
Any cinematic deficiencies are, however, quickly forgotten
as the "magic" of the Sophocles tragedy (translated by
William Butler Yeats) takes hold. Staged by Sir Tyrone
Guthrie at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare festival,
the film spotlights such formidable Canadian-based talents
as Douglas Campbell (Oedipus Rex) and Douglas Rain
(Messenger). The story, of course, concerns Oedipus'
detective work in locating the murderer of his father, and
his nonplused (to say the least) reaction when he
discovers that, not only is hehimself the guilty party,
but his wife Jocasta is actually his own mother. When
Douglas Rain comes on screen, see if you can pin down his
voice. That's right: Rain was the dispassionate voice of
homicidal computer Hal 9000 in Kubrick's 2001: A Space
Odyssey (Douglas Campbell was later in the McKenzie
Brothers' slapstick comedy Strange Brew, but that's hardly
in the same category as 2001). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie
Guide |
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Description:
VHS || NTSC || color || English Language || Extremely rare
collector's video || 1 hrs. 27 min. || country: USA
Distributor: Image Entertainment |
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Condition: Very Good
quality |
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Price: NA |
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Oedipus the King (1968) |
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Credits: Director: Philip Saville ||
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer,
Richard Johnson, Cyril Cusack |
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Synopsis:
The classic Greek tragedy by
Sophocles stars Christopher Plummer as the psychologically
tortured Oedipus. The successful monarch begins his
downward slide after he discovers he has murdered his
father and had children with his own mother. Oedipus is
called on to avenge the death of the previous ruler, but
his mother Jocasta (Lilli Palmer) hangs herself in the
process. The tormented king tears out his own eyes and
wanders the land as a destitute, disabled pauper. Orson
Welles plays the insightful but sightless prophet Tiresias.
The chorus, key to all Greek classical plays, is lead by
Donald Sutherland. Roger Livesy is the shepherd who has
raised the boy who would be king. ~ Dan Pavlides, All
Movie Guide
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Description:
VHS || NTSC || color || English Language || Extremely rare
collector's video || 1 hrs. 37 min. || country: USA
Distributor: Image Entertainment |
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Condition: Very Good
quality |
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Price: NA |
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Orff - Carmina Burana |
| Credits:
Battle, Allen, Lopardo, Ozawa, Berlin / Beethoven -
Symphony No. 9: Schwanewilms, Groves, Dever, Hawlata, Ozawa, Saito
Kinen Orchestra |
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Synopsis:
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| Description:
DVD || NTSC || color ||
English
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| Condition:
Excellent
quality picture |
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Orlando e i
Paladini di Francia (1956) |
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aka: Orlando e i Paladini di Francia
(1956) Italy
aka
Roland the Mighty (1956)
(International: English title)
aka Roland der Eroberer (1956)
(Germany) |
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Credits: Directed by Pietro Francisci / Rik Battaglia
+ Gino Buzzanca + Lorella De
Luca + Ivo Garrani
+ Clelia Matania
+ Fabrizio Mioni
+ Mimmo Palmara
+ Vittorio Sanipoli
+ Rosanna Schiaffino
+ Pietro Tordi |
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Synopsis: The armies Karls the erbittert against the
Sarazenen fight greeted in order to prevent the advance of the islam
to Europe. Ronald and rinaldo two faithful knights become greeted is
head figures in one Kampfder also yet with intrigue gespickt. |
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versus Charlemagne's army. It begins as a holy crusade film and then
turns into a soap opera as the knights encounter their true loves.
The film then returns to the battlefield. The film ends rather
abruptly when peace is declared, but I guess thats the way wars
generally run. You'll forgive the lack of details it wasn't really
all that interesting. |
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Description:
VHS
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|| Runtime: 99 min ||
Country: Italy ||
Language: Italian ||
Color: Color / Color (Eastmancolor) ||
Sound Mix: Mono |
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Condition: very good
quality |
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Price: NA |
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