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  | Rome: Complete Season 1 (HBO) (6 Discs)£29.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £49.99 | You save: £20.00 (40%) In stock | Usually dispatched within 24 hours |
- Click here to view the trailer!
- Over 2 and half hours of bonus features!
- Audio commentaries from members of the cast and crew
- 'All Roads Lead To Rome': an interactive onscreen guide for all 12 episodes with insightful historical facts about ancient Rome prepared by the series' historical consultant Jonathan Stamp
- 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen: an introduction to the characters (15 mins)
- 'Shot x Shot - Gladiator': a 'making of' documentary on the thrilling episode 11 fight sequence (40 mins)
- 'Shot x Shot - Triumph Of Caesar': a 'making of' documentary chronicling the epic episode 10 triumph scene (40 mins)
- 'The Rise Of Rome': a behind-the-scenes featurette on sets, wardrobe and actors' boot camp (25 mins)
- 'When In Rome': a featurette on the culture of ancient Rome
- Photo gallery featuring 50 previously unseen images
- Character guide
The complete first season of the daring, ground-breaking and controversial historical drama series. Think of The Sopranos in ancient Rome and you'll get a flavour...
This six disc box set contains the 12 hour-long episodes of the first season: this features the HBO 'cut' which includes over an hour of footage not broadcast on the BBC!
The year is 52 B.C. Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people; epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, two soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ancient Rome. A serialized drama of love and betrayal, masters and slaves, husbands and wives, Rome chronicles a turbulent era that saw the death of a republic and the birth of an empire.
Episodes Comprise:
1. The Stolen Eagle
2. How Titus Pullo Brought Down The Republic
3. An Owl In A Thornbush
4. Stealing From Saturn
5. The Ram Has Touched The Wall
6. Egeria
7. Pharsalus
8. Caesarion
9. Utica
10. Triumph
11. The Spoils
12. Kalends Of February
Average rating (14 reviews)
outstanding must see viewing
geetom | 04/01/2009 | See all geetom's reviews (1) »
Unfortunately i missed the original tv broadcast & was bought series one on dvd as a birthday present last year (2007),have only just got round to watching it,partly due to the garbage on tv.,& i was immediately hooked,it is simply outstanding compulsive viewing,can't wait to purchase series 2.!!!!!!!!
Fantasticus! Musti watcho
Nictopus | 17/09/2008 | See all Nictopus' reviews (6) »
Gritty, dramatic, emotional... this is drama as it should be. Like Eastenders with gore, swords and sandals. Convincing human characters flawed to perfection. Friendships and alliances both heartwarming and chilling. Plus it'll open your eyes... let's just say these people were somewhat frisky... oo er, matron!
Highly Recommended
benno14 | 13/03/2008 | See all benno14's reviews (27) »
I didn't catch this on TV, but have just finished watching the last episode tonight. For the most part, this is very gripping. Great acting, casting, good storyline and a liberal dash of sex and violence as expected in any Roman story. The only thing that stops it from getting 5 stars are a few of the middle episodes, which are still watchable, but I thought the story in Egypt got a bit silly and the script lost it's way a bit. The two leads are excellent. I remember seeing Kevin McKidd in Trainspotting 13 years ago and have never seen Ray Stevenson before. Their friendship is the focal point for the series and the history that develops around them. I can't wait to see Series 2 now!
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Ray Stevenson, Kevin McKidd, Ciaran Hinds, Indira Varma, Max Pirkis, Kerry Condon, Karl Johnson, James Purefoy, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, Kenneth Cranham, Haydn Gwynne, Rick Warden, Tobias Menzies, David Bamber & Ian McNeice | |
Michael Apted, Allen Coulter, Julian Farino, Alan Poul, Timothy Van Patten, Steve Shill, Jeremy Podeswa, Alan Taylor & Mikael Salomon | |
18 years and over | |
2005 | |
Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
German ; French | |
English ; English for the hearing impaired ; French ; German ; Dutch | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
