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Subgenre Sampler

 
Hawaiians, TheHawaiians, The (1970)
Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin
Brotherly relations are strained when the black sheep returns home, plantation building and pineapple stealing ensues. Bloated sequel to HAWAII…
Heroic Ones, TheHeroic Ones, The (1970)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung
Martial arts film set in 1880s imperial China, where a Mogul king secretly assembles his loyal generals on a mission to take on his greatest rivals.…
PattonPatton (1970) Recommended
Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates
George C. Scott is unnervingly convincing as the real life WW2 General with whose military convictions were indeed unnerving. Co–written by…
WaterlooWaterloo (1970) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
Feat. Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles
Napoleonic epic from the Russian director of WAR AND PEACE is dramatically woolly, but includes superb, sprawling battle–scenes. Rod Steiger…
Anne of the Thousand DaysAnne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas
Opulent recounting of the doomed romance between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn with a gallery of fine performances and stunning costume design.
Andrei RublevAndrei Rublev (1966) Recommended
Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko
Enthralling historical drama vividly portrays the 15th Century Russian painter who was encumbered by the political turbulence of the time.
Bible, TheBible, The (1966)
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, John Huston
A sincere, if not entirely successful, attempt to transpose the Old Testament to the screen – from Adam to Isaac. Appropriately grand and…
KhartoumKhartoum (1966)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Charlton Heston
Lavishly mounted biopic of General Gordon's defeat by Arab tribesmen in 1833.
War and PeaceWar and Peace (1966) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
Feat. Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Irina Gubanova
The definitive version of Leo Tolstoy's gargantuan novel, set during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia in the early 19th century. Nothing else quite…
Agony and the Ecstasy, TheAgony and the Ecstasy, The (1965)
Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento
Hollywood portrait of Michelangelo's struggle to paint the Sistine Chapel under the patronage of belligerent Pope Julius II. Rex Harrison fares…

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