Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen… - Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and…
Asoka (2001)
- Dir. Santosh Sivan
Feat. Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa - Scintillating, hallucinatory epic of ancient India that’s perhaps the first ‘Bollywood’ film to reach international audiences, telling the…
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001)- Dir. Zacharias Kunuk
Feat. Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq - A ‘cause celebre’ of recent film festivals worldwide, this filmed folktale from the ice–bound Innuit communities of northern Canada,…
Lagaan (2001)- Dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
Feat. Aamir Khan, Gracey Singh, Paul Blackthorne… - Bollywood epic that broke through to international awards and audience with its ‘test–match’ running–time, lavishness and periodic…
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler… - Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) (2001)- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler… - Monumental fantasy–epic and filmmaking accomplishment for local–boy–made–good Peter Jackson, transmutes the first part of J R…
Bichunmoo (2000)- Dir. Young-Jun Kim
- Boasting the biggest budget of any Korean film, this period epic, a kind–of "Once Upon a Time in Korea", blends the usual ingredients with…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi… - A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
Gladiator (2000)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris… - As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Sunshine (2000)- Dir. Istvan Szabo
Feat. Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Deborah Kara Unger - Expansive and immaculately crafted epic of the last 100 years of Hungarian history, with Ralph Fiennes playing three roles – Grandfather,…
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