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Attila (2001)

Attila (2001)
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Attila the Hun, fabled leader of a band of nomadic warriors who fearlessly took on the might of the Roman Empire, has his life story brought to the screen in this two-part miniseries. Attila (Gerard Butler) raised an army from the people of Caspia, and in time created a fighting force so strong that they received an annual tribute from the leaders of Rome as an inducement not to attack. Not all Romans were happy with this situation, and in time it was decided that General Aetius (Powers Boothe), a brave yet unscrupulous leader who attempted to usurp the rule of Empress Placidia (Alice Krige), was the only man who could confront Attila on his own terms. Aetius recognized Attila's skills as a leader, and decided the best way to prevent him from invading Rome was to lead him into an alliance, as Rome and the Huns joined forces against a third nation. But despite their mutual respect, it soon became apparent that only one man could be the undisputed leader in a meeting between Rome and the Huns. Attila also features Tim Curry as Theodosius, Simmone Jade MacKinnon as N'Kara, and Reg Rogers as Valentinian. Attila was first aired on the USA Cable Network on January 30 and 31, 2001.
~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe, (more)
Director(s):
Dick Lowry
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Synopsis of Attila

Attila the Hun, fabled leader of a band of nomadic warriors who fearlessly took on the might of the Roman Empire, has his life story brought to the screen in this two-part miniseries. Attila (Gerard Butler) raised an army from the people of Caspia, and in time created a fighting force so strong that they received an annual tribute from the leaders of Rome as an inducement not to attack. Not all Romans were happy with this situation, and in time it was decided that General Aetius (Powers Boothe), a brave yet unscrupulous leader who attempted to usurp the rule of Empress Placidia (Alice Krige), was the only man who could confront Attila on his own terms. Aetius recognized Attila's skills as a leader, and decided the best way to prevent him from invading Rome was to lead him into an alliance, as Rome and the Huns joined forces against a third nation. But despite their mutual respect, it soon became apparent that only one man could be the undisputed leader in a meeting between Rome and the Huns. Attila also features Tim Curry as Theodosius, Simmone Jade MacKinnon as N'Kara, and Reg Rogers as Valentinian. Attila was first aired on the USA Cable Network on January 30 and 31, 2001.
~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
177 mins

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Director(s):
Dick Lowry
Writer(s):
Robert Cochran
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    A. M.

    This is pretty good considering it's a made-for-tv mini-series. At 3 hrs, it actually passes fairly quick. It's a very romanticized view of Attila, but it did get the broad strokes of his life correct. The romances with the 'red-headed woman' made the movie a bit hokey at times. But you can't resist watching Gerald Butler strut around in this part. He's a good actor and totally drool worthy. This is not his best performance (try Dear Frankie) though it's better than most out there. I expected Attila to be a more fierce and intense warrior. The character would have been more interesting had he not been so white-washed. The character Attius was well played by Powers Booth and by far more interesting, as the conniving Roman ally turned enemy. Overall though, still worth watching.

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    Can S.

    I red about 65 reference books in 11 different language about Atilla The Hun. It is so surprizing that the books written by rich countries writers were mentioning about his ferocious and barbarian personality and the books written by poor countries writers were mentioning about his clemency and compassion. Hard to believe any of them, since the real history is lost by dishonest writers. All I know the movie was very nice because there were several parts representing both type of writers. I enjoyed a lot...Do not miss...

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    Leslie H.

    I deliberately missed the original airing of this on USA, my thinking at the time how good could it be if its on tv, most miniseries are pretty worthless, and the supporting cast to validate the project here was TIm Curry and Powers Boothe, who are not Gary Oldman (tv miniseries Jesus) or Christopher Walken (Cleopatra). But 300 made me a fan of Butler's so I chose this cuz I already seen Beowulf & Grendel and wanted to avoid Timeline. Glad I did, yeah it has its faults and it is directed towards capturing a television audience but if compared to other tv miniseries as far as that goes the is way up there maybe just a notch below Lonesome Dove. Tim Curry and Boothe were great too, better than other great actors when they step down for a miniseries. I have to say After this and Deadwood I'm starting to really like Boothe, who I always considered replaceable in films before.

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