Plot
Conquering ninety percent of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) led his armies through twenty-two thousand miles of sieges and conquests in just eight years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia, Alexander led his armies against the mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east to India. This movie concentrated on those eight years of battles, as well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate, Hephaistion (Jared Leto). Alexander died young, of illness, at the age of thirty-two. Alexander's conquests paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet unifying, conquest.
Written by
Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle, Laeta Kalogridis
Directed by
Oliver Stone
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Thailand, France, Germany
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures, WR Universal Group, France 3 Cinéma, Intermedia Films, Pathé Renn Productions, Egmond Film & Television, Pacifica Film, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG
Languages
English
Awards
6 wins & 19 nominations