The Fall of The Roman Empire FART (1964)

[Purplecatsoup30]

I think this is the best movie I have ever watched, and it's been a favorite of mine since I was a young teen. This is art. Modern hollywood is CGI bullshit with talentless hacks.

[powerdriller10]

The Commodus of this movie resembles more the real historic Commodus than the one of the "Gladiator" movie. Real Commodus was very strong and was suspected to be the son of a gladiator and not of Marcus Aurelius, Commodus mother was known as a lecherous women. 

[jenniferlacex]

sigh. while good intentioned, the idea of supporting this film through "DVD" sales is a losing battle - on both sides. The studios already made it's money on this & then some for years. They've made enough from ALL of us - anything they get from DVD sales of older films goes NOT towards preservation/restoration but towards cost overruns of FLOPS & stars that pocket millions fail upwards. Better off by uploading whole films to advance awareness! Want the film to have LIFE? SHOW IT! Forget DVD!

[micpar2]

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[5StarGeneralXenoCO]

FART? XD

[satelliteoflove13]

Wow! What a great film! Most everyone in the burning scene has their chains hang low around them, except for one poor woman who you can see towards the right of the frame at 6:09. What did she do to deserve this punishment, fart up the dungeon? It would give her some comfort to be able to scratch her belly if she needs to as she burns.Thanks for posting! Anthony Mann is the mann! (sorry)

[pkscolax]

Epic cinema, certainly applicable today :)

[Jackthemeat]

I had my pants around my ankles and was jerking my cock for the FART that never came. booooo : (

[siskavard]

Excuse you!

[bjnboy]

Too bad they don't make moves lik this anymore, withe the huge cast of extras and the glorious, massive sets.

[thcia]

I noticed some similarities in storyline to Gladiator. Same beginning, same ending. Same characters. The character Maximus is different, but not much else. Plagiarism anyone?

[imperatorcaesar100]

@thcia I noticed the similarities between the fall of the roman empire, and Gladiator as well, I did notice that Livius proclaimed Commodus as emperor, and was rewarded by being the commander in chief of the roman military, and proconsul of the roman empire. I feel if maximus accepted Commodus as emperor he would have been rewarded also.

[YDDES]

@imperatorcaesar100 "Gladiator" is absolutely inspired by this movie, not by real history. For example: In both movies Commodus is killed in a fight with a former military commander. In reality he was murdered by a wrestler in a bath.

[imperatorcaesar100]

I did not Know that Charleton Heston was originally cast as Livius, but he declined, I guess that Heston suggested Stephen Boyd since they worked together in Ben Hur.

[imperatorcaesar100]

gladiator was similar to this movie, but it had some differences so it would not be considered a remake. I think in Gladiator Maximus should have honoured amd accepted Commodus as emperor, Then when he had Commodus's trust Maximus could kill him.

[gustavo3322]

This really happende. No one could see. The guy had an RX767 Alien gun that he found on his backyard. That is why he won.

[MonkeyIron]

I liked this movie a lot, certainly its not the kind of movie they make by these days, its a different approaching...

By the way, i love those lines spoken by Sophia Loren at the first two minutes of this video... can someone tell me if the next transcription is right?:

[MonkeyIron]

Gods of Rome Your empire is dying The land of the world has gone out! People of Rome People of Rome! Quickly Quickly run to your nighborhoods. Tell them The night is full of thieves They have robbed us Of our most precious treasures Of our pride Of our glory Of our wisdom of our honor. People of Rome Cry out! Death is near.

[MonkeyIron]

They do not see

They do not hear

Only the jackals are waiting in the darkness know

Only the vultures that are in black skies know.

Moan moan

for the land that is no more!

[PeterFirthFan]

Well, either way Gladiator was certainly a much better movie.

[PeterFirthFan]

Gladiator was not a remake, it was just set in the same era.

[patfealy]

Gladiator copied the part where the 2 fight to the death

[PeterFirthFan]

A very bad movie. Stephen Boyd didn't have what it took to carry the film.

[djmoore20041]

This movie sucks!!!!! I tried to watch it once - once. Sophie loren is so over the top. This ranks in my Top 10 Worst history movies of all-time.

[JOANCO4]

Dimitri Tiomkin's music is splendid. This music allways stayed in my mind since the lst time I saw this film.

I feel strange that Christopher Plummer is best known by The Sound of Music.

He is the best actor in this film, much better that Alec Guiness and others.

[rickker20]

Charles Heston was suppost to play the part of Flavius but he did not want to work with sophia loren he hated her after doing the movie El CID.

[tribune007]

wow. i cnt beleive dat. he would have done flavius well.

[ConnaughtVaughan]

007? Bond? James Bond?

[tribune007]

loool

[Augustus3103]

Five Stars  - awesome and thank you for posting this video.

[sciencemobster]

I love Mann's films too. Yes, Gladiator lifts a lot from this film. What do you think of the western "Naked Spur" with Jimmy Stewart? One of my favourite westerns.

[mtoscani]

I agree! Mann does NOT know how to make a BAD western and "Naked Spur" is probably his best, next to "Man of the West'.

[mtoscani]

i KNOW. I did some clever editing. lol. I want peep to support great filmmaking by BUYING the DVD not cheating on here. This was just to show clips of some amazing directing by Anthony Mann and to inspire peep to view the entire film on a bigger screen.

[ToledoSpartan]

I agree that it's a good film.

Please do not use the term "peep." It's really degrading to your intellect.

[mtoscani]

It's just a silly term. Relax. lol.

[dglekjofg]

The scene of the fight is cut!

[Greenberg31]

Does this remind you of current events? A great empire is not destroyed from without, but it is destroyed from within by a liberal educational system that does not instill a sense of pride about its own accomplishments and its history of the patriots who shed their sweat and blood to give them the gift of freedom.

[rickker20]

This movie is a classic much better then Gladiator. They stole the script from this movie.

[mtoscani]

he is saying "destroy rome! destroy rome!"

[69nisab]

Brilliant javelin fight at the end. Very similar to Gladiator.

I agree Mann is a wonderful director.

[quinton01]

You're kidding, right? Gladiator was simply a re-make of the this movie.