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The Odyssey (1997)
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Overview
This lavish small-screen adaptation of Homer’s ancient epic—replete with exotic Maltese and Turkish locations, state-of-the-art special effects, and many bronzed muscles gleaming with sweat—chronicles the voyage home of a Trojan hero, Odysseus, and includes many more scenes of his faithful, beautiful wife dodging leering suitors at home than Homer ever composed.
Length 176 minutes
Actors
Christopher Lee | Geraldine Chaplin | Jeroen Krabbé | Ron Cook | Isabella Rossellini | Irene Papas | Greta Scacchi | Eric Roberts | Armand Assante | Paloma Baeza | Josh Maguire | Vanessa Williams | Nicholas Clay | Bernadette Peters | Adoni Anastassopoulos | Reid Asato