Il Colosso di Rodi (1961) |
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| Director(s) | Sergio Leone |
| Producer(s) | Cesare Seccia, Eduardo de la Fuente, Michele Scaglione |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Epic, Historical |
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Rory Calhoun(as Darios)
Il Colosso di Rodi
Released
1961
Il Colosso di Rodi
Released
1961
Rory Calhoun
(as Darios)
Il Colosso di Rodi Overview:
Il Colosso di Rodi (1961) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Sergio Leone and produced by Cesare Seccia, Eduardo de la Fuente and Michele Scaglione.
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Il Colosso di Rodi Quotes:
Darios:
[after seeing a court servant die from drinking poison] Somehow I've lost my desire for wine.
[he pours his wine out onto the floor]
[he pours his wine out onto the floor]
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The real Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was 32 meters high and stood on a hill. The cinematic version stands 110 meters and its legs bestride the harbor.
During most of his scenes, Rory Calhoun wears a wide bracelet on his left arm and stiffly extends it covered by a cloak. According to Sergio Leone scholar Christopher Frayling and Calhoun's widow, the actor did that to hide some 20th-century tattoos.
One of the few films to be set in the Hellenic period that spanned the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of Rome as a world power.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's U.S. trailer mentioned that 'Rory Calhoun' was the star of the television series The Texan.
The widescreen process used is TotalScope, an Italian version of Cinemascope.