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#1

ROME (spoilers)

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:57pm

premieres Sunday August 28 on HBO.

Anyone have any scoop?
Could it possibly be as good as BBC's I CLAUDIUS?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

Updated On: 10/30/05 at 08:57 PM

#3

re: ROME

Posted: 7/3/05 at 8:58pm

ROME. (Shto? - what?)
How did you get a cyrilic font T?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

Updated On: 7/3/05 at 08:58 PM

#5

re: ROME

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:02pm

Rome, T.
From the looks of it maybe it's about the Fall of Rome, but you will notice I asked if anyone has any scoop.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#7

re: ROME

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:17pm

It is being billed as The Sopranos with togas
Poster Emeritus
#8

re: ROME

Posted: 7/3/05 at 9:20pm

Well, in that case it shouldn't bore us.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#9

re: ROME

Posted: 7/3/05 at 11:41pm

Surpass Derek Jacobi, Sian Phillips, Brian Blessed? Nuncque!!!!
Salmon leap from the womb of the white sea you look on; they are calves, they are lambs of good color, in peace without slaughter.
#10

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 8:44am

Oh, I adore all 13 episodes of "I Claudius".

From IMDB:
"I, Claudius" (1976)
Directed by
Herbert Wise

Writing credits
Robert Graves (novels)
Jack Pulman

Derek Jacobi .... Claudius
Siân Phillips .... Livia
Brian Blessed .... Augustus
George Baker .... Tiberius
John Hurt .... Caligula
Margaret Tyzack .... Antonia
Ian Ogilvy .... Drusus
Frances White .... Julia
John Paul .... Marcus Agrippa
Christopher Guard .... Marcellus
Kevin McNally .... Castor
Patricia Quinn .... Livilla
David Robb .... Germanicus
Fiona Walker .... Agrippina
John Castle .... Postumus
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#11

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:36pm

Sian Phillips' performance as Livia made an impression that will never grow dim in my memory. Loved her on Broadway as MARLENE.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#12

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:42pm

Sian Phillips was also a stunning Madame Armfeldt in the National's 'Little Night Music' a few years ago. Wonderful to watch.
...fragment of the day...
#13

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:44pm

Wish I could have seen that. I actually checked in to my hotel in London the afternoon of closing night but I just didn't even try to get a ticket.

I still think her Livia is one of the greatest performances ever on the small screen.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#14

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:50pm

'I Claudius' ranks as one of the all-time greats of British Drama. Derek Jacobi is always on cracking form. He's terrific in a recent BBC production called 'The Long Firm' - don't know if it's made it over to the US yet, but it's a brilliant drama. And another reason for watching is the beautiful Mark Strong.

And that production of 'Night Music' with Dench I shall never forget - sublime.
...fragment of the day...
#15

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 3:55pm

Will look for "The Long Firm".

Also loved Margaret Tyzack in "I Claudius".
I got to see her live on Broadway with Maggie Smith in "Lettice and Lovage".
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#16

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 4:01pm

Really got me back into looking this up again. This was always a great treat when it was televised. I get really PO'd when they televise endless repeats of terrible 'Sit-Com's over here and the real ground-breaking series never get another airing. This is what the BBC has always done best.
...fragment of the day...
#17

re: ROME

Posted: 7/4/05 at 6:14pm


Oh, God, Margaret Tyzack and Susan Hampshire in THE FIRST CHURCHILLS. Or Hampshire as Fleur in The Forsythe Saga. Or THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE. Do they program these classics on PBS anymore? No, we get Doo-wop concerts or awful Josh Groban drivel or Sarah Brightman or...ugh!

Tilde Kooeck
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
#18

re: ROME

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:56pm

I am still looking forward to this HBO mini series.
It might be good as BBC is involved.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#19

re: ROME

Posted: 7/31/05 at 10:00pm

Interested in seeing ROME, too.

As for the older PBS classics, it appears the only way to see them is on DVD or VHS.

Favorites of mine include

THE PALLISERS (terrific)
I, CLAUDIUS
THE FORSYTE SAGE (original b&w)
VANITY FAIR
UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS
TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS

#20

re: ROME

Posted: 8/1/05 at 6:23am

To Glebb

I believe it is not a mini series but a 12 or 13 episode yearly series
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#21

re: ROME

Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:10am

hopefully it will be better than empire. i only made it three-quarters through that stinker!
XING
PED
#22

re: ROME

Posted: 8/1/05 at 10:15am

I have "I,Claudius" on DVD..can wait to see this...I hope it's as good. Thanks for reminding me Glebby.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
#23

re: ROME

Posted: 8/1/05 at 12:18pm

I'm in Rome and it's FABULOUS!
#24

re: ROME

Posted: 8/1/05 at 12:20pm

Hey..it's the BWW world traveler....hi ya Doxy....say Hi to my relatives while you're there.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
#25

re: ROME

Posted: 8/1/05 at 12:33pm

It's very VERY violent.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

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