The Last Days of Pompeii is an Italian-American 1984 television miniseries filmed at Pinewood Studios and broadcast on ABC-TV and Rai, adapting the 1834 novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It was the second English-language adaptation of the book for film or television (previously adapted mainly in Italian; the 1935 RKO film was unrelated to the novel and the 1900 adaptation by Walter R. Booth, while the first cinematic adaptation in English was a short film).
| The Last Days of Pompeii | |
|---|---|
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| Based on | novel of the same name by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton |
| Written by | Carmen Culver |
| Directed by | Peter R. Hunt |
| Starring | Ned Beatty Brian Blessed Ernest Borgnine Olivia Hussey |
| Music by | Trevor Jones |
| Country of origin | Italy United Kingdom United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | David Gerber |
| Producers | William Hill Richard Irving |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Editors | Michael Ellis Richard Marden |
| Running time | 310 minutes |
| Production companies | RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana David Gerber Productions Centerpoint Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | May 6 – May 8, 1984 |
Cast
edit| Actor | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Anholt | Lepidus | A Roman noble; friend of Glaucus, Clodius and Sallust. |
| Ned Beatty | Diomed | A wealthy merchant; married to Lucretia and the father of Julia. |
| Joyce Blair | Lucretia | A wealthy Roman; married to Diomed and mother to Julia. |
| Brian Blessed | Olinthus | A blacksmith and devout Christian. |
| Ernest Borgnine | Marcus | A slave owner. |
| Peter Cellier | Calenus | A priest of Isis; brother to Burbo. |
| Nicholas Clay | Glaucus | A Greek noble; love interest to Ione. |
| George Claydon | Philos | A Greek dwarf artist. |
| Brian Coburn | Burbo | A tavern owner; brother of Calenus and married to Stratonice. |
| Francesca Romana Coluzzi | Stratonice | A brothel owner; married to Burbo |
| Brian Croucher | Melior | A gladiator. |
| Lesley-Anne Down | Chloe | A prostitute with a young son; in love with Petrus. |
| Christopher Ellison | Drusus | A Roman soldier. |
| Howard Goorney | Joseph | A Christian missionary. |
| Stephen Greif | Sporus | A gladiator. |
| Olivia Hussey | Ione | A soon to be priestess of Isis; sister of Antonius, and love interest to Glaucus. |
| Malcolm Jamieson | Petrus | A slave to Diomed; in love with Chloe. |
| Howard Lang | Medon | A slave to Diomed; father of Lydon. |
| Jill Melford | Lucinda | A Roman Noble. |
| Catriona MacColl | Julia | A wealthy Roman; the daughter of Diomed and Lucretia and love interest to Clodius. |
| Siobhán McKenna | Fortunata | A Roman noble; married to Gaius. |
| Franco Nero | Arbaces | The Egyptian High Priest of the Cult of Isis. |
| Laurence Olivier | Gaius | A former senator from Rome; married to Fortunata. |
| Linda Purl | Nydia | A blind slave; love interest to Lydon. |
| Anthony Quayle | Quintus | The head Magistrate of Pompeii. |
| Michael Quill | Catus | An assistant to Olinthus; a child |
| Duncan Regehr | Lydon | A gladiator and former slave; love interest to Nydia. |
| David Robb | Sallust | A Roman noble; friend of Glaucus, Clodius and Lepidus. |
| Barry Stokes | Gar | A Germanic gladiator. |
| Gerry Sundquist | Clodius | A poor Roman noble and poet; love interest to Julia. |
| Benedict Taylor | Antonius | A priest of Isis; brother of Ione. |
| Marilu Tolo | Xenia | A prostitute; Calenus is a regular client of hers. |
References
edit- ^ Lambert, David (June 1, 2012). "The Last Days of Pompeii (mini-series) - Release Date for 1984's Three-Part Production on DVD". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
External links
edit- The Last Days of Pompeii at IMDb
- The Last Days of Pompeii at AllMovie
- The Last Days of Pompeii at the TCM Movie Database
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