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Whether you rate this high or extreme depends on what you want out of it … which is why the 3 stars. History? Bah. Not even discontinuance. But as a 1960s sword-and-sandals flick? It’s a weep. I regularly demonstrate it in the class I affirm on Alexander when we approach the final lecture, which is about the appropriation of Alexander in latter centuries as symbol and fiction. It’s very consuming not for what it tells us about Alexander, but what it tells about American society in the early 1960s. In the West, Alexander is, arguably, the most celebrated (non-religious) historical figure prior to the 20th Century. He’s been customary, reused and stale again for all sorts of things.
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So if you want camp and commentary on US society, that’s what you’ll procure here. History, not so mighty. 
But I will say that Shatner probably played one of the best on-screen Alexanders for both charisma and projection of self-certainty. I really like him better than Richard Burton’s earlier portrayal and Worthy better than Colin Farrell’s later portrayal. And later, of course, Captain Kirk was really unbiased ‘Alexander in Set.’
For what it is — an hour-long 1960s TV pilot — this ain’t abominable at all! Productions values are okay, and the outdoor locations, though recognizably the American West, are nonetheless spectacular. John Cassavetes and Joseph Cotton turn in glowing performances, and Shatner (who never looked better shirtless) shows why he became a worldwide star; he’s a more charismatic Alexander than either Richard Burton or Colin Farrell. (Adam West’s role is too slight to register.) The account is fictional, not historical, but typical of the kinds of yarns that have been woven about Alexander in many lands for many centuries, a mini-melodrama of treachery and wartime intrigue. If only they had gone ahead and made a TV series…but then Shatner would not have made Star Flow, and West would not have played Batman! The bonus featurette, “Hollywood’s Memoir Films,” is essentially a 40-mintue compilation of vintage trailers. All in all, this dvd is well worth the modest imprint.
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