Month: February 2011

The Eagle ฝ่าหมื่นตาย | The Eagle of the Ninth found in Thailand

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The Eagle film of Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth opens in Thailand on 25th February (I believe). Chasing Google translations of internet material throws up some intriguing – but comprehensible – translations. Thus:

ในศตวรรษที่ 2 ประเทศอังกฤษ ชายหนุ่ม 2 คน คนหนึ่งเป็น เจ้านาย อีกคนเป็น
ทาส ทั้ง 2 อยู่บนเส้นทางที่มุ่งหน้าไปยังดินแดนห่างไกลสุดชายชอบ ดินแดนที่เต็มไป
ด้วย  ภัยอันตราย   บนเส้นทางที่    เป็นบทพิสูจน์ ระหว่างความจงรักภักดีกับการทรยศ
หักหลัง, มิตรภาพ, ความเคียดแค้น, การล่อลวง และ จิตวิญญาณของวีรบุรุษ

becomes “In the second century England a young man two people , one and one is a master. The two slaves on a road that headed to distant lands like most men. Land filled. With danger on the path of a proof. Between loyalty and betrayal. Betrayal, friendship, rage, deception, and the spirit of the hero.” And

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The Eagle movie compared to classic American western- Hammervision Movie Review

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For those of you still wrestling with whether to see “The Eagle”, I think it is a fair statement to compare it to such classic early American westerns as “A Man Called Horse” (1970) and “A Man in the Wilderness” (1971). Both starred the late Richard Harris as an American trapper and explorer forced to come to grips with the indigenous people whose land he was invading. In “The Eagle”, Tatum goes through the same metamorphosis as he sees first hand the destruction that Rome has visited on local tribes in the name of glory and conquest.
Source: Movie Review – The Eagle – Hammervision.

The Eagle film from The Eagle of the Ninth book by Rosemary Sutcliff in Singapore

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A thoughtful friend, who cares about Rosemary Sutcliff‘s work as well as his friends, has taken time en route to New Zealand to email me that :

The posters for the film are large in Singapore, with RS attributed.  Just thought you should know.

Thank you, Peter!

The Eagle film of Rosemary Sutcliff’s history novel The Eagle of the Ninth reaches far east and central Europe

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The Eagle film (movie), based upon Rosemary Sutcliff‘s novel The Eagle of the Ninth, was released on Wednesday (16th February) in The Phillipines, and today (18th February) in Romania. Maybe some people in those countries will stumble on this blog and post at the You Write tab about your views of Rosemary Sutcliff and how well the book is translated to the screen. The film opens in Indonesia on 23rd February and Thailand on 24th. (I have managed to find a Romanian film poster today, 20 February, but not yet any Romanian reviews)

Rosemary Sutcliff | Dziewiąty Legion | The Eagle of the Ninth in Poland

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