Filmio is a Dutch site which seems really easy to use although I do not understand much! The point is they have here, in an easy to look at form the official The Eagle of the Ninth film photos issued a few weeks back.
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Actors accents for The Eagle of the Ninth film
An American accent speaks volumes about these Romans at the far edge of empire was the headline of a Times article about the film of The Eagle of the Ninth this week which explores the modern parallels. (Shame they spelled Rosemary’s name wrong. Even bigger shame that they have not corrected it, despite my writing to them!). The article’s author writes:
The Romans’ attitudes (including Marcus played by American Channing Tatum) are contrasted with those of Esca, a Celtic slave, played by Jamie Bell, whose distance from his master is emphasised by his voice — Bell speaks in his native Teesside accent for the first time since Billy Elliot, his breakthrough movie.Read More »
Film of The Eagle of the Ninth
The film of The Eagle of the Ninth, due for release in September 2010 in the USA and UK stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, and Tahar Rahim. The Facebook page has photos, videos, and stories about the film, which now Read More »
Rosemary Sutcliff’s children’s and young adult historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth on BBC TV in 1977
I remember the excitement with Rosemary Sutcliff when the BBC TV made a series of her historical novel for children and young adults The Eagle of the Ninth. She adored the portrayal of Marcus, the hero. I probably have old old video tapes of hers in the attic. I have no idea if the BBC still has copies in its archives and vaults . Does anyone know? It was broadcast in six episodes.
- Frontier Fort (4 September 1977)
- Esca (11 September 1977)
- Across the Frontier (18 September 1977)
- The Lost Legion (25 September 1977)
- The Wild Hunt (2 October 1977)
- Valedictory (9 October 1977)
source: IMDb
The Eagle of the Ninth | Film and Book | Rosemary Sutcliff Review of the Week
The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel and children’s book now being filmed, then only a book , was reviewed by Zbigniew Tycienski in June 2009. Zbigniew grew up in south-east Poland but settled in Edinburgh, Scotland
One may at first conclude that Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) is a book for boys about men and masculinity. The women of the book inhabit a shadowy, backstage world, of service and mothering, and the hero of the story, Marcus Aquila, only finds an ally in the twelve-year old Cottia because she is not so much a girl as a friendly, faithful dog.Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 