The film The Eagle, not Centurion, is based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman novel The Eagle of the Ninth. I mention this because it was wrongly claimed in the UK Guardian newspaper when the film first came out earlier this year that the film Centurion was indeed based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s book. I wrote to put them right! And it bears repeating, since Centurion is due out in the States and has just come out now on DVD:Read More »
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Rosemary Sutcliff | The Eagle of the Ninth | book, radio play, film, movie
Rosemary Sutcliff’s book The Eagle of the Ninth is the basis for The Eagle film (2011) which will be released on February 11th in the USA and March 25th, 2011, in the UK. For more and the film posters.
The Eagle of the Ninth Film (2010)
The film (movie) The Eagle of the Ninth based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s famous historical novel of the same name is directed by Kevin Macdonald . (The story is described here). The film produced by Duncan Kenworthy stars Channing Tatum, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, and Tahar Rahim.Read More »
The Eagle film battles ‘jaw dropping’ says Twitterer
The Eagle film (formerly to be called The Eagle of the Ninth) has excellent fight and battle scenes, it is suggested on Twitter:
“I was doing ADR work on The Eagle of the Ninth– some of those battle sequences are jaw-droppingly good …” (Nils Hognestad on Twitter)
I have learned since posting this originally that ADR stands for ‘Automated Dialogue Replacement’. Read More »
The Eagle of the Ninth film features Tahar Rahim
The Eagle of the Ninth film , from the Rosemary Sutcliff book of that name, directed by ‘The Last King of Scotland’ director Kevin Macdonald, stars Tahar Rahim opposite Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell.
“I’m the baddie. He’s the prince of an ancient Gallic tribe.
I’m talking in ancient Gaelic — it was hard.”Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 