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  • Actors: Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss, Barbara Carrera, Anthony Quayle, David Warner
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Universal Pictures UK
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Jan 2009
  • Run Time: 369 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001FMBDCG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,712 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An epic true story of Jews fleeing Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. Pursued to a mountain stronghold of the Herods, they face lives enslaved, or suicide. This is the full-length television miniseries starring Peter O'Toole.


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In the first century A. D., Flavius Silva (Peter O'Toole), commander of the Roman Tenth Legion in Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada. There the engineering and military might of Rome faces the passion and ingenuity of Eleazar ben Yair (Peter Strauss) and his people.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Masada- History still makes the best stories, 4 Dec 2008
By Mr. Patrick M. Vincent "hannibal48512" (wiltshire england) - See all my reviews
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Proof, if more were needed, that history provides the basis for the best stories. Masada tells the tale of a small band of hardened Jewish rebels who are the last remaining resistance to the Roman domination of their land. Told largely from the point of view of the two leaders involved it culminates in the siege of the 'impregnable' fortress of Masada, on the shores of the Dead Sea, by the Tenth Legion. Often tense, gripping and dramatic it is lifted by big performances from big character actors - Peter O'Toole, Anthony Quayle, Denis Quilley, David Warner, Timothy West and Peter Strauss amongst others. Another real bonus is the top notch score by Hollywood legend, Jerry Goldsmith.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Insurgents or heroes?, 23 Feb 2009
A long awaited product, superceding "The Antagonists" - a film merely based on extracts from the Masada series (see review). Now at last the whole story, and well worth seeing for its spectacle, action, and story-line. Those who were trying to get hold of "The Antagonists" (only available so far on VHS)- don't bother. This is the original story.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than "Rome", 18 May 2009
"We have won a rock in the middle of a wasteland on the shore of a poison sea."

Like Tora Tora Tora, this is a brilliant and authentically detailed drama about a very important event. As with TTT you would think that you knew whose side you would be on, but as you watch you realise that command decisions and human error mean that neither side is wholly right or wrong. The deliberately drawn modern parallels at the beginning and end, as my husband points out, also give one pause for thought, given the continuing situation in the middle east.

And, on a lighter note, it's hard to decide which is more beautiful - the way Peter O'Toole says "Rome" or the way Peter Strauss says "Israel". This is not just for those who have reached Cambridge Latin Course Book IV (but if you did it helps!).

Get this if you are interested in accurate portrayal of the ancient Romans, or if you would like to see some good acting from 1980. Get it if you liked Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia. It's 6 hours of good historical entertainment, with no explicit sex, and not much violence.
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