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Character Posters for AGORA

By Fiona | Aug 28, 2009 | Movie Posters (3) Comment

Agora Poster

You’ve probably seen “Agora” trailer we posted yesterday and today we have great character posters for Alejandro Amenábar’s new movie.

As always, click on any of the posters to enlarge.

The script for historical epic which stars Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Richard Durden and Sami Samir among others was co-written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil.

Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.

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Beautiful Full-Length “Agora” Trailer

By Fiona | Aug 27, 2009 | Movie News, Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Agora

Watch this really beautiful full-length trailer for Alejandro Amenábar‘s historical epic “Agora.”

Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenábar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution. Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshippers of the Egyptian gods.

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Agora Revised Trailer

By Fiona | May 21, 2009 | Movie Trailers (0) Comment

Agora

Alejandro Amenabar’s historical epic “Agora” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing audiences to the little-known scholar Hypatia, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician working in a man’s world in 4th century A.D. Egypt.

Earlier we posted the teaser trailer for the movie but today we have an revised trailer for “Agora” with English title treatments and in much better quality. Check it out below.

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Cannes 2009: Agora World Premiere – Reviews

By Fiona | May 18, 2009 | Cannes Film Festival, Movie Reviews (0) Comment

Rachel Weisz and Alejandro Amenabar at the Cannes Film Festival

Alejandro Amenabar‘s historical epic “Agora” premiered Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing audiences to the little-known scholar Hypatia, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician working in a man’s world in 4th century A.D. Egypt.

Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution. Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshippers of the Egyptian gods.

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AGORA First Official Photos

By Fiona | May 11, 2009 | Cannes Film Festival, Movie Photos (0) Comment

Rachel Weisz In Agora

Take a look at the first official photos from “Agora,” directed by Alejandro Amenábar who is also the writer with Mateo Gil.

Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D., Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Max Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

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Agora First Poster

By Fiona | May 7, 2009 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

Agora

Today we have the first poster for Alejandro Amenábar’s ancient Egyptian epic “Agora.”

Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D., Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Max Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

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Agora Teaser Trailer

By Fiona | Feb 23, 2009 | Movie Trailers (1) Comment

Agora Photo

Take a look at teaser trailer for the upcoming Alejandro Amenábar‘s Roman Egypt historical drama “Agora.”

In the movie Rachel Weisz plays Hypatia, an Alexandrian astrologer-philosopher struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. It also stars Max Minghella as Hypatia’s slave, Davus who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master (Weisz).

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