Building the Great Pyramid
starring: Christian Brückner, Tom Hewitt, Hisham Abdullah, Michael Pennington, Marc Bator
directed by: Jonathan Stamp
directed by: Jonathan Stamp
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790774251
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790774259
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 04, 2003
Running Time: 60 minutes
Sales Rank: 52869
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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Editorial Review:
Description:
For four thousand years men have marvelled at the Great Pyramid of Giza and asked two questions: how was it built and why? To answer those questions we will travel back in time. By combining the latest archaeological research with the most up-to-date visual technology we can for the first time see the Pyramid through the eyes of the men who built it.
Amazon.com:
Not quite documentary, not quite drama, this reenactment of a fictional conscript's life building the Great Pyramid of Giza is best described as docudrama. Omar Sharif voices the thoughts of the aged Nakht remembering the moment Egyptian soldiers drafted him into the king's service. The 57-minute film re-creates the boat trip up the Nile and his ascent through the ranks, from delivering water to helping haul 2.5-ton blocks up ramps for the king's tomb. Interspersed are narrator Michael Pennington's historical assertions, along with contrasting footage of what the pyramid looks like today. Pennington's comments are not substantiated during the film, although a list of academic and museum consultants is part of the credits. Almost as interesting as the actual film is the DVD's 14-minute making-of featurette, which explains what shots were real, what were visual effects, and how they used a real Egyptian village to stand in for Giza, now a well-developed suburb. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Average Rating: 
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- The Pyramids are Great but this DVD is not.I was really disappointed in this fictional presentation about the construction of the pyramids. ... Read More
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- Pseudo-documentary with fictional characters for "everyone"This pseudo-documentary movie - with fictional characters - dramatizes a theory of building the Great ... Read More
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- Watched this docudrama on Discovery HDThe BBC story of building the great pyramid as told by Nakht (a fictional conscript). It is beautifully ... Read More
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- Stunningly realisticI've come to expect generally good fare from the BBC, and this was no exception. The visual richness of ... Read More
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- A very good overview of life in EgyptThere are actually two versions of this film. One was shown on the Discovery Channel with about 5 minutes ... Read More
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