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Pompeii / TriStar Pictures and Film District present ; a Constantin Film International/Impact Pictures production ; produced by Jeremy Bolt, Paul W. S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody ; written by Janet Scott Batchler & Lee Batchler and Michael Robert Johnson ; director, Paul W.S. Anderson.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 43634 | SonyLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Distributor: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2014]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Glen MacPherson ; music, Clinton Shorter ; editor, Michele Conroy.
Cast: Kit Harrington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Currie Graham, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Sasha Roiz, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Lucas.Summary: Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Pompeii Available 33111009520103
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Paul W.S. Anderson directs this period disaster film centered on the story of a Pompeii gladiator who races to save his true love as Mount Vesuvius prepares to erupt in A.D. 79. After rising out of slavery to become a gladiator, Milo (Kit Harrington) falls for radiant merchant's daughter Cassia (Emily Browning), who is being coerced into marrying a nefarious Roman Senator. Meanwhile, as the lava starts to flow, Milo must escape the arena and rescue Cassia before they are both turned to ash. CarrieAnne Moss, Adewa Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris, and Kiefer Sutherland co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Special features: Filmmakers commentary; The assembly: cast and characters; The volcanic eruption: special effects.

Director of photography, Glen MacPherson ; music, Clinton Shorter ; editor, Michele Conroy.

Kit Harrington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Jared Harris, Currie Graham, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Sasha Roiz, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Lucas.

Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense battle sequences, disaster-related action and brief sexual content.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.

In English; English and Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.

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