History Buffs: Agora

Thought I d review something a little different this time around but hopefully you will really enjoy it. I want to keep providing everyone a variety of films to enjoy, which is why this video won t be the same in tone as my Goodfellas review. But the history I touch upon should be as equally fascinating. ● Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistoryBuffsLondon ● Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoryBuffsNH ________________________________________­­_________________________________ - Check out These Videos - Zulu Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VygWpmwBO8M Gladiator Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVAxzf1HdH4 We Were Soldiers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ABJVrRfr2Q Kingdom of Heaven – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjUu1Bt29o The Last Samurai – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-buQSp6wOMc Why Game of Thrones reads like a History Book and not a Fantasy Epic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knGeCNaAdAU The Patriot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBuvmidN8Dc The Ghost and the Darkness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o5QWPKL74E 300 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXZt-IlClhs 1492 Conquest of Paradise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWSwUbnofw Amadeus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_iAGFaE80 Braveheart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBwASARAzo Vikings Historical Accuracy and Season 4 Predictions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBehjjt6V70 Waterloo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWKk5Sy0JT8 Alexander - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzHQuAz0N60 Lawrence of Arabia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9scZDbKxtY Goodfellas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4mBGIDEeU Agora (Spanish: Ágora) is a 2009 Spanish English-language historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in late 4th-century Roman Egypt, who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric model that challenges it. Surrounded by religious turmoil and social unrest, Hypatia struggles to save the knowledge of classical antiquity from destruction. Max Minghella co-stars as Davus, Hypatia s father s slave, and Oscar Isaac as Hypatia s student, and later prefect of Alexandria, Orestes. The story uses historical fiction to highlight the relationship between religion and science amidst the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism and the Christianization of the Roman Empire. The title of the film takes its name from the agora, a gathering place in ancient Greece, similar to the Roman forum. The film was produced by Fernando Bovaira and shot on the island of Malta from March to June 2008. Justin Pollard, co-author of The Rise and Fall of Alexandria (2007), was the historical adviser for the film. Agora was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in May, and opened in Spain on October 9, 2009 becoming the highest grossing film of the year for that country. Although the film had difficulty finding distribution, it was released country by country throughout late 2009 and early 2010. The film received a 53% overall approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes and seven Goya Awards in Spain, including Best Original Screenplay. It was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival.