VASkins540 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Has anyone seen this yet? I just saw the trailer for the first time earlier today and was impressed. It's a foreign film co-produced by German, Russian, Mongolian, and Kazakh companies loosely based on Genghis Khan's early life and rise to power. It was initially released in Russia last fall and has since swept the Nika Awards (the Russian equivalent to the Oscars) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film last year. Most of the reviews I've read have been positive, a handful even compared it to David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (Braveheart was suggested a few times as well). It premiered in the US on the 8th and is now being shown in select theaters. Here's the trailer... http://youtube.com/watch?v=X0okVWmMdhY&feature=related ...and a list of the cities it's being shown in: Mongol is now playing in theaters! Now playing in the following cities: Arlington, VA Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Berkeley, CA Bethesda, MD Boston, MA Brooklyn, NY Cambridge, MA Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Dennis, MA Denver, CO Evanston, IL Indianapolis, IN Irvine, CA Kansas City, MO Kew Gardens, NY Los Angeles, CA Malverne, NY Minneapolis, MN New York, NY Newport Beach, CA Norwalk, CT Palm Desert, CA Palo Alto, CA Pasadena, CA Philadelphia, PA Pleasant Hill, CA Portland, OR Providence, RI Rocky Hill, NJ Royal Oak, MI San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Rafae,l CA Santa Barbara, CA Santa Monica, CA Scottsdale, AZ Seattle, WA St. Louis, MO Stamford, CT Voorhees, NJ Waltham, MA Washington DC Westlake Village, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Definitley interested in seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Jawesome. Sadly, I live in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I wonder how much of this is going to be fiction and how much fact? Either way, it appears to be a beautiful movie from the trailer scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 You have to wonder how accurate one can get portraying Chingis Khan. After all not too much is known about him to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASkins540 Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 I wonder how much of this is going to be fiction and how much fact?Either way, it appears to be a beautiful movie from the trailer scenes. From what I've read the director tried to keep it fairly accurate, but because the Mongols kept relatively few written accounts of their history there was a lot of room for artistic liberties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateCitySkin Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 You have to wonder how accurate one can get portraying Chingis Khan. After all not too much is known about him to begin with. history channel did a little docu movie on him a little while back... i think i have a copy of it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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