The Fall of the Roman Empire

But because of all the delays, he had to move on to another project.

Similar thing for our Mark Antony, of course, infamously played in the end by Richard Burton, but originally was meant to be played by Stephen Boyd, whose name you might recall because he plays the bad guy in Ben-Hur and he also stars in Fall of the Roman Empire.

Okay, so this man has been around epic films and he's looking for his next turn.

Is it a timing issue for him as well? It absolutely is.

I looked him up, and three of the movies that he scored that stood out in my mind are Strangers on a Train, 1951, and staying with the Hitchcock theme, I Confess, 1953.

And then getting out of Hitchcock, The Fall of the Roman Empire, 1964.

Great soundtrack call.

Yeah, he's definitely a top-notch composer, and that adds to this film quite a lot.

It's an absolute banger of a song.

And then I'm going to take here for our history buffs, it also is a movie, but I'm not specifically taking the Sophia Loren, Alec Guinness movie, The Fall of the Roman Empire Goo, notable one, maybe the most famous fall in recorded history.

All right, Mac, with my next pick in this draft, a movie that I think is a little overseen from last year.

It was fun as hell.

Whatever.

Goo, Taco Fall, TLC's Waterfalls, Kanye West's All Falls Down, Stacey Dash and the music video.

The Fall of the Roman Empire, Goo, Autumn Falls, The Great Actress, and Alan Rickman slash Hans Gruber's Fall in Die Hard.

I have Korn falling away for me, Fall Out Boy, Fall Out Boy, The Fall Guy, Niagara Falls, and Alicia Keys.

So I wanted to start off with two movies that actually sort of parallel each other.

The first, and I'm doing this chronologically, is a 1964 movie by Anthony Mann called The Fall of the Roman Empire.

And the second is one that, well, I would think that most of you valued listeners have seen called Gladiator, right? Will I touch on Gladiator 2? Painfully, yes, I will.

But for right now, just wanted to focus on Fall of the Roman Empire

Totally agree.

And I think Joaquin Phoenix is a great actor.

But I think because they had to portray him as kind of a child, which... does not come off nearly as much in the original movie, The Fall of the Roman Empire.

Their Commodus is just more ruthless.