Rome. The complete second season [videorecording] / HBO Entertainment in association with the BBC ;distributed by Warner Home Video ; producer, Todd London ; executive producers, William J. MacDonald, John Milius, Anne Thomopoulos, John Melfi, Bruno Heller ; created by John Milius and William J. MacDonald and Bruno Heller.
Contains all 10 episodes from the second season. Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary on "Passover" by Bruno Heller, Jonathan Stamp; "A tale of two Romes" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette; Season 1 recap. Disc 2. "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 3: "The making of Rome, Season II" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 4: Audio commentary on "Death mask" by John Maybury, Lindsay Duncan; Audio commentary on "A necessary fiction" by John Melfi, Carl Franklin; "The rise of Octavian: Rome's first emperor" featurette ; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Disc 5: Audio commentary on "Deus impedito esuritori nullus" by James Purefoy; Audio commentary on "De patre vostro" by Bruno Heller, Jonathan Stamp; "Antony & Cleopatra" featurette; "All roads lead to Rome" featurette. Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Polly Walker, Lindsay Duncan, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon, Indira Varma, David Bamber, Haydn Gwynne, Guy Henry, Suzanne Bertish, Anna Francolini, Chiara Mastalli, Lorcan Cranitch, Esther Hall, Max Pirkis, Ian McNeice, Rick Warden, Nicholas Woodeson, Coral Amiga, Lee Boardman, Ciaran Hinds, James Purefoy, Zuleikha Robinson, Lyndsey Marshal, Rafi Gavron, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Nardone, Daniel Cerqueira, Alan Williams, Allen Leech, Camilla Rutherford, Simon Woods, Alex Wyndham, Ronan Vibert. Originally broadcast on HBO during the 2006-2007 season.
Contents:
Disc 1. Son of Hades / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by Allen Coulter. Son of Hades / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by Allen Coulter. Disc 2. Testudo et Lepus (The tortoise and the hare) / written by Todd Ellis Kessler ; directed by Adam Davidson. Testudo et Lepus (The tortoise and the hare) / written by Todd Ellis Kessler ; directed by Adam Davidson. Disc 3. Philippi / written by Eoghan Mahony ; directed by Roger Young. Philippi / written by Eoghan Mahony ; directed by Roger Young. Disc 4. A necessary fiction / written by Todd Ellis Kessler ; directed by Carl Franklin. A necessary fiction / written by Todd Ellis Kessler ; directed by Carl Franklin. disc 5: De patre vostro (About your father) / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by John Maybury. De patre vostro (About your father) / written by Bruno Heller ; directed by John Maybury.
Summary:
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. The conspirator Brutus ponders how to curry favor with the masses that have condemned him as a murderer, while his mother Servilia concocts a deadly plot of her own. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.
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