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	The Private Life of Helen of Troy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Private Life of Helen of Troy was a 1927 silent film about Helen of Troy based on a novel by John Erskine.
		The film was directed by Alexander Korda and starred Maria Corda as Helen, Lewis Stone as Menelaus, and Ricardo Cortez as Paris.
		That same year, the first "talkie," The Jazz Singer, received an honorary award for introducing sound to film, and the category for which The Private Life of Helen of Troy was nominated was dropped by the second Academy Awards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Helen_of_Troy (167 words)

	About Helen of Troy
		Paradoxically the concern to elevate Helen from the realm of sordid anecdote and restore her to an epic role, was to have the effect of casting doubt on the epic itself.
		Since it was vital that beautiful Helen should be virtuous, it was claimed that she had never been in Troy, that Zeus had put a phantom in her place or that a king of Egypt had snatched her from Paris to protect her.
		All the same, Helen is cast with remarkable frequency as a burdened soul who finds it hard to recognize her own identity, in the work of both those who stick to the Trojan version and those who adopt the Egyptian variant.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/g_l/hd/abouthelen.htm (4454 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Helen of Troy > Printer Friendly
		Helen of Troy is truly epic in scope, taking on an ambitious story that sweeps across various Mediterranean locations, from Troy to Sparta, involves three royal families and their personal intrigues, has passions raging high in both love and hate, and culminates in a series of ambitious battle sequences.
		Helen of Troy takes a fairly naturalistic approach to the material, developing the characters and the situation in such a way that the epic events of the story are entirely believable.
		Helen is best in her scenes as a younger woman, in which she does a nice job of portraying the rather wild, self-willed girl, but her later scenes just don't have as much power as they could have.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=7617 (1631 words)

	HELEN OF TROY THE TROJAN HORSE ACHILLES HEEL AND BRAD PITT EPIC FILM - THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS - THE ...
		Helen was believed to be initially the chief mother-goddess worshipped through the area, until the arrival of the Dodecatheon.
		Helen fell in love with him, as the goddess had promised, willingly leaving behind Menelaus and Hermione, their nine-year-old daughter, to be with her new love.
		http://home.swipnet.se/~w-48250/mythology/h/helen.html Helen Helen Helen (often called Helen of Troy) was the daughter of Leda and Zeus, and was the sister of the Dioscuri and Clytemnestra.
	www.solarnavigator.net /helen_of_troy.htm (5382 words)

	TV mini-series Helen of Troy to be shot in Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Helen of Troy is produced and distributed by USA Cable Entertainment - part of Vivendi Group, the largest media group worldwide - and is to be aired in the US early next year.
		Malta was selected for the TV film primarily due to the sets in Fort Ricasoli and the fort itself, as well as other locations, the short distances and competitive costs, the MFC said.
		Helen of Troy marks the third TV project to be almost completely shot in Malta in 2002.
	www.maltamigration.com /news/times97991.shtml (658 words)

	Troy: Starring Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana
		An epic chronicle of the triumphs and tragedy of the legendary Trojan War, Troy begins as the passion of lovers Prince Paris of Troy (Orlando Bloom) and Queen Helen of Sparta (Diane Kruger) ignites a war between the Trojans and the united tribes of Greece.
		Wolfgang Petersen is in negotiations with Rose Byrne to star in Troy as Briseis a Trojan slave girl who is given to Achilles who becomes fond of her, she is then captured by the enemy and Achilles rage is unleashed on the enemy.
		The film, based on the Greek mythological tale of Helen of Troy, was due to begin shooting in Muslin Morocco next month.
	www.ez-entertainment.net /prod/troy.htm (977 words)

	HELEN OF TROY - GREEK HISTORY ARGONAUTS, AGAMEMNON THE TROJAN HORSE AND BLOCKBUSTER FILM STARRING BRAD PITT
		Helen of Troy and the Trojan War were central to the early history of ancient Greece, and the Trojan War cycle was the culmination of many myths about the ancient Greek legendary heroes.
		Helen is the object of one of the most dramatic love stories of all time and one of the main reasons for a ten-year war between the Greeks and Trojans.
		Helen's mother was generally considered to have been Leda, wife of the king of Sparta, Tyndareus.
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/helen_of_troy.htm (1612 words)

	Helen Of Troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Filming of Helen of Troy, which rides the wave of the surging interest in history, started on July 22 and continues until the end of September.
		Helen of Troy traces the story of how a savage war was raged over the beauty of one woman, who risked everything to be with her lover, the young warrior Paris of Troy.
		Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman in all of the world.
	www.geocities.com /archive2r/HelenOfTroy/helen1.html (4241 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Helen Of Troy [1955]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Helen's father, the king of Sparta, just married her off to Menelaus (Niall MacGinnis), who, along with his brother, Agamemnon (Robert Douglas), is interested in attacking Troy to take its riches.
		Of course, nothing is going to stop the Greeks, because Helen is just an excuse for conquering the rich city that controls the Dardanelles (the importance of which is explained in the prologue), and we are treated to the spectacle of 30,000 men fighting it out on the plains of Troy in glorious Warnercolor.
		Clearly not aimed at High Art, 'Helen of Troy' is a magnificently entertaining, beautifully mounted epic, in almost every sense superior to Wolfgang Petersen's CGI obsessed and arficial-looking 'Troy', especially in the climactic battle scenes of the last half, eminently edited and colourful.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001FYL8Q (1525 words)

	The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an actress who can launch a thousand ships. By Julia Turner
		One way to make the concretized Helen interesting without having to buck up against the notion of the Ideal would be to put her next to her competitors in the judgment of Paris scene.
		Helen and Achilles, the story makes clear, are no gods; but they have attributes that go beyond the merely human.
		Equal to Achilles strength in battle is Helen's eerie beauty, which unbalanced the minds and thrones of kings.
	www.slate.com /id/2100449 (946 words)

	Movie Helen Of Troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Diane Kruger plays Helen in the movie What they really needed to prove that this indeed was Troy was some written evidence from the time that might suggest a conflict, and virtually none has ever...
		Troy is about two powerful armies drawn into war over the sake of one woman, Helen of Troy.
		In case you didn't know, this is a remake of the 1956 movie Helen of Troy (itself apparently a remake of a silent, b+w 1927 film of the same name that's now lost), which is based on Homer's Illiad...
	helenoftroy.fleatroy.com /moviehelenoftroy (1114 words)

	Helen of Troy Movie: Helen of Troy DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		A lavishly filmed epic about the Trojan War based on Homer's ILIAD, Robert Wise's HELEN OF TROY depicts the tale of the famed Helen (Rossana Podesta), the woman responsible for the battle.
		Washing up on Sparta's shore, he is found by the beautiful Helen, with whom he falls head-over-heels in love, completely unaware that she is the queen of Sparta.
		The Greeks, who have been feuding among themselves, now unite and set off to attack Troy, devising a unique plan to get inside (which includes what was, at the time the film was made, the largest movie prop ever made).
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/085392462827IE (294 words)

	slant // magazine.com: Film Review - Troy
		Hector and Paris's return home to Troy with Helen in tow is met with a joyous ticker tape parade, while Achilles's showdown with Hector—not only the best of the film's many accomplished action sequences, but a clash that outdoes anything in Ridley Scott's overly frantic Gladiator—has a WWE-meets-the-NFL adrenaline.
		Peterson's film strives for the timeless and the monumental, and thus his cast is filled out with an assortment of distinguished thespians.
		In the case of Troy, however, such comparisons are largely facile, as Peterson's lengthy film is primarily interested in the immense cost war takes on its victors and losers, as well as the greed and irresponsibility that governs so many youthful hearts.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1039 (711 words)

	Helen Of Troy And (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HELEN OF TROY (Greek - Legendary) Helen - The Puppet of the Gods Although she had few spoken lines...
		ROBERT PLANT lyrics - "Helen Of Troy" She walks like a gunslinger - laughs through the shots Got some lead from the hips - she's so hot she can't stop She loves like a steam train - out all the time...
		Daughter of the mysterious Professor Troy, Helen is torn between her relationship with her father...
	helenoftroy.fleatroy.com /helenoftroyand (1103 words)

	Helen Of Troy - the Fashion Spot
		According to Homer, Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships, "the very image of an immortal goddess".
		Filming is to start real soon, on April 22 in London, then Malta, and Morocco in Summer.
		"Troy," a sweeping epic based on the classic Greek tale "The Iliad" by Homer, will be filmed in England; Malta; and Los Cabos, Mexico, with principal photography scheduled to begin April 22 in England.
	www.thefashionspot.com /forums/f50/helen-troy-270.html (1550 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Unearthing Troy's truth
		The story appears to have everything - a 10-year conflict between mighty nations and their warrior heroes, triggered by the abduction of Helen of Troy - the most beautiful woman in the world.
		He says the Troy legend is as relevant today as it was to the ancient Greeks.
		What they really needed to prove that this indeed was Troy was some written evidence from the time that might suggest a conflict, and virtually none has ever been found.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3732787.stm (862 words)

	Helen Of Troy El Paso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		"The Role of Helen of Troy in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde," Rocky...
		Helen of Troy (Nasdaq: HELE - News), which yesterday announced mixed earnings and disappointing guidance, will gather in El Paso, Texas, on July 12.
		Helen of Troy Limited Announces Date for Annual Shareholders Meeting EL PASO, Texas, May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Helen of Troy Limited designer, developer and worldwide marketer of brand-name...
	helenoftroy.fleatroy.com /helenoftroyelpaso (1092 words)

	Helen of Troy on CD
		Possession of the film soundtrack, furthermore, was the only way - before video and short of ripping the poster from the theatre marquee - to take home some of the films’ magic.
		I’m sure many of the film’s fans were absolutely and unconditionally taken in by the film’s charm because of the film’s music as much as by Paris’ (Jacques Sernas) and Helen’s (Rossana Podesta) seductive powers, even if they didn’t recognize it as an important factor.
		The music evokes a pagan ritual which is alluded to in the film’s trailer, where priests seem to read the future into a fire and perform some kind of ceremony which quickly degenerates into a carousing orgy at Menelaus’s palace.
	home.flash.net /~torchie/jsernas/helenoftroymusic2.htm (1606 words)

	TV Guide April 12-18 2003 Helen Of Troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She plays the legendary beauty of Greek mythology, Helen of Troy, whose face was said to have launched a thousand ships.
		When Helen's brother Pollux (Craig Kelly) tries to rescue her, both he and Theseus end up dead and Helen returns home, where she is forced to marry the powerful Menelaus, king of Sparta (James Callis).
		Guillory landed the role thanks in part to one of her previous films, which Helen executive producer Adam Shapiro happened to see on a flight from Los Angeles to London.
	www.geocities.com /archive2r/HelenOfTroy/helen2.html (885 words)

	Helen of Troy (2003) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Plot Outline: The abduction of beautiful Helen, wife of Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris of Troy triggers a long war.
		As in the Iliad Paris and Helen are a matched pair.
		The scene in which the Trojan Horse suddenly appears without explanation outside the walls of Troy is particularly effective, because it appears to the viewer just as it must have appeared to the Trojans.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0340477 (543 words)

	Helen of Troy
		Married to Helen and disgraced by her affair with Paris, he sought to avenge his honor with the conquest of Troy.
		Meanwhile, the filming in Malta of the USA Cable TV mini-series, Helen of Troy, again on the Trojan War and the beautiful Helen, finished on Monday after a "successful" three-month shoot at Fort Ricasoli and other locations, the commission said.
		Helen of Troy is be aired in the US over two nights in March.
	www.aboutrufus.com /helen_of_troy.htm (6586 words)

	Helen of Troy (1956) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HELEN OF TROY as directed by craftsman Robert Wise is very pleasingly made and with excellent action and spectacle - especially in the well populated fiery siege scenes.
		HELEN OF TROY on DVD has good extras including the TV specials made with Gig Young as a promo of the time.
		It is a good film and well worth seeing after you see TROY as a companion/chaser.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0049301 (426 words)

	Amazon.com: Helen of Troy: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Filmed in exotic locales with an international cast and featuring state-of-the-art special effects, Helen of Troy depicts one of the greatest battles ever fought to win the love of the world's most beautiful woman.
		I love Greek mythology and history, particularly the story of the Trojan war and the legendary beauty of Helen of Troy, but this made for TV movie was really quite awful.
		My other major problem about this movie is that Helen is supposed to be amazingly beautiful - the daughter of a god - and she was only so-so looking in my opinion.
	www.amazon.com /gp/product/B00005JMH8 (1718 words)

	AFI: Robert Wise - Helen of Troy
		Wise's dedication to realistic detail in every aspect led him to overdub the voices of the two leads (the Italian actress Rossana Podesta and the French actor Jack Sernas) so that their accents would not differ from the rest of the cast, who were mostly British.
		Warned by Helen, Paris flees and Helen is forced to accompany him to Troy.
		The siege culminates in Greek victory through the ruse of the Trojan horse, and Helen is forced to return with Menelaus, serene in the knowledge that she will someday be reunited with Paris, now dead.
	afi.com /wise/films/helen_of_troy/hot.html (425 words)

	HELEN OF TROY - MovieWeb
		Helen Of Troy: Universal City, CA, June 26 2003 - Boosting USA Network's average viewers by 70%, the epic miniseries event, Helen of Troy, comes to DVD and video for the first time on August 12.
		The two-disc Helen of Troy DVD is priced at $26.98 S.R.P. ($19.95 M.A.P), with a pre-order close date of July 8.
		Helen of Troy's national marketing campaign includes an on-air event with USA Networks during the 1st re-airing of the show on August 9th and a national print campaign.
	movieweb.com /news/news.php?id=1369 (1478 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Helen Of Troy [2003]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I'm very interested in Troy, Helen etc and this is the only film I've watched and gosh I wish I hadn't.
		It has some good points for example: the actress who plays Helen is, with no doubt, very beautiful and there are amazing scenery shots and the actress who plays Cassandra is also worth a mention but the rest is pretty bad.
		Admittedly the last few minutes were done in a sloppy way: Agamemnon raping Helen (under the eyes of her helpless husband) and killed in Troy, and Paris appearing like a ghost lover.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000C66AT (781 words)

	Helen of Troy links compiled by Tracy Marks
		To Follow the Goddess: Helen of Troy (Cargill)
		Helen: Myth, Legend and the Culture of Misogyny (Meagher)
		John Erskine, The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1925)
	www.geocities.com /tmartiac/thalassa/helen.htm (230 words)

	Helen Of Troy (1956) - MovieMail UK
		The Look Of Troy Featurette; Interviewing Helen Featurette; Sounds Of Homeric Troy Featurette; Theatrical Trailer.
		Actually, Wise’s film is both lively and spectacular, and as with the new version, some solid British supporting players shore up the less able principals in the main roles.
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	www.moviemail-online.co.uk /films/5269 (273 words)

	Helen of Troy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Helen of Troy to receive a rating.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1070230-helen_of_troy (344 words)

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