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DVD Gurus: The Ancient World in Film

Strap on those sandals and mount your chariot for a selection of films featuring chesty heroes, voluptuous damsels and many armed goddesses with swords. By Up to Date

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The DVD Gurus - screenwriter/film professor Mitch Brian and knower-of-all-things-Hollywood and critic Jason Heck return with some of their favorite films featuring the ancient world as their subject.

Jason's Picks:

Clash of the Titans (1981)
Spartacus
Quo Vadis?

Mitch's Picks:

I, Claudius
Jason and the Argonauts
Cleopatra

View Trailers and Clips from the DVD Guru's Picks for Favorite Films of the Ancient World

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