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Great Ideas Goes to the Movies

Many of the books we're reading have inspired films. I've listed some of them, but if you have additions, let me know so I can add them to this page.

Ancient Egyptian Literature

• The Egyptian (1954; US; dir. Michael Curtiz)
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955; US; dir. Howard Hawks)
• Nefertiti (1961; Italy; dir. Fernando Cerchio)
• Valley of the Kings (1954; US; dir. Robert Pirosh)

The Arabian Nights

• Aladdin (1992; US; dir. John Musker and Ron Clements)
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944; US; dir. Arthur Lubin)
• Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937; US; dir. David Butler)
• The Arabian Nights (2000; US; dir. Steve Barron)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974; UK; dir. Gordon Hessler) [with special effects by Ray Harryhausen]
• Sinbad the Sailor (1947; US; dir. Richard Wallace)

Beowulf

• Beowulf (1999; US; dir. Graham Baker)
• Beowulf: The Animated Epic (1998; US; dir. Yuri Kulakov)
• The 13th Warrior (1999; US; dir. John McTiernan)
• Mad Max (1979; Australia; dir. George Miller)

The Epic of Gilgamesh  

• The Unnameable Little Broom (1995; UK; dir. Keith Griffiths and Stephen Quay)

The Odyssey

• Clash of the Titans (1981; US; dir. Desmond Davis) [with special effects by Ray Harryhausen]
• Iphigenia(1982; Greece; dir. Michael Cacoyannis)
• Jason and the Argonauts (1963; US; dir. Don Chaffey) [with special effects by Ray Harryhausen]
• The Odyssey (1997; US; dir. Andrei Konchalovsky)
• Ulysses (1954; Italy; dir. Mario Camerini)

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