Posted on 09/07/2019 3:01:02 PM PDT by NorseViking
Oscar-winner Helen Mirren will lead miniseries Catherine the Great as the tumultuous monarch and politician who ruled the Russian empire and transformed its place in the world in the 18th century. The four-part historical drama will follow the end of Catherine’s reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics. Catherine the Great premieres October 21 at 10PM on HBO.
Catherine the Great (2019): Official Trailer | HBO
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Catherine hired John Paul Jones at some point, too.
She also had to put up with an unpopular Swedish king that was constantly wagging the dog in Russia’s direction to try to get his subjects to rally to him. I think that king was later assassinated.
Anyway, European monarchies were all on edge after the success of the American Revolution.
I guess it would be too much to ask that it be historically accurate.
I watched Tora, Tora, Tora, last night. A good but not great movie. It did strike me as being right on the money unlike the recent “Pearl Harbor” movie.
the woman whose inoculations started a tend in how to treat disease. Inspiring Washington to inoculate the troops one of his greta decisions since the british used small pox against their enemies.
One of the first great celebrities of Europe.
Before Jimmy Page did?
For the Swede king in ended poorly. But parallels to the modern days are astonishing. The first Russian hoax indeed
Catherine hired John Paul Jones at some point, too.
Before Jimmy Page did?
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It’s sad when pop culture trash is the first thing that comes to mind.
Certainly happens with me as well, but not in this case.
Sorry, it won’t be the same without Greta Garbo.
From the promo vid, it looks like they are trying to make her out to be a lesbo, or at least a bi. HBO MUST cater to the LGBTX audience to be watched these days.
Helen was wonderful in Prime Suspect.
Great actress, Extremely capable.
I have watched Tora Tora Tora about a dozen times, second only to a great western, The Outlaw Josey Wales which I have watched 15 times or so.
I agree with your observation that it is a good movie. The actors played the actual participants in the Attack.
As an aside there are a lot of Josey Wales fans at FR.
We once had a series of posts about how many times Josey spit tobacco on his dog! :) I was off by one.
When my Daughter was young, she got mad every time he would spit on the dog. She loved dogs.
What? I didn't see anything along those lines in the preview.
I am hoping it is at least somewhat historically accurate. I am willing to forgive some literary license in the pursuit of good story telling as long as it is overall true to history. I mean we know the history of Catherine the Great but what was said and done in private, behind closed doors, as in any historical movie or novel, is always pure conjecture. But I will watch it hoping it is well done. Helen Mirren is an amazing actor. I’ve loved her since Excalibur and her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen and as the older Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I and of course in Prime Suspect. She was also a complete bad ass in Red and Red II.
I love history but so few movies get it right.
For anyone interested there is a YouTube channel History Buffs. It is hosted by a Brit, Nick Hodges and he reviews movies for historical accuracy. While I don’t agree with every review in every aspect, overall he does a very good job.
For instance, he absolutely loves, loves, loves Master and Commander as do I and has nothing but high praise for Gettysburg and The Ghost And The Darkness and Apollo 13, but hated Braveheart and truth be told, so did I because it was just so historically inaccurate.
Almost every detail in Braveheart was wrong but surprisingly overall it was true. Still they got pretty far afield with the French Princess.
I thought she was wearing men’s clothes in one scene. No, I won’t go back to watch it again. If this is HBO’s answer to the excellent “Victoria” series, they are on the wrong track. I mean, Mirren is a septuagenarian. Might as well watch old documentaries about Hillary.
Animal cruelty?
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