TROY STORY.

TROY (Film); TROJAN War; ILIAD of Homer; EPIC films; EPIC poetry; CLASSICAL literature; NARRATIVE poetry; PETERSEN, Wolfgang, 1941-2022; PITT, Brad, 1963-; BANA, Eric, 1968-; BLOOM, Orlando, 1977-; BENIOFF, David; FILMMAKING

TROY (Extinct city); MEXICOReport Available

Discusses how the motion picture 'Troy' directed by Wolfgang Petersen adapts Homer's 'The Iliad' with actors Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Orlando Bloom. How the film required 1,500 extras trained for explicit battle scenes; Story of 'The Iliad,' an epic poem of the Trojan War; Consideration of the screenplay written by novelist David Benioff; How botanists were hired to transplant protected cacti on a beach where the movie was filmed in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Halt in production when Pitt suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon; Speculation on how 'Troy' will fare at the box-office. INSET: Helmeted, Huge, Humble.