A story about great men that would come to redefine our civilisation.
An event whose impact would reach the "ends of the world and the great outer sea".
A cultural revolution had started that would mark the beginning of an epoch.
None of these statements describes this made for TV pilot movie, which is a rather turgid retelling of the Battle of Issus with William Shatner in the title role and Adam West playing Robin to his Alexander. The script is horrible, the acting is wooden and thank god this pilot was never picked up.
Three years later Shatner and West were free to be cast in their iconic roles and history was made.
None of these statements describes this made for TV pilot movie, which is a rather turgid retelling of the Battle of Issus with William Shatner in the title role and Adam West playing Robin to his Alexander. The script is horrible, the acting is wooden and thank god this pilot was never picked up.
Three years later Shatner and West were free to be cast in their iconic roles and history was made.