The Odyssey

Utilizing an exceptional international all-star cast and excellent special effects, Hallmark entertainment and American Zoetrope productions created this fun-filled adaptation of Homer's most-famous epic poem. It was originally broadcast as a four-hour miniseries on the NBC network. The story ...more

This 1997 production captures the spirit of Homer's epic poem about the wily Greek hero willing to risk all to explore strange lands, test the limits of his courage, and challenge the will of the gods. Armand Assante is suitably arrogant, crafty, and dauntless as Odysseus, the western world's archetype of the universal man seeking knowledge and adventure. Although director Andrei Konchalovsky and executive producer Francis Ford Coppola omit and condense parts of Homer's work, enough of it is ...more