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Article: 'Attila': An Epic on a Shoestring.(Brief Article)
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- January 15, 2001
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Attila, the USA Network miniseries, is a prime example of making the most of relatively little. A rousing historical drama loosely based on the life of the fifth-century Hun warrior known to history as "the scourge of God," the film recounts the struggles of Attila's "barbarian hordes" against the dwindling might of the Roman Empire during Rome's waning days.
Such epics as Gladiator have stretched audience expectations (as well as production budgets) as to the sheer spectacle that modern "sword and sandal" epics can provide. But Attila harkens back to a relatively simpler day in which manpower, optical trickery and miniatures created the illusions that today come ...