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Disc One:; Theatrical trailers; Commentary by critic/ film historian F.X. Feeney; Disc Two:; New featurette - In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic; Commentary by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney
Full Product DetailsDisc #1 -- Quo Vadis
1. Overture [3:15]
2. Credits [1:20]
3. Outside Rome [3:33]
4. Audience With Nero [4:36]
5. Quiet Life [3:51]
6. Lauding Lygia [4:34]
7. Asking for Miracles [3:56]
8. Her Guardian [4:35]
9. Troubled Divinity [5:09]
10. Parade That Bears Watching [3:17]
11. Smoldering Desires [4:26]
12. Taking a Hostage [5:19]
13. Spyglassing and Song [4:12]
14. His Property [1:33]
15. Escape [3:14]
16. Eunice's Beloved [4:26]
17. They Call It Baptism [3:50]
18. Peter Gives Witness [3:16]
19. Ursus Vs. Marcus [6:37]
20. Forginess and Love [2:59]
21. Lygia's Choice [3:35]
22. Banisghed From My Sight [5:22]
23. Fresh Preoccupations [3:03]
Disc #2 -- Quo Vadis
24. Poppaea's Consolation [2:18]
25. Rome Is Burning [5:28]
26. Chariot Clash [1:56]
27. Streets of Fire [4:17]
28. Driven Too Far [3:46]
29. Enemies of Rome [6:58]
30. Asleep Too Long [2:25]
31. Farewell [1:45]
32. His Christian Friends [1:49]
33. Quo Vadis? [2:58]
34. Petronius in Transition [2:29]
35. Tender Words [5:13]
36. Into the Arena [2:39]
37. Peter and the Lions [3:49]
38. How Can They Sing? [3:15]
39. Man and Wife [2:43]
40. Crucifixions [4:15]
41. Bull by the Horns [4:31]
42. Rome Is Yours Again [6:48]
43. The End of Nero [2:04]
44. Bless Spot [5:11]
45. Cast List [2:02]
46. Exit Music [:50]
Originally advertised as "Colossal Quo Vadis," this opulent MGM production is far and away the most elaborate of the many versions of Henryk Sienkiewicz' novel. The plot, as always, concerns the romance between a beautiful early Christian woman (Deborah Kerr) and the initially agnostic Roman soldier Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor). This love story is laid against the larger intrigues of the debauched emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov), who hopes to gain immortality by destroying Rome with a fire and remaking it in his own image. Part of Nero's master plan is the elimination of the Christian "threat," leading to the climactic lion picnics in the arena. In spite of the many more celebrated highlights (the burning of Rome, the rescue of Lygia [Deborah Kerr] from a rampaging bear, the upside-down crucifixion of Simon Peter), the scene that remains most vivid in the memory is the posthumous "final insult" delivered to Nero by his contemptuous former aide Petronius (Leo Genn). Sophia Loren can be briefly spotted as an extra during one of the crowd scenes. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide