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ATTILA THE HON?

NO HISTORY LESSON, TV FILM SHOWS THE 'SCOURGE OF GOD'S' MANY SIDES Um, excuse me, USA Network. My reference books describe the Huns as a short, Asian people. But your Attila the Hun looks like he could have stepped out of the extras for "Braveheart." And while we're...

Miniseries Brings Attila to Life

LOS ANGELES - In high school, screenwriter Bob Cochran was fascinated with Attila the Hun. So when his agent called years later with the chance to write a four-hour miniseries on the man called the Scourge of God, Cochran jumped at it. His ''Attila,'' a two-part...

USA hopes to tempt audiences with giant bugs, Attila the Hun

Pasadena, Calif. -- In the middle of a 19-day, all-network television showcase, exhibitors have to do something to catch the attention of critics, and USA cable's presentation was catchier than most. First, we got the softer side of Attila the Hun, then a visit from...

GERARD BUTLER: ‘Attila’

In the winter of 1999, Glasgow-born Gerard Butler left his home in London to visit New York, spend Christmas in Nashville and celebrate New Year's Eve in Sun Valley, Idaho. His ultimate destination was Los Angeles, where a manager and an agent anxiously awaited his...

Spectacle Stars in USA’s ‘Attila’

Gerard Butler has a Scottish accent strong enough to inflate a set of bagpipes. But in order to garner the title role of "Attila," USA's new miniseries on the infamous fifth century barbarian chieftain, Butler's Highlands burr had to go. "It was a concern," says...

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