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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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Some History, More Good Fun in Attila (blog)
Although he’s the title character, 300 star Gerard Butler was billed last in the USA Network’s 2001 epic Attila. Then unknown, the Scottish thespian is now everywhere-from 300 to an alleged Escape From New York remake. It’s the perfect time to check out Butler’s...
Miscellaneous Reviews
From the Attila Press Kit: (Thanks to Diane for the contribution!) From Tim Curry: "It's a pretty dynamic cast - and I think Gerry Butler is an extremely charismatic and enormously energetic and riveting actor. I think this will make him a star." From writer Robert...
Was Atilla a hunk or an early Hitler?
Oh, that Attila the Hun. Was he a fifth-century Hitler or a hunk on a horse with a heart as big as Asia Minor? It's a movie on USA. You do the math. The two-part "Attila" (9 p.m., USA) concludes just like it started. With much hacking, throat-slitting and pillaging....
HONEY SIDE OF ATTILA IS AN EPIC HUN-DINGER
ATTILA THE HUN - one of history's major heavies or merely misunderstood? You guessed it. Seems he had the fifth-century equivalent of a dysfunctional childhood, watching his beloved father slaughtered in front of his eyes, among other things. His role model was a...
‘IF ATTILA HAD LOOKED LIKE THIS IN REAL LIFE,HE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD TO BOTHER RAPING AND PILLAGING’
Attila the hunk. Hi Hun, I'm home! So who knew the big brute was also a serial ladykiller? FOR reasons I had hoped never to understand, in the last month ads started appearing on public transportation which read, "Attila: Lover, Leader, Warrior, Hun." Now, call me...