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I too would love to see "The War Lord" in DVD format and certainly on a screen. Some clues as to what footage was cut from the released film would be great as well as archival stuff and interviews, and anything that could be found about the film's composer, Jerome Moross. His film score is wonderful. I take it that the film was intended to be a road show film, but this didn't happen. How/why was this decision made?

With due respect to James Farentino's career, I do agree that he was too much a contemporary and naturalistic actor for this film; perhaps he was under contract to Universal-International. The casting of Julie Christie is one of those "what ifs" but I did like Rosemary Forsyth's performance.

It appears that the film was produced by Mr. Heston's production company, as were some of his other films of that time (notably "Counterpoint"); one wonders whether the delay in re-release of these films has something to do with the wind-down of his estate. In spite of the sad publicity generated at the end of his life, I would love to see these two films re-released on DVD, and I don't think I'm alone. (I will never understand how Mr. Heston made the transition from a Democrat to a very conservative man at the end of his life. He did have the candor to write about it in his autobiography, however.)

A notable film made after "The War Lord" was "Will Penny", an excellent film. I also like "Number One", the film about an aging professional football player.