The Colossus of Rhodes disaster launching an 80 year career

launching an 80 year career as an independent toy inventor

and Those Who Dwell Within

" -- Marc Coppola

archaelogists and scholars separate fact from myth

The Colossus of Rhodes disaster launching an 80 year careerFilmmakers often begin their directing careers with works of limited scale. Sergio Leone began with a Colossus. Spectacle is king in The Colossus of Rhodes, Leone's first credited film as a director. Sun bronzed heroes (including toga wearing Rory Calhoun) battle tyranny. Prisoners scramble for their lives in coliseum pageants of doom. Usurpers connive. Revolution erupts. And towering over all the excitement is the mighty bronze Colossus that