Rome '78

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Director :

Jamie Nares

Stars :

David McDermottLydia LunchKristian HoffmanBradley FieldJohn LurieJim SutcliffeJudy RifkaMary FocusElizabeth SeidmanAnya Phillips

Genre :

HistoryDrama

Release :

1978-12-23

Story :

Nares mocks up Ancient Rome by shooting in faux-classical sites like Grant's Tomb and Tribeca's American Thread Building, where a decrepit penthouse loft with a peeling-paint dome serves as an echoey stand-in for the imperial palace. The latter location required ingenuity: Posing as potential renters, Nares and associates asked the manager to show them the apartment, then unlocked the windows on the way out; a few hours later, they broke back into the space, full cast and crew in tow, to shoot the necessary scenes.