Pompeii: The Last Day (2003)
- Directed by
- Peter Nicholson
- Genre
- documentary film, docudrama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 2003 docudrama reconstructs the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It follows the different stages of the disaster as residents become trapped between the volcano and the sea.
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What happens
Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE. This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing a large number of people trapped between the volcano and the sea. The documentary, which portrays the different phases of the eruption, was directed by Peter Nicholson and written by Edward Canfor-Dumas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1913)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.