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A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

When Marco Polo was aired in the 80s, I was totally in love with the movie in every aspect of it, the music, the places, the peoples and the cultures... One strange thing about it is, after the 80s show time, the movie basically went disappeared, not a word of it, not a copy can be bought, not a rental can be found, not even in the public library, or not in what so ever in the US!! it seems as if it is never existed! Luckily, thanks to the nowadays internet, I got a hold of a copy in ebay, and hey, my son watched it and liked it very much! I don't know what is going on, it is a great movie, and I hope it will be made available to every body in the US, after all, it was a big budget movie, why waste it? Thanks.

Wonderful miniseries. The soundtrack is hauntingly beautiful! I searched for it for years and years. Several months back,I read the post regarding it being available in Holland and recently purchased the DVD from Holland and plugged it into my computer, changed my Windows Media Player to Region 2 and I just enjoyed seeing the series after a 23 year wait. It was like finding an old friend once again. I wanted to share the information for others who may wish to own the Region 2 DVD and didn't know if they could play it here in the US. Thanks for the helpful comments and the trail that led to my finding this miniseries once again.To summarize: Region 2 DVD plus Computer plus DVDPlayer plus Windows Media set on Region 2 equals wonderful viewing! Oh, and a good set of speakers helps, too! Enjoy!!

The expanded version of this score (over 120 minutes of music) is available at the following link. However, right now it's out of stock. Perhaps if you write to Douglass Fake (I've known him for more than 30 years and is my oldest friend) and ask if he's getting anymore in, he'd appreciate it.got to www.intrada.com. then click on catalogue by composer. then click on Ennio Morricone, then scroll down to Marco Polo.There could actually be a third disk added to this to bring out just about all the music from the mini-series, but this 2-disk set is glorious.I'm a huge Morricone fan, have been one since "A Fistful of Dollars" first hit these shores in 1966 (and he wasn't even credited as Morricone in the credits, but as Dan Savio, because the producers were afraid of being taken as an Italian movie since Italy had made so many sword and sandal movies, and we know how critics loved those, right?), so for me to say this is one of my favorite Morricone scores is really saying something. Another score that is very high on my list is his rejected score to "What Dreams May Come". Someone recorded about 28 minutes of that score and released to. I have a copy, and it is magnificent.But if you can get "Marco POlo", do so!

This is one of the most beautiful mini-series ever filmed. The script was good, the casting was beautiful, the music was wonderful. When TV is good, it is very, very good! This is a jewel, savor it, play it again, and marvel at the wondrous world of Marco Polo.