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Eagle of the
East
Eagle of the East
is the name for a video documentary series, which is producing about the circumstance
in which
Cyrus the Greet came to power. In this
documentary set, historical events of Iran (Elam,
Media, Persis) and also
Mesopotamia (Assyria, Babylonia),
Lydia and some other regions during 8th,
7th and 6th centuries B.C. until the end of Cyrus the Great
lifetime would be described. In addition, the residues of historical monuments of
these civilizations in more than 16 Asian and
European countries
(Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria,
Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Georgia, Turkey Macedonia, and Greece) and also UK, France,
Germany and USA museums will be photographed.
The historical
and cultural set would be produced by
scientific and spiritual
support of some universities and research centers and some international experts.
Authentic historical texts and essays and some contemporary researchers and historians
views and finally new archaeological findings have been used for textual parts.
This set would
be produced in video format using professional equipments and finally would be released
in DVD (total time
400 minutes) in
Farsi and English with one illustrated 200 pages book named Four
Territories of the world (Collection of pictures from various territories
and relics of Achaemenian). Producing such a complex documentary would need numerous
travels, 150 days of filming in various points of (at least) 16 Asian and European,
Due to transportation, human resource, technical equipments, residential and other
costs the necessary budget for producing the documentary and the illustrated book
has estimated around US$ 850000.00. The producer has paid some of the initial budget
around US$ 150000.00 and he tries to provide the rest of money for producing this
valuable and everlasting product through support and cuds of bellow-interested groups:
The name of the
participants from above groups would be registered in the page of supporters of
this site. The name of 200 of financial supporters would be reflected in final titling
of “The Eagle of the East” by order of their share of participation.
If the sum of money
gain from support became more than necessary budget, the surplus will be used for
producing animation or actual remaking some scene of the script.
The production
has begun early in 2006 with photographing in some regions in Iran. The next phase
of photography in more than 16 Asian and European countries would begin is 2008.
Finally, after editing and passing technical processes the set would be released
early in 2010.
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Objectives
By producing these set of documentary film and the
illustrated book we try to achieve these goals and objectives:
To help the increasing the level of historical knowledge
of students, researchers, tourists and those who interested in Iran and East histories.
To help the recognition of Cyrus the Great personality
and his attitude in contacting with other nations of the region.
To introduce and publicizing residues and objects
that is remained from Achaemenid era through all part of their kingdom.
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Book
We intend to produce and distribute an illustrated
book with the name of the Four Territories of the World, simultaneously with releasing
the documentary (Eagle of the east). The book dimension is 22*30 with 200-gram glossy
paper and contains 200-color photo from all lands that still held signs and monuments
from Achaemenian civilization. The aim of waking such illustrative book is to portray
nations who share historical civilization of Achaemenian despite the distance from
each other and differentiation in generation, language and culture. (Countries like
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Turkey,
Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt & ….).
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