/24-7PressRelease/ - CARLSBAD, CA, April 03, 2007 - Award winning director Rex Piano, has been contracted to direct 6 episodes for the History Channel in Vilnius Lithuania. The company responsible for the ever-popular re-enactment series "Barbarians" contacted Piano last October and they ironed out a contract that will take Piano to the capital of Lithuania for 6 months of shooting.
This new series will tell the tale of the "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" and Piano's first episode will be entitled "Spartacus". Spartacus -according to Roman historians was a gladiator-slave who became the alleged leader of an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Piano who is known for his award wining feature work having directed to name a few; Oscar Nominated, Candy Clark ("Zodiac", "American Graffiti", "Blue Thunder") Oscar Nominated, Burt Reynolds ("Boogie Nights", "The Longest Yard", "Deliverance"), Golden Globe winner Johanna Cassady ("Blade Runner", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit") Mike Dopud ("300" , "Shooter") but is equally well rounded in series work. It was Piano's vision that created the entire look of the popular "Mike Hammer Private Eye" series with Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach ("American History X") and Piano charmed not only the actors but also the animals in the "Born Free" episodes he directed.
An interview for the PodCast seen at Your Video Store Self title "Rex Piano Is A Fantastic Man" (http://www.yourvideostoreshelf.com/?p=70), aired March 26, 2007, and allows for a very personal view of this visionary director.
If you are heading off to Blockbuster this weekend be sure to pick up Piano's current release "Trapped". Having been shot with alternative coverage and editing, "Trapped" is currently playing on the Pay Per View channel Here! TV and making a huge hit in the gay community, with this Blockbuster release, we expect even more excitement over the film. Later this year a "straight" version or "Trapped" titled "Dangerous Isolation" will also release.
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