The Arena (2001 film)

The Arena
	Cover image of VHS cassette
Directed by	Timur Bekmambetov
Produced by	Roger Corman; Sergei Livnev
Written by	John William Corrington
Starring	Karen McDougal; Lisa Dergan
Edited by	Dmitriy Kiselev
Distributed by	New Horizons Home Video
Release date	28 August 2001 (U.S.);
Running time	92 min.
Country	Russia; United States
Language	English

The Arena is a direct-to-video film from producer Roger Corman on the subject of female gladiators. It is a remake of the 1974 The Arena with Pam Grier. It was shot in Russia by Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov^[1] with a Russian crew and it featured Playboy Playmates Karen McDougal and Lisa Dergan,^[2] in their feature film debut, playing Amazon slaves forced to be gladiators in a Roman arena.

Cast

Karen McDougal as Jessemina
Lisa Dergan as Bodicia
Olga Sutulova as Livia
Yulia Chicherina as Diedra
Viktor Verzhbitsky as Timarchus

References

^ ^a ^b Бекмамбетов выпустит «Волшебника ОС» // Moscow-Post, 2015-07-06
^ Roger Corman's Cult Classics: Lethal Ladies Volume 2, SLANT

External links

[Полозов-1] Бекмамбетов выпустит «Волшебника ОС» // Moscow-Post, 2015-07-06

[2] Roger Corman's Cult Classics: Lethal Ladies Volume 2, SLANT

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