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The Arena (2001 film)

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The Arena
Cover image of VHS cassette
Directed byTimur Bekmambetov
Written byJohn William Corrington
Produced byRoger Corman
Sergei Livnev
StarringKaren McDougal
Lisa Dergan
Distributed byNew Horizons Home Video
Release date
  • 28 August 2001 (2001-08-28) (U.S.)
[1]
Running time
92 min.
CountriesRussia
United States
LanguageEnglish

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 the roles of Amazon slaves forced to be gladiators in a Roman arena.

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