Tom Hiddleston Tracks Possible Pompeii Survivors in New Docuseries
The three-part series uses archaeological evidence and crisis psychology to reconstruct how three Romans may have survived the eruption.
- On Thursday, July 23, the three-part documentary Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston premieres on Disney+ and National Geographic, combining cinematic reenactments with archaeological expertise to explore the final hours before Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.
- Unlike traditional documentaries focusing on destruction, director Tom Barbor-Might and producer Kevin Wright aimed to "invent a new form of documentary" that tracks individual survivors, including a teenage bronzesmith and a female bathhouse owner.
- Cornell University archaeologist Professor Caitie Barrett reveals the archaeological record shows women like Julia Felix were active business owners, while Dr. Sarita Robinson applies psychological research to analyze decision-making during the catastrophe.
- Hiddleston explores how historical accounts misidentified the bathhouse owner as a man named Julius, though evidence confirmed the owner was Julia Felix, a businesswoman who organized a planned evacuation of her property.
- By compressing 2,000 years of distance, the series uses the past to understand modern human behavior, with Hiddleston describing the project as a privilege to explore "who we were in order to understand who we are.
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‘Pompeii: Out of Time’: Film reveals new side of Pompeii’s final hours - American Press
A new three-part series premiering Wednesday on National Geographic transports audiences to ancient Rome during the final hours of Pompeii. Fusing cinematic scripted drama with investigative documentary filmmaking, “Pompeii: Out of Time” brings the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to life and reveals that many of those caught up in the disaster had the chance to survive. Guided by a team of archaeologists, historians, geologists and disaster experts, …
Pompeii: Archaeologist Reveals What Really Happened Following The 79 CE Eruption Of Vesuvius, One Of History’s Most Catastrophic Natural Disasters
Join Tom Hiddleston's search for survivors in the archaeological record following an eruption that shook the Earth nearly 2,000 years ago.
The new National Geographic series debuts on July 23 at Disney+. Hiddleston explains how inscriptions on city walls prove that there were those who escaped to Vesuvius.
Tom Hiddleston calls 'Pompeii: Out of Time' an 'extraordinary confluence of my passions'
The actor known for playing Loki in the MCU time travels to Pompeii in his new series for NatGeo, which is part travelogue, documentary and historical reenactment of the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius.
Nat Geo's 'Pompeii: Out of Time' Combines Cinematic Filmmaking, History, and Tom Hiddleston
National Geographic's new three-part docudrama series, Pompeii: Out of Time, combines Tom Hiddleston's charming presentation skills, cinematic filmmaking, and a passion for history to tell the story of Pompeii's final hours before it was decimated by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
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