The Epic That Never Was vs Yalla Habibi!
Yalla Habibi! has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Epic That Never Was). The Epic That Never Was is the shorter watch at 1h 14m compared with 1h 30m. The Epic That Never Was is the older of the two (1969 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Epic That Never Was
Yalla Habibi!| The Epic That Never Was | Yalla Habibi! | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1969 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 14m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | Canada |
| Director | Bill Duncalf | Edwin El Bainou, Ryan Kluftinger |
| Main cast | Charles Laughton, Emlyn Williams, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Graves, Josef von Sternberg | Ryan Kluftinger, Connor Bondlow, Edwin El Bainou |
Synopsis
The Epic That Never Was
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Yalla Habibi!
FortNine attempts to break the circumnavigation world record with award-winning filmmaker Edwin El Bainou riding pillion. It's a dangerously silly race across thousands of kilometres per day, with the polished and authentic eye that only a ride-along cinematographer can capture. Part documentary and part dark comedy, this is motorcycling as FortNine has never shown before. In less than 19 days, the trio must ride from Anchorage to Miami, Lisbon…
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