Odysseus meets Scylla and Charybdis

A clip from the 1997 TV movie. Starts with Penelope weaving her shroud. I actually like the changes made here- with making the crew meet Scylla in a confined cave and having them drop of into Charybdis over a waterfall. The original setting in the book is good as well.

The Odyssey is very important to me, because my dad used to read me a kids version with beautiful illustrations when I was young. I also frequently watched the 1997 movie. This month I read through the proper version of the Odyssey for the first time, and it made me want to go back and see if the TV movie I loved so much as a kid still holds up...

My consensus as an adult is that its still good but does have some flaws, the main one of course being the limited budget. However most of the cast is really good! Specifically, I really liked the portrayals of Odysseus, Athena and Eurymachus. Also the main theme is nice.

Christopher Lee is in this movie, and Eric Roberts, who plays Eurymachus, is the brother of Julia Roberts and the father of Emma Roberts