Gladiator

Russell Crowe Director: Ridley Scott Ridley Scott

Overview

A man robbed of his name and his dignity strives to win them back, and gain the freedom of his people, in this epic historical drama from director Ridley Scott. In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus (Russell Crowe) is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences. His battle skills serve him well, and he becomes one of the most famous and admired men to fight in the Colosseum. Determined to avenge himself against the man who took away his freedom and laid waste to his family, Maximus believes that he can use his fame and skill in the ring to avenge the loss of his family and former glory. As the gladiator begins to challenge his rule, Commodus decides to put his own fighting mettle to the test by squaring off with Maximus in a battle to the death. Gladiator also features Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Djimon Hounsou, and Oliver Reed, who died of a heart attack midway through production.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/24/2017
UPC:	0032429257048
Original Release:	2000
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Sales rank:	57,614

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Russell Crowe	Maximus
Joaquin Phoenix	Commodus
Connie Nielsen	Lucilla
Oliver Reed	Proximo
Derek Jacobi	Gracchus
Richard Harris	Marcus Aurelius
Tomas Arana	Quintus
Spencer Treat Clark	Lucius
David Hemmings	Cassius
Djimon Hounsou	Juba
David Schofield	Falco
John Shrapnel	Gaius
Ralph Moeller	Hagen
Giorgio Cantarini	Maximus' Son
Sven Ole Thorsen	Titus
Omid Djalili	Actor
Gavin Greenaway	Conductor

Technical Credits

David H. Franzoni

John Logan

William Nicholson

Ridley Scott	Director
Sebastian Abbatiello	Stunts
Ait Hamid Abdellam	Costumes/Costume Designer
Zak Alaoui	Production Manager
Nadja Albert	Costumes/Costume Designer
Jo Allen	Makeup
Eugenio Alonso	Stunts
Mohammed Aqermim	Special Effects
Jille Azis	Set Decoration/Design
Norman Baillie	Special Effects
Ben Bellman	Stunts
Chris Bennan	Special Effects
Georges Branchee	Stunts
David Brighton	Special Effects
Ana Bulajik-Crecek	Makeup
Manuel Cabrera	Stunts
Anabel Campbell	Costumes/Costume Designer
Sergio Casadei	Stunts
Alessandro Casalino	Stunts
Vikitor Cervvenka	Stunts
Stuart Clarke	Stunts
Jeffrey Clifford	Special Effects
Alejandro Cobo	Stunts
Eugene Collier	Stunts
Gianluca Coppeta	Stunts
Neil Corbould	Special Effects Supervisor
Yvonne Zarb Cousin	Costumes/Costume Designer
Ivo Coveney	Special Effects
Forbes Cowan	Stunts
Andrew Cripps	Costumes/Costume Designer
Ricardo Cruz	Stunts
Bruno De Santa	Costumes/Costume Designer
Peter Didier	Stunts
Walter Difrancesco	Stunts
Stuart Digby	Special Effects
Petr Drozda	Stunts
Mike Dunleavy	Special Effects
Paul Dunn	Special Effects
Mike Durkan	Special Effects
Zdenek Dvoracek	Stunts
Peter Edmonds	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mohammed Enahal	Stunts
John Evans	Special Effects
David Evans	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mohammed Falahi	Costumes/Costume Designer
Raymond Ferguson	Special Effects
Peter Fern	Special Effects
Neil Finnighan	Stunts
Kamil Fojtik	Stunts
Steven Foster	Special Effects
David H. Franzoni	Original Story,Producer,Screenwriter
Alejandro Garcia	Stunts
Lisa Gerrard	Score Composer
Louis Di Giaimo	Casting
Terry Glass	Special Effects Supervisor
Ben Gooder	Camera Operator
Joss Gower	Stunts
Tim Guthrie	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mohammed Harshi	Costumes/Costume Designer
Ahmed Hatimi	Production Manager
Carlton Headley	Stunts
Kenneth Herd	Special Effects
John Herzberger	Special Effects
Peter Heslop	Production Manager
Peter Hornbuckle	Costumes/Costume Designer
Andy Hric	Stunts
Martin Hub	Stunts
Maria Hubackova	Costumes/Costume Designer
David Hunter	Special Effects Supervisor
Clive Jackson	Camera Operator
Jana Jankova	Costumes/Costume Designer
Charles Jarman	Stunts
Chuck Jeffreys	Stunts
Marta Jencová	Costumes/Costume Designer
Morgan Johnson	Stunts
Dragan Josipovic	Production Manager
Abdellah Joudi	Special Effects
Radowan Kak	Stunts
Vincent Keane	Stunts
Bridget Kenningham	Costumes/Costume Designer
Sonja Klaus	Set Decoration/Design
Branko Knez	Camera Operator
Ivo Kristof	Stunts
Hana Kucerova	Costumes/Costume Designer
Melissa Lackersteen	Makeup
Michael Ian Lambert	Stunts
Christine Larson	Asst. Director
John Laurie	Costumes/Costume Designer
Brian Lawler	Costumes/Costume Designer
Derek Lea	Stunts
Stephane Lelievre	Stunts
Miroslav Lhotka	Stunts
Guy List	Stunts
John Logan	Screenwriter
Trevor Lovell	Stunts
Ray Lovell	Special Effects
Tony Lucken	Stunts
Tom Lucy	Stunts
Branko Lustig	Producer
Laurie MacDonald	Executive Producer
Robbie MacFarlane	Stunts
Kathleen Mackie	Casting
Chris Manger	Stunts
John Mathieson	Cinematographer
Arthur Max	Production Designer
Jason McCameron	Special Effects
Laura McIntosh	Makeup
Mark Meddings	Special Effects
Ivan Mica	Stunts
Peter Miles	Stunts
Davey Miller	Special Effects
Randy Scott Miller	Stunts
Tim Mitchell	Special Effects
Michael Mooney	Costumes/Costume Designer
Graham Mullins	Stunts
Neil Murphy	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mustapha Natouri	Stunts
Miroslav Navratil	Stunts
Terry Needham	Associate Producer,Asst. Director
Mark Newman	Stunts
Ray L. Nicholas	Stunts
William Nicholson	Screenwriter
Peter Olgyay	Stunts
Jane Omorogbe	Stunts
Herman Ortiz	Stunts
Hanin Ouidder	Special Effects
Keith Pain	Art Director
Walter Parkes	Executive Producer
John Pilgrim	Special Effects
Graham Povey	Special Effects
Ivana Primorac	Makeup
Trefor Proud	Makeup
Simon Quinn	Special Effects
Abdelfatah Qzaibar	Costumes/Costume Designer
Mohammed Raj	Costumes/Costume Designer
Pauline Richards	Stunts
Lee Rider	Special Effects
Marcel Roberts	Stunts
Marc Roberts	Stunts
Cliff Robinson	Art Director
Jean-Phillipe Roman	Stunts
Peter Russell	Art Director
Ghaine Said	Costumes/Costume Designer
Crispian Sallis	Set Decoration/Design
Pietro Scalia	Editor
Felix Schroer	Camera Operator
Ken Scotland	Stunts
Jose Maria Serrano	Stunts
Tim Shanahan	Costumes/Costume Designer
Robin Shenfield	Executive Producer
Neville Shulman	Consultant/advisor
Peter Skehan	Special Effects
David Slaivre	Stunts
Stana Slosserova	Costumes/Costume Designer
Adam Milo Smalley	Musical Direction/Supervision
C.C. Smiff	Stunts
Gordon Smith	Stunts
Jennifer Smyj	Stunts
Eddie Stacey	Stunts
R.J. Steel	Stunts
Rupert Steggle	Costumes/Costume Designer
William Steggle	Costumes/Costume Designer
Jennifer Stoute	Stunts
Tim Stracey	Special Effects
Hassan Taghriti	Costumes/Costume Designer
Peter Taylor	Camera Operator
Paul Taylor	Special Effects
Ian Thompson	Special Effects
El Hassan Tib	Special Effects
Marek Toth	Stunts
Amanda Trewin	Costumes/Costume Designer
Martin Uhrovcik	Stunts
Colin Umpleby	Special Effects
Pavel Voukoun	Stunts
Ian Walker	Stunts
Seoras Wallace	Stunts
Anne Marie Walters	Special Effects
Steven Warner	Special Effects
Dave Watkins	Special Effects
David Weiss	Stunts
Peter White	Stunts
Peter White	Special Effects
Dave Whiteing	Costumes/Costume Designer
Barry Whitrod	Special Effects
Doug Wick	Producer
Dave Williams	Special Effects
Tubardh Wilson	Stunts
Julia Wilson	Makeup
Alexander Witt	Cinematographer
Trevor Wood	Special Effects Supervisor
Janty Yates	Costumes/Costume Designer
Alan Young	Special Effects
Hans Zimmer	Score Composer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Gladiator
1. Chapter 1 [7:13]
2. Chapter 2 [5:36]
3. Chapter 3 [4:38]
4. Chapter 4 [4:50]
5. Chapter 5 [9:28]
6. Chapter 6 [4:14]
7. Chapter 7 [3:15]
8. Chapter 8 [6:41]
9. Chapter 9 [4:02]
10. Chapter 10 [3:10]
11. Chapter 11 [5:14]
12. Chapter 12 [7:35]
13. Chapter 13 [8:56]
14. Chapter 14 [6:18]
15. Chapter 15 [7:49]
16. Chapter 16 [4:50]
17. Chapter 17 [5:29]
18. Chapter 18 [4:37]
19. Chapter 19 [4:06]
20. Chapter 20 [3:58]
21. Chapter 21 [5:53]
22. Chapter 22 [4:53]
23. Chapter 23 [6:15]
24. Chapter 24 [4:14]
25. Chapter 25 [5:02]
26. Chapter 26 [4:22]
27. Chapter 27 [4:14]
28. Chapter 28 [7:43]

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Disc #1 -- Gladiator
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Editorial Reviews

Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) vividly recreates the waning days of the Roman Empire in this lavishly mounted epic directed in the grand manner of sword-and-sandal sagas such as Ben Hur and Spartacus. Gladiators' sweeping narrative focuses on battle-weary Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe), bent on returning to his family despite the urgings of aging emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) to remain in Rome's service. After his wife and son are executed by the ruthless Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who has also murdered Marcus and seized power, the recently enslaved Maximus becomes the empire's most celebrated gladiator -- and waits for an opportunity to avenge himself on the deranged usurper. Crowe's sullen demeanor and massive physique perfectly suit him to play this brooding, taciturn warrior, and Phoenix (equally convincing as the spoiled, petulant young tyrant), Harris, Connie Nielsen,and the late Oliver Reed provide able support. Richly atmospheric, Gladiator is shrouded in muted colors and dark tones, but Scott's penchant for moody lighting doesn't inhibit the film's dynamism at all. The brutal, chaotic battle scenes that regularly punctuate the episodic plot are truly spectacular.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

Single-handedly reviving a long-lost genre -- the "sword-and-sandals epic" -- this exciting action picture boasts top-notch production values, creative and engaged (if occasionally ill-considered) direction from Ridley Scott, and -- at long last -- a star-making performance from Australian actor Russell Crowe. The chief appeal of Gladiator is its retro vibe, but some of Scott's artistic choices smack of a shallow attempt to stay modern, such as the hand-held camera and hitching, as well as ultra-focused images in the film's battle sequences, both inspired by Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998). The script by David Franzoni, rewritten by John Logan and William Nicholson (some of it during filming), is sometimes scattershot, foregoing character development as it forages too widely in search of sweep, thus providing doses of everything under the Italian sun: revenge, political intrigue, romance, action, and historical background. Though never delivering the emotional power an audience might crave, Gladiator is rescued by sharp editing, marvelous design and effects, and superb performances from Crowe, the briefly seen Richard Harris, and the impressively slick, fey, high-camp posturing of the lizard-like Joaquin Phoenix. The mix of traditional costumes and set design with the new development of computer-generated imagery produces some eye-popping visuals, especially the lingering overhead shots of the coliseum in Rome, one of the best uses to date of high-tech special effects. As a summer popcorn picture, Gladiator succeeds on most levels and provides some unabashed, old-fashioned entertainment. Similarities were noted by many critics to the earlier epic The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) from director Anthony Mann, which features many of the same characters.

All Movie Guide - Karl Williams

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