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Rating: 8.5 stars

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NWI toniap gavinp rome betrayal fratricide incest republic war combat murder spectacle politics

All movies seen on 05/12/2014

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Gladiator (2000)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Action | Drama | History

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, Adrian_Charlie, lordofthemovies, seanCduregger, sleestakk

Overview

In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos.  Maximus is one of the Roman army’s most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor.  As Marcus’ devious son Commodus 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.

Rated R | Length 155 minutes

Actors

Russell Crowe | Joaquin Phoenix | Connie Nielsen | Oliver Reed | Richard Harris | Derek Jacobi | Djimon Hounsou | David Schofield | John Shrapnel | Tomas Arana | Ralf Moeller | Spencer Treat Clark | David Hemmings | Tommy Flanagan | Sven-Ole Thorsen | Omid Djalili | Nicholas McGaughey | Chris Kell | Tony Curran | Mark Lewis | John Quinn | Alun Raglan | David Bailie | Chick Allan | David Nicholls | Al Hunter Ashton | Billy Dowd | Giannina Facio | Giorgio Cantarini | Malcolm Ellul | Ray Mangion | João Costa Menezes | Mike Mitchell | Antone Pagan | Norman Campbell Rees | Neil Roche | Paul Sacks | Steve Saunders | Brian Smyj | Richard Stride | Tony Tomlinson | Paul Woodadge | Michael Yale

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A movie I’d been meaning to revisit for a long time, considering I hadn’t seen it since it was first released. It’s always fun to revisit movies like these because you inevitably catch things you missed the first go-round. For instance, I never realized that Oliver Reed was in this, nor Sven Ole Thorsen (who I remember most for his role in the original Conan The Barbarian); or that David Hemmings played one of the Senators.

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