Gladiator 2000 Italian
. United States Language English Budget $103 million Box office $457.6 million Gladiator is a 2000 American directed by and written by, and. It stars, (in his final role), and. Crowe portrays general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when, the ambitious son of Emperor, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena to avenge the murders of his family and his emperor. The film was released in the United States on May 5, 2000.
The film received favorable reviews from critics and grossed $457 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2000. The film won multiple awards, including, for Crowe and three other at the. It has also been credited with rekindling interest in entertainment centered around and, such as the TV series.
Contents. Plot In AD 180, General Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the, intends to return to his home after he leads the to victory against the Germanic tribes near on the. Emperor tells Maximus that his own son, is unfit to rule and that he wishes Maximus to succeed him, as regent, to help save from corruption. Commodus murders his father when he is told about the plan. Commodus announces he is the new Emperor and asks Maximus for his loyalty, but the general refuses. Maximus is arrested by Praetorian Guards and is told that he and his family will die. He kills his captors and rides for his home near, where he finds his family murdered.
Maximus buries his wife and son; then collapses. He is found by slavers who take him to the Roman province of, where he is sold to a named Proximo. Although reluctant at first, Maximus fights in local tournaments and makes friends with two other gladiators: Juba, a; and Hagen, a German. His military skills help him win matches and gain recognition from other gladiators and the crowd. Proximo reveals that he was once a gladiator, and advises Maximus that he must 'win the crowd' to win his freedom. Proximo takes his gladiators to fight in Rome's, because Commodus has organized 150 days of games.
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Disguised by a masked helmet, Maximus debuts in gladiatorial combat in the Colosseum as a in a re-enactment of the. Unexpectedly, Maximus leads his side to victory, and Commodus enters the Colosseum to offer his congratulations. He orders the disguised Maximus, as leader of the gladiators, to show himself and give his name; Maximus reveals himself and declares vengeance.
Commodus is compelled by the crowd to let the gladiators live, and the is held back from striking them down. Maximus's next fight is a victory against a legendary undefeated gladiator. Commodus orders Maximus to kill the gladiator, but Maximus spares his opponent's life; he is called 'Maximus the Merciful' by the crowd. Angered at this outcome, Commodus taunts Maximus about his family's deaths, but Maximus turns and walks away. Maximus discovers from Cicero, his ex-orderly, that his former legions remain loyal., Commodus' sister; Gracchus, an influential; and Maximus meet secretly. Maximus will escape Rome, join his soldiers, topple Commodus by force, and hand power back to the. Commodus learns of the plot by threatening Lucilla, and has the Praetorian Guard arrest Gracchus and attack the gladiators' barracks.
Proximo and his men, including Hagen, sacrifice themselves to enable Maximus to escape. Maximus is captured at the rendezvous with Cicero, where Cicero is killed.
Commodus challenges Maximus to a duel in the Colosseum. He stabs Maximus before the match to gain an advantage.
Maximus disarms Commodus, whom the Praetorian Guard refuse to aid. Commodus then produces a hidden knife, which Maximus drives into his throat, killing him.
Maximus succumbs to his wound. Before he dies, he asks for political reforms, for his gladiator allies to be freed, and for Senator Gracchus to be reinstated. Maximus's friends and allies honor him as 'a soldier of Rome', at Lucilla's behest, and carry his body out of the arena, leaving the dead Commodus behind. Juba visits the Colosseum at night and buries the figurines of Maximus' wife and son at the spot where he died.
Juba says he is to return to his own family and promises to see Maximus again, 'but not yet'. Cast. as Maximus Decimus Meridius: a forced into becoming a slave who seeks revenge against Commodus. He has earned the favor of Marcus Aurelius, and the love and admiration of Lucilla prior to the events of the film.
His home is near in today's,. After the murder of his family he vows vengeance. Maximus is a fictional character partly inspired by, and. Was first offered the role, but declined as he felt he was too old to play the character. And were also considered. as: The amoral, power-hungry, twisted son of Marcus Aurelius, he murders his father when he learns that Maximus will hold the emperor's powers in trust until a new republic can be formed.
as Lucilla: Maximus's former lover and the older child of Marcus Aurelius. Lucilla has been recently widowed. She resists her brother's advances and hates him, while also having to be careful to protect her son, Lucius, from her brother's corruption and wrath. as Antonius Proximo: An old, gruff gladiator trainer who buys Maximus in North Africa. A former gladiator himself, he was freed by Marcus Aurelius, and gives Maximus his own armor and eventually a chance at freedom, and becomes somewhat of a mentor to Maximus. This was Reed's final film appearance, before he died during the filming.
In the original film script, Proximo was supposed to live. as Senator Gracchus: A member of the Roman Senate who opposes Commodus's rule and an ally of Lucilla and Maximus. as Juba: A tribesman who was taken from his home and family by slave traders. He becomes Maximus's closest ally and friend, and inspires Maximus to bring down Commodus for the greater good before he joins his family in the afterlife. as: The old and wise emperor of Rome who appoints Maximus, whom he loves as a son, to be his successor, with the ultimate aim of returning Rome to a. He is murdered by his son Commodus before his wish can be fulfilled.
as Hagen: A warrior and Proximo's chief gladiator who later befriends Maximus and Juba during their battles in Rome. as Cicero, by his accent probably a native of: Maximus's loyal servant who provides liaison between the enslaved Maximus, his former legion based at, and Lucilla. He is used as bait for the escaping Maximus and eventually killed by the Praetorian Guard. as Senator Falco: A, a senator opposed to Gracchus. He helps Commodus to consolidate his power. as Senator Gaius: Another Roman senator allied with Gracchus, Lucilla, and Maximus against Commodus.
as General Quintus: another Roman, who served under and was a friend to Maximus. Made commander of the Praetorian Guard by Commodus, after betraying Maximus. In the extended version, Quintus sees the mad side of the Emperor when he is forced to execute two innocent men.
Quintus later redeems himself by refusing to allow Commodus a second sword during the latter's duel with Maximus, and promises to honor Maximus's last wishes. as Lucius Verus: The young son of Lucilla. He is named after his father, who was co-emperor until AD 169. He is also the grandson of Marcus Aurelius.
as Cassius: the master of ceremonies for the gladiatorial games in the Colosseum. as Tigris of: An undefeated champion gladiator who is called out of retirement by Commodus to kill Maximus but is defeated by Maximus. Commodus then ordered Maximus to kill Tigris, but Maximus spared him. as a slave trader. as Maximus's wife.
as Maximus's son, who is the same age as Lucilla's son Lucius. Production Screenplay Gladiator was based on an original pitch by, who wrote the first draft. Franzoni was given a three-picture deal with as writer and co-producer on the strength of his previous work, 's, which helped establish the reputation of DreamWorks. Not a classical scholar, Franzoni was inspired by 's 1958 novel Those About to Die, and he chose to base his story on Commodus after reading the. In Franzoni's first draft, dated April 4, 1998, he named his protagonist, a wrestler who, according to the ancient sources and, strangled Emperor Commodus to death. By, the 19th-century painting that inspired Ridley Scott to tackle the project was approached by producers and. They showed him a copy of 's 1872 painting entitled.
Scott was enticed by filming the world of Ancient Rome. However, Scott felt Franzoni's dialogue was too 'on the nose' (lacking subtlety) and hired to rewrite the script to his liking. Logan rewrote much of the first act and made the decision to kill off Maximus's family to increase the character's motivation. Describes being eager for the role as pitched by Walter F. Parkes, in his interview for: 'They said, 'It's a 100-million-dollar film. You're being directed by Ridley Scott.
You play a Roman General.' I've always been a big fan of Ridley's.' With two weeks to go before filming, the actors complained of problems with the script. Was brought to to make Maximus a more sensitive character. Nicholson reworked Maximus' friendship with Juba and developed the afterlife thread in the film, saying 'he did not want to see a film about a man who wanted to kill somebody.' The screenplay faced many rewrites and revisions.
Crowe allegedly questioned every aspect of the evolving script and strode off the set when he did not get answers. According to a DreamWorks executive, '(Russell Crowe) tried to rewrite the entire script on the spot. You know the big line in the trailer, 'In this life or the next, I will have my vengeance'? At first he absolutely refused to say it.' Russell Crowe described the script situation: 'I read the script and it was substantially underdone. Even the character didn't exist on the pages. And that set about a long process, that's probably the first time that I've been in a situation where the script wasn't a complete done deal.
We actually started shooting with about 32 pages and went through them in the first couple of weeks.' Of the writing and filming process, Crowe added, 'Possibly, a lot of the stuff that I have to deal with now in terms of my quote unquote volatility has to do with that experience.
Here was a situation where we got to Morocco with a crew of 200 and a cast of a 100 or whatever, and I didn't have anything to learn. I actually didn't know what the scenes were gonna be. We had, I think, one American writer working on it, one English writer working on it, and of course a group of producers who were also adding their ideas, and then Ridley himself; and then, on the occasion where Ridley would say, 'Look, this is the structure for it – what are you gonna say in that?' So then I'd be doing my own stuff, as well.
And this is how things like, 'Strength and honor,' came up. This is how things like, 'At my signal, unleash hell,' came up. The name Maximus Decimus Meridius, it just flowed well.'
Maximus' habit of rubbing soil before each fight references the attachment and affection to his former life as a farmer. In a conversation with Marcus Aurelius, Maximus says the fecund soil of his farm is 'black like my wife's hair'.
Crowe wrote the speech himself, drawing on his feelings of homesickness for his own ranch. Pre-production In preparation for filming, Scott spent several months developing storyboards to develop the framework of the plot. Over six weeks, production members scouted various locations within the extent of the Roman Empire before its collapse, including Italy, France, North Africa, and England. All of the film's props, sets, and costumes were manufactured by crew members due to high costs and unavailability of the items.
One hundred suits of steel armour and 550 suits in polyurethane were made by Rod Vass and his company Armordillo. The unique sprayed-polyurethane system was developed by Armordillo and pioneered for this production. Over a three-month period, 27,500 component pieces of armor were made. Filming The film was shot in three main locations between January and May 1999. The opening battle scenes in the forests of Germania were shot in three weeks in the, near, in England.
When Scott learned that the planned to remove a section of the forest, he persuaded them to allow the battle scene to be shot there and burn it down. Scott and cinematographer John Mathieson used multiple cameras filming at various frame rates and a, creating effects in the action sequences, similar to techniques used for the battle sequences of (1998). Subsequently, the scenes of slavery, desert travel, and gladiatorial training school were shot in, Morocco, just south of the Atlas Mountains over a further three weeks. To construct the arena where Maximus has his first fights, the crew used basic materials and local building techniques to manufacture the 30,000-seat mud brick arena. Finally, the scenes of Ancient Rome were shot over a period of nineteen weeks in, Malta. In Malta, a replica of about one-third of Rome's Colosseum was built, to a height of 52 feet (15.8 meters), mostly from plaster and plywood (the other two-thirds and remaining height were added digitally).
The replica took several months to build and cost an estimated $1 million. The reverse side of the complex supplied a rich assortment of Ancient Roman street furniture, and marketplaces for other filming requirements. The complex was serviced by tented 'costume villages' that had changing rooms, storage, armorers, and other facilities. The rest of the Colosseum was created in using set-design blueprints and textures referenced from live action, and rendered in three layers to provide lighting flexibility for compositing in and software. Post-production. Several scenes included extensive use of computer-generated imagery shots for views of Rome.
British post-production company was responsible for much of the computer-generated imagery effects that were added after filming. The company was responsible for such tricks as compositing real tigers filmed on into the fight sequences, and adding smoke trails and extending the flight paths of the opening scene's salvo of flaming arrows to get around regulations on how far they could be shot during filming.
They also used 2,000 live actors to create a computer-generated crowd of 35,000 virtual actors that had to look believable and react to fight scenes. The Mill accomplished this by shooting live actors at different angles giving various performances, and then mapping them onto cards, with used to track their movements for three-dimensional compositing.
The Mill created over 90 visual effects shots, comprising approximately nine minutes of the film's running time. An unexpected post-production job was caused by the death of of a during the filming in Malta, before all his scenes had been shot. The Mill created a digital for the remaining scenes involving his character Proximo by photographing a live action body-double in the shadows and by mapping a three-dimensional computer-generated imagery mask of Reed's face to the remaining scenes during production at an estimated cost of $3.2 million for two minutes of additional footage.
Visual effects supervisor reflected on the decision to include the additional footage: 'What we did was small compared to our other tasks on the film. What Oliver did was much greater. He gave an inspiring, moving performance. All we did was help him finish it.' The film is dedicated to Reed's memory.
Historical authenticity. The Numidians were of origin, instead of sub-Saharan origin.
Development The film is loosely based on real events that occurred within the in the latter half of the 2nd century AD. As Ridley Scott wanted to portray Roman culture more accurately than in any previous film, he hired several historians as advisors. Nevertheless, some deviations from historical fact were made to increase interest, maintain narrative continuity, and for practical or safety reasons. Scott also stated that due to the influence of previous films affecting the public perception of what ancient Rome was like, some historical facts were 'too unbelievable' to include.
For instance in an early version of the script, gladiators would have been carrying out in the arena; while this would have been historically accurate, it was not filmed for fear that audiences would think it anachronistic. At least one historical advisor resigned due to these changes. Another asked not to be mentioned in the credits (though it was stated in the director's commentary that he constantly asked, 'where is the proof that certain things were exactly like they say?' Historian Allen Ward of the University of Connecticut believed that historical accuracy would not have made Gladiator less interesting or exciting because 'creative artists need to be granted some poetic license, but that should not be a permit for the wholesale disregard of facts in historical fiction'.
Fictionalization died at (a Roman camp on the site of modern-day in ) in 180 AD; he was not murdered by his son Commodus following the final battle of the. In reality Marcus Aurelius shared the rule of the Empire with Commodus for three years before his own death. Commodus then ruled alone from that point until his death at the end of 192 AD. The character of Maximus is fictional, although in some respects he resembles the historical figures (Commodus's real-life murderer and the character's name in the first draft of the screenplay), (who led a significant slave revolt in 73-71 BC), (519-430 BC) (a farmer who was made, saved Rome from invasion, then resigned his six-month appointment after 15 days), and (a trusted general, in 154 AD, and friend of Marcus Aurelius). Although Commodus engaged in show combat in the Colosseum, he was not killed in the arena; he was strangled in his bath by the wrestler Narcissus. Commodus reigned for over twelve years, unlike the shorter period portrayed in the film.
The character of Maximus had a similar career (and personality traits as documented by ) to (a ) who married ' daughter following the death of. It is believed Aurelius may have wanted Pompeianus to succeed him as in preference to Commodus but was turned down. Pompeianus had no part in any of the many plots against Commodus. He was not depicted in the film. In the film the character Antonius Proximo claims 'the wise' Marcus Aurelius banned gladiatorial games in Rome forcing him to move to. The real Aurelius did ban the games, but only in as punishment for the city's support of the usurper.
No games were ever banned in Rome. However, when the Emperor started conscripting gladiators into the legions, the resulting shortage in fighters allowed such as Proximo to make 'windfall' profits through increased charges for their services. In real life, the death of Commodus did not result in a peace for Rome, nor a return to the Roman Republic.
Rather, it ushered in a chaotic and bloody power struggle that culminated in the of AD 193. According to Herodian, the people of Rome were overjoyed at the news of Commodus dying, although they feared that the praetorians would not accept the new emperor. Anachronisms Costumes within the film are almost never completely historically correct. Some of the soldiers wear. The bands wrapped around their lower arms were rarely ever worn. Their appearance is the product of historical movies always depicting peoples of antiquity wearing such bands.
Although the film is set within the 2nd century AD, the and the worn by the legionaries are from AD 75, a century earlier. This was superseded by in AD 100. Likewise the legions', and would have worn scale armour,. The Germanic tribes are dressed in clothes from the Stone Age period. The are shown attacking using. This is anachronistic in that the horse-mounted forces of the used a two-horned saddle. Stirrups were only employed for safety reasons because of the additional training and skill required to ride with a Roman saddle.
And would not have been used in a forest. They were reserved primarily for and were rarely used in open battles. The Praetorian Guards seen in the film are all wearing black uniforms. No historical evidence supports that. On campaign they usually wore standard legionary equipment albeit with some unique decorative elements. In the bird's eye view of Rome when the city is introduced for the first time there are several buildings that did not exist at the time of Gladiator.
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For example, the is quite prominent; however, it was not completed until AD 312. Influences The film's plot was influenced by two 1960s films of the genre, and, and shares several plot points with The Fall of the Roman Empire, which tells the story of Livius, who, like Maximus in Gladiator, is Marcus Aurelius's intended successor. Livius is in love with Lucilla and seeks to marry her while Maximus, who is happily married, was formerly in love with her.
Both films portray the death of Marcus Aurelius as an assassination. In Fall of the Roman Empire a group of conspirators independent of Commodus, hoping to profit from Commodus's accession, arrange for Marcus Aurelius to be poisoned; in Gladiator Commodus himself murders his father by smothering him. In the course of Fall of the Roman Empire Commodus unsuccessfully seeks to win Livius over to his vision of empire in contrast to that of his father, but continues to employ him notwithstanding; in Gladiator, when Commodus fails to secure Maximus's allegiance, he executes Maximus's wife and son and tries unsuccessfully to execute him. Livius in Fall of the Roman Empire and Maximus in Gladiator kill Commodus in single combat, Livius to save Lucilla and Maximus to avenge the murder of his wife and son, and both do it for the greater good of Rome. Scott cited Spartacus and as influences on the film: 'These movies were part of my cinema-going youth. But at the dawn of the new millennium, I thought this might be the ideal time to revisit what may have been the most important period of the last two thousand years – if not all recorded history – the apex and beginning of the decline of the greatest military and political power the world has ever known.'
Spartacus provides the film's gladiatorial motif, as well as the character of Senator Gracchus, a fictitious senator (bearing the name of a from the 2nd century BC) who in both films is an elder statesman of attempting to preserve the ancient rights of the Roman Senate in the face of an ambitious – in Spartacus and Commodus in Gladiator. Both actors who played Gracchus (in Spartacus and Gladiator), played in previous films – of Spartacus played Claudius in the unfinished 1937 film and Sir of Gladiator, played Claudius in. Both films also share a specific set piece, wherein a gladiator (Maximus here, 's Draba in Spartacus) throws his weapon into a spectator box at the end of a match, as well as at least one line of dialogue: 'Rome is the mob', said here by Gracchus and by in Spartacus. The film's depiction of Commodus's entry into Rome borrows imagery from 's propaganda film (1935), although Scott has pointed out that the of Nazi rallies was itself inspired by the Roman Empire. Gladiator reflects back on the film by duplicating similar events that occurred in 's procession. The Nazi film opens with an aerial view of Hitler arriving in a plane, while Scott shows an aerial view of Rome, quickly followed by a shot of the large crowd of people watching Commodus pass them in a procession with his. The first thing to appear in Triumph of the Will is a Nazi eagle, which is alluded to when a statue of an eagle sits atop one of the arches (and then is shortly followed by several more decorative eagles throughout the rest of the scene) leading up to the procession of Commodus.
At one point in the Nazi film, a little girl gives flowers to Hitler, while Commodus is met by several girls who all give him bundles of flowers. Listen to a clip from the score of Gladiator. Problems playing this file? The Oscar-nominated score was composed by and, and conducted. Zimmer was originally planning to use Israeli vocalist for the score, after his work with her in. However, Haza died in late February 2000, before she was able to record, and so Gerrard was chosen instead. Lisa Gerrard's vocals are similar to her own work on score.
The music for many of the battle scenes has been noted as similar to 's ', and in June 2006, the Holst Foundation sued Hans Zimmer for allegedly copying the late Holst's work. Another close musical resemblance occurs in the scene of Commodus's triumphal entry into Rome, accompanied by music clearly evocative of two sections – the Prelude to and Siegfried's Funeral March from – from 's. On February 27, 2001, nearly a year after the first soundtrack's release, produced.
Then, on September 5, 2005, produced Gladiator: Special Anniversary Edition, a two-CD pack containing both the above-mentioned releases. Some of the music from the film was featured in the in January 2003 before commercial breaks and before and after. In 2003, released a recording of himself singing a song from the film and said he regretted turning down an offer to perform on the soundtrack. Reception Box office Gladiator grossed $187.7 million in the United States and Canada and $269.9 million in other territories for a total of $457.6 million, against a production budget of $103 million. In North America, the film earned $34.8 million in its opening weekend at 2,938 theaters, topping the box office. It remained number one in its second weekend grossing $24.6 million, and dropped to third place in its third weekend with $19.7 million behind newcomers and.
Critical response On, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on 186 reviews; the average rating is 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Ridley Scott and an excellent cast successfully convey the intensity of Roman gladiatorial combat as well as the political intrigue brewing beneath.' On, which assigns a rating, the film has a score of 67 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'A' on an A+ to F scale.
The Battle of Germania was cited by as one of their 'favorite on-screen battle scenes', while named Maximus as their sixth favorite action hero, because of 'Crowe's steely, soulful performance', and named it as their third favorite revenge film. In December 2000, Gladiator was named the best film of the year by viewers of, taking 40% of the votes. In 2002, a (UK TV) poll named it as the sixth greatest film of all time. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, 'best-of' list, saying, 'Are you not entertained?'
It was not without its deriders. Gave the film 2 out of 4 stars and criticized the look of the film as 'muddy, fuzzy, and indistinct.' He also derided the writing, saying it 'employs depression as a substitute for personality, and believes that if characters are bitter and morose enough, we won't notice how dull they are.' Called the film 'boring, badly shot and suffused with sentimental rubbish.' Accolades. Main article: Gladiator was nominated in 36 individual ceremonies, including the, the, and the.
Of 119 award nominations, the film won 48 prizes. The film won five Academy Awards and was nominated for an additional seven, including, for and for Ridley Scott.
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It was the first movie to win Best Picture without winning either a directing or screenwriting award since at the in 1950. In, became another Best Picture winner which didn't win an Academy Award in either of these two major categories. Due to rules, only was officially nominated for, and not to at the time. However, the pair did win the as co-composers. (, and ). (, and ).
Best Cinematography. Best Editing. Best Film. Best Production Design. Best Motion Picture – Drama. Best Original Score – Motion Picture. Lists.:.
General Maximus Decimus Meridius – #50 Hero.:. 'Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.' – Nominated. – Nominated. – Nominated.
– Nominated. – Nominated Epic Film Impact The film's mainstream success is responsible for an increased interest in Roman and classical history in the United States.
According to, this has been dubbed the 'Gladiator Effect'. It's called the 'Gladiator' effect by writers and publishers. The snob in us likes to believe that it is always books that spin off movies. Yet in this case, it's the movies – most recently Gladiator two years ago – that have created the interest in the ancients.
And not for more Roman screen colossals, but for writing that is serious or fun or both.' The biography Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician and Gregory Hays's translation of 's received large spikes in sales after the release of the film. The film also began a revival of the historical epic genre with films such as, and (the last two were also directed by Scott). The character of Maximus was placed 12th in the list of 50 best movie heroes and villains and 35th in the 's 100 Greatest Movie Characters.
Maximus is also featured on 55 'Australian Legends' postage stamp series. Russell Crowe attended a ceremony to mark the creation of the stamps.
Home media The film was first released on on November 21, 2000, and has since been released in several different extended and special edition versions. Special features for the and DVDs include, image galleries, and. The film was released on Blu-ray in September 2009, in a 2-disc edition containing both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film, as part of Paramount's 'Sapphire Series' (Paramount bought the DreamWorks library in 2006). Initial reviews of the Blu-ray Disc release criticized poor image quality, leading many to call for it to be remastered, as Sony did with in 2007.
A remastered version was later released in 2010. The DVD editions that have been released since the original two-disc version, include a film only single-disc edition as well as a three-disc 'extended edition' DVD which was released in August 2005. The extended edition DVD features approximately fifteen minutes of additional scenes, most of which appear in the previous release as deleted scenes. The original cut, which Scott still calls his director's cut, is also select-able via (which is not included on the UK edition). The DVD is also notable for having a new commentary track featuring director Scott and star Crowe.
The film is on the first disc, the second one has a three-hour documentary into the making of the film by DVD producer, and the third disc contains supplements. Discs one and two of the three-disc extended edition were also repackaged and sold as a two-disc 'special edition' in the EU in 2005. Possible sequel In June 2001, said a Gladiator was in development.
The following year, Wick, and switched direction to a sequel set fifteen years later; the rule Rome and an older Lucius is trying to learn who his real father was. However, was interested in resurrecting Maximus, and further researched Roman beliefs about the afterlife to accomplish this. Expressed interest, although he admitted the project would have to be retitled as it had little to do with gladiators. An contained on disc 2 of the extended edition / special edition DVD releases includes a discussion of possible scenarios for a follow-up.
This includes a suggestion by Parkes that, in order to enable Russell Crowe to return to play Maximus, who dies at the end of the original movie, a sequel could involve a 'multi-generational drama about Maximus and the Aureleans and this chapter of Rome', similar in concept to. In 2006, Scott stated he and Crowe approached to rewrite the film, but their ideas conflicted with DreamWorks's idea of a spin-off involving Lucius, whom Scott revealed would turn out to be Maximus's son with Lucilla. Scott noted that a tale of corruption in Rome was too complex, whereas Gladiator worked due to its simple drive.
In 2009, details of Cave's ultimately-rejected script surfaced on the internet: the script having Maximus being reincarnated by the Roman gods and returned to Rome to defend Christians against persecution; then transported to other important periods in history, including, the, and finally being a general in the modern-day. This script for a sequel, however, was rejected as being too far-fetched, and not in keeping with the spirit and theme of the original film. In March 2017, Scott again stated that he has an idea of how a sequel could be done, and that he is currently trying to convince Russell Crowe to reprise his role as Maximus.
See also. (1998-04-04). Archived from on 2008-03-16. Franzoni, David; Logan, John (1998-10-22).
Archived from on 2008-03-12. Landau, Diana; Parkes, Walter; Logan, John; Scott, Ridley (2000).
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Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge. Most films require that the viewer identifies with the character to truly be engrossed with the film. If you can't feel something for the character, than the audience is lost.
Marcus Aurelius
Luckily, in Ridley Scott's case, Russel Crowe is so captivating and convincing as a general loved by his troops and as a slave loved by the people that the movie really works. Possibly one of the greatest actors today, Crowe carries this epic film on his very capable shoulders. Not to say that he is the only reason this works. The supporting cast, most notably Connie Neilsen, buoy the film to new perspectives. Jacquin Phoenix definitely captures the egotisitcal persona he should display, stealing every scene he's in. Phoenix will surely be put on the map with Gladiator. But the real shining star in this film are the incredible action sequences which jolt the viewer right in with the opening sequences, as Maximus' true worth to the Roman Empire is displayed.
Scott's camera work within these completed sequences takes a modern twist that really works for the gruesome scenes. Crowe will now get the respect he deserves for this collosal performance. Gladiator makes the most of its 2 and a half hours, marking a triumphant comeback for the long forgotten epics of the classic days of film. ALL HAIL MAXIMUS!