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Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Connie Nielsen , Oliver Reed , Derek Jacobi , Djimon Hounsou , and Richard Harris .
Russell Crowe as Maximus facing off against another man in a scene from the film 'Gladiator' (2000). Gladiator ’s opening scene sees Maximus and his army fighting a battle in Germania.
At that point in her career, "Gladiator" was the biggest hit the Danish actor had starred in. She went on to star in the 2002 thriller "One Hour Photo" opposite Robin Williams and the 2013 Lars ...
Arthur Max, production designer for both “Gladiator” and “Gladiator II,” told The Post that the Roman tent where Maximus (Russell Crowe) was arrested in the 2000 movie had to be built in a ...
"Gladiator II" features a naval battle that occurs at the Colosseum for the crowd's amusement. The scene is rooted in real-life naval battles that began during Julius Caesar's reign in Rome.
Films about gladiatorial combat, combat involving gladiators, armed combatants who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals.
Pollice Verso (from Latin: with a turned thumb) is an 1872 painting by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme, featuring the eponymous Roman gesture directed to the winning gladiator. The thumbs-down gesture in the painting is given by spectators at the Colosseum , including the Vestals , to the victorious murmillo , while the defeated retiarius ...
The first film, which premiered in 2000 and won 5 Oscars, followed a Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), an honorable Roman general whose wife and child are killed when a new emperor takes ...