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Ridley Scott Director | previously directed Boy and Bicycle | |
A war hero seeks revenge against Commodus when he is wrongfully imprisoned and his family is murdered to conceal that he should have been the next Emperor.
According to screenwriter William Nicholson, Crowe's iconic "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius..." speech was a last minute re-write that Crowe initially didn't want to do. He supposedly called the dialogue "shit".
1 More TriviaThe Germanic chant in the opening battle is the Zulu Chant from Zulu, Ridley Scott reveals that Zulu is one of his favorite films in the commentary track on the DVD.
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John Logan | |
| William Nicholson |
| blog | It's Just Too Graphic | unwritten_duck |
| review | Gladiator (4 out of 5) | Adrenaline |
| Name | Gladiator |
| US Release | May 5, 2000 |
| UK Release | May 12, 2000 |
| AUS Release | May 4, 2000 |
| Runtime | 155 |
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| Rating | R |
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| Domestic | $187,705,427 |
| Foreign | +$269,935,000 |
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| 819 | All-Time Rank |
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| Domestic | $187,705,427 |
| Foreign | +269,935,000 |