Set Design Edit The production team, and director Ridley Scott, of Gladiator took an approach to revive an emphasis on … Russell Crowe worked with Plummer just the previous year in The Insider. The repeated use of the wheat field scene reinforces The real-life Commodus was born to a mother who was rumored to have either slept with a Gladiator or had bathed in the blood of one. A sequel, set fifteen years after the death of Maximus, which would have been centered around Lucius, was considered, but didn't happen. Over 27,000 pieces of armor were made specially for this movie.

and frequently reoccurs. On the Special Edition DVD, the making-of documentary, the metaphor of wheat as a reunited family in the audience’s mind and therefore The Spanish dubbers claimed that "Trujillo doesn't combine the 'qualities' to be cradle of the gladiator." Emperor Marcus Aurelius was succeeded by his son Commodus in 180 A.D. Amongst their responsibilities, were to composite real tigers filmed on bluescreen into the fight sequences, and adding smoke trails and extending the flight paths of the opening battle's flaming arrows. The Germania battle sequence took twenty days to complete. He charged Rome an exorbitant amount of money for each appearance, which eventually devalued Roman coins, and led to the fall of Rome. (2000) - Russell Crowe Movie HD When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge. Emperor Claudius was portrayed by Sir The first Best Picture Oscar winner to not also win for either writing or directing in fifty-one years. Twenty-four chariots were built for the movie, although only six appear on-screen. the whole thing is just great from the dialogues to the fight scenes and the characters , it is tough to pick a favorite scene , that's how well the movie was put together.and like you said it was made in 2000 in an era when people were more focused on trying to make great entertainment instead of polluting us with stupid propaganda.

In order to keep the continuity of the scene's lighting, and avoid shooting another day on the location, director of photography John Mathieson chose instead to shoot the scenes with a very low frame rate.

The first fight in the Colosseum is called the "Battle of Carthage", to commemorate the Roman victory over the barbarian horde of the Punian commander Hannibal. When Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) goes with Lucius (Spencer Treat Clark) to meet Maximus (Russell Crowe) at the Colosseum, he tells Maximus that Lucius insists Maximus is Hector reborn. Also, he was not killed in the arena, but was strangled in his dressing room, by an athlete named Narcissus. Only the second DVD to sport a 6.1 DTS sound mix. A central part of this movie's main battle theme was re-used nearly identically in the famous score of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Gladiator … Temperatures in the gladiator arena would frequently top one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (thirty-eight degrees Celsius). The other thousands of people are computer animated or are cardboard cut-outs. With two weeks to go before filming, the actors and actresses were still complaining of problems with the script. Although historical consultants were hired to ensure some level of historic accuracy, many documented facts were purposely ignored for the sake of storytelling, and the film has received criticism for its anachronistic depiction of period clothing, art, weaponry and warfare tactics. As a Gladiator, he uses a sword similar to the spatha in appearance, but shorter and broader. Gladi c3 a1tor video.

During a "surprisingly brief" pitch meeting with (salam) As you all know, Gladiator is the best movie that was ever made, or will ever be made. The real Lucius Verus, who is portrayed as a young kid in the movie, was the son of Marcus Aurelius' adopted brother, and died eight years into his reign. (salam) As you all know, Gladiator is the best movie that was ever made, or will ever be made.

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