• 2000

  Release Date

• May 1st, 2000

• Runtime

• 155 minutes

• Synopsis

• Gladiator is an epic film of love, death and betrayal set in the Roman Empire. General Maximus' success in battle earns the favour of an elderly Emperor at the expense of the Emperor's son. In a fit of jealous rage the son slays his father before turning his anger towards Maximus. Now reduced to a slave, his family dead, Maximus must fight as a gladiator to gain his freedom, and his revenge.

• CAST

• Russell Crowe - Maximus,   Joaquin Phoenix - Commodus,   Connie Nielsen - Lucilla,   Oliver Reed - Proximo,   Richard Harris - Marcus Aurelius,   Derek Jacobi - Gracchus,   Djimon Hounsou - Juba,   David Schofield - Falco,   John Shrapnel - Gaius,   Tomas Arana - Quintus,   Ralf Moeller - Hagen,   Spencer Treat Clark - Lucius,   David Hemmings - Cassius,   Tommy Flanagan - Cicero,   Sven-Ole Thorsen - Tiger,   Omid Djalili - Slave Trader,   Nicholas McGaughey - Praetorian Officer,   Chris Kell - Scribe,   Tony Curran - Assassin #1,   Mark Lewis - Assassin #2,   John Quinn - Valerius,   Alun Raglan - Praetorian Guard #1,   David Bailie - Engineer,   Chick Allan - German Leader,   David J. Nicholls - Giant Man,   Al Hunter Ashton - Rome Trainer #1,   Billy Dowd - Narrator,   Ray Calleja - Lucius' Attendant,   Giannina Facio - Maximus' Wife,   Giorgio Cantarini - Maximus' Son,   Malcolm Ellul - Centurion (uncredited),   Ray Mangion - Centurion (uncredited),   João Costa Menezes - Roman Soldier (uncredited),   Mike Mitchell - Fighter (uncredited),   Antone Pagán - Fighter (uncredited),   Norman Campbell Rees - Sedan Chair Carrier (uncredited),   Neil Roche - Roman Soldier (uncredited),   Paul Sacks - Catapult Commander Shouts "Loose" (uncredited),   Steve Saunders - German Barbarian (uncredited),   Brian Smyj - Coliseum Gladiator (uncredited),   Richard Stride - Swordsman (uncredited),   Tony Tomlinson - Man (uncredited),   Paul Woodadge - Germanian Barbarian (uncredited),   Michael Yale - Rome Citizen (uncredited)     

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