Gladiator
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joachin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou
Director(s): Ridley Scott
Studio: Universal
Certificate: 
Run Time: 155 minutes
Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Winning 5 Academy Awards when it was released (Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Sound, Best Effects and Best Costume Design) and nominated for seven more, Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a rousing, grisly, action-packed epic that takes moviemaking back to the Roman Empire via computer-generated visual effects. Russell Crowe stars as the heroic general Maximus, who has been named keeper of Rome and its empire by dying emperor Marcus Aurelius, over his own son, Commodus (Joachin Phoenix); a power struggle ensues, leaving Maximus and his family condemned to death. Taken into slavery and trained as a gladiator by Proximo (Oliver Reed, in his last role), Maximus lives only that he might someday take his revenge and fulfil the dying wish of his emperor. When Proximo's troupe is called to Rome to participate in a marathon of gladiator games held at the behest of the new emperor, Commodus, Maximus wastes no time in making his presence known, and is soon involved in a plot to overthrow the emperor with his former-love Lucilla, Commodus' sister.
