Gladiator
2000 · TMDB 8.2
Directed by Ridley Scott
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
Why it matters
Ridley Scott's Roman epic, in which Oliver Reed's death mid-production forced a digital and physical reconstruction of his character, Proximo.
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Released
- 2000-05-04
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 8.2
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Ridley Scott's Roman epic, in which Oliver Reed's death mid-production forced a digital and physical reconstruction of his character, Proximo.
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The two-disc release demonstrated how physical media could expand the narrative footprint of a blockbuster, offering exhaustive production diaries that detailed everything from armor fabrication to digital crowd replication.
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