- Directed by Ridley Scott- Writing Credits:Story by David FranzoniScreenplay by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson- Rating: 8.2/10- Release Date: 31 may 2000- Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama- Awards:Won 5 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor in a Leading Role- Also Known as: The Gladiators (USA) as a Working Title, Il Gladiatore (Italy)- Rated R for intense, graphic combat.- Runtime: 155 min. / 177 min. extended version

- Country: UK / USA- Language: English- Color: Technicolor- Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1- Sound Mix: DTS-ES / Dolby Digital EX / SDDS- Certification: USA: R, Netherlands: 12, Brazil: 16, Argentina: 13, Sweden: 15, UK: 15- Filming Locations:Ait Benhaddou and Ourzazate in MoroccoAlabama Hills and Lone Pine in California, USASeveral Locations in Italy including TuscanyMalta

Upon the sudden death of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, his trusted and successful general Maximus Meridium is unlawfully imprisoned and condemned to the gladiator games by Marcus‘ twisted son Commodus. As the new emperor, Commodus fears Maximus could use his heroic stature to depose him and become leader himself But Maximus gains fame as a gladiator and uses his celebrity status to cause further damage to Commodus' tenuous hold on the susceptible Roman people.

Hoping to inspire them to rediscover their lost values and overcome the corruption that is eating away at them. These actions prompt Commodus to find a way to annihilate Maximus so he dares him to a Challenge in the Coliseum with the fate of Rome at stake. It is there that Commodus true face is shown to the people of Rome...

Russell Crowe as Maximus

Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus

Connie Nielsen as Lucilla

Oliver Reed as Proximo

Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius

Djimon Hounsou as Juba

Sir Derek Jacobi as Gracchus

-Like modern day athletes, ancient Roman gladiators did product endorsements. The producers considered including this in the script but discarded the idea as unbelievable.- Connie Nielsen found the 2000-year-old signet ring which she wears in the movie, in an antique store.- Oliver Reed suffered a fatal heart attack during filming Some of his sequences had to be re-edited and a double, photographed in the shadows and with a 3D CGI mask of Reed's face, was used as a stand-in. The film is dedicated to his memory.- In the Colosseum scenes, only the bottom two decks are actually filled with people. The other thousands of people are computer-animated.

- Maximus' description of his home (specifically how the kitchen is arranged and smells in the morning and at night) was ad-libbed - it's a description of Crowe's own home in Australia.- This is Russell Crowe's favorite of the American films that he has done. He also cites Maximus as his favorite character that he's played so far.- Jennifer Lopez auditioned for the role of Lucilla.- Over the course of the gladiatorial scenes, Russell Crowe broke bones in his foot and his hip, and injured both bicep tendons.- Mel Gibson was offered, but turned down the part of Maximus

1) Maximus: What we do in life, echoes in eternity...

2) Lucius Verus: Are you the one they call the Spaniard?Maximus: Yes.Lucius Verus: They said you were a giant. They said you could crush a man's skull with one hand.Maximus: A man's? No. A boy's?

3) Proximo: Those giraffes you sold me, they won't mate. They just walk around, eating and not mating. You sold me... queer giraffes. I want my money back.

4) Proximo: Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.

5) Proximo: Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how but, what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered, as men.

6) Maximus: Ancestors, I ask you for your guidance. Blessed mother, come to me with the Gods' desire for my future. Blessed father, watch over my wife and son with a ready sword.Whisper to them that I live only to hold them again, for all else is dust and air.Ancestors, I honor you and will try to live with the dignity that you have taught me.

On this website you can watch gladiator's official trailer...http://www.ifilm.com/video/2818339 -

Here we have a really interesting compilation of scenes from the moviehttp://www.ifilm.com/video/2757745 -

And also, here we can see a joke film about Maximus and Commodus:http://www.ifilm.com/video/2723619

1) On the movie's first scene, who are the Roman Empire forces fighting?:

a) The Carthageb) The Syriansc) The Barbariansd) The Persians

2) Where is Maximus taken after found almost dead on his farm?

a) To a bowling alleyb) To a North Africa Provincec) To a stripping clubd) To a South Africa Province

3) What was Marcus Aurelius dying wish?

a) That Maximus gave back power to the senateb) That Commodus got marriedc) That Commodus killed Maximusd) That Maximus and Commodus start a family

4) What is Maximus nickname when he goes back to Rome as a gladiator?

a) The Chavistab) The Adecoc) The Spaniardd) The Spanish

5) What Oscar did Gladiator won?

a) Best Pictureb) Best Actor in a leading rolec) Best Soundd) All of the abovee) None of the above