Gladiator

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Gladiator is an epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott that follows a betrayed Roman general who seeks vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.


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instanceOf epic historical drama film
film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
basedOn inspired by Daniel P. Mannix book "Those About to Die"
boxOffice over 450 million USD worldwide
budget approximately 103 million USD
cinematographyBy John Mathieson
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
United States
director Ridley Scott
distributedBy DreamWorks Pictures
Universal Pictures
editedBy Pietro Scalia
follows Maximus Decimus Meridius
genre action film
epic film
historical drama film
leadActor Russell Crowe
mainCharacter Commodus
Lucilla
Maximus Decimus Meridius
musicBy Hans Zimmer
Lisa Gerrard
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A betrayed Roman general seeks vengeance against the emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery
portrayedBy Connie Nielsen
Derek Jacobi
Djimon Hounsou
Joaquin Phoenix
Oliver Reed
Richard Harris
Russell Crowe
producer Branko Lustig
David Franzoni
Douglas Wick
productionCompany DreamWorks Pictures
Universal Pictures
publicationDate 2000
releaseDate May 2000
runtime approximately 155 minutes
screenwriter David Franzoni
John Logan
William Nicholson
setInCentury 2nd century
setInPlace Roman Empire
Rome
setInTimePeriod Ancient Rome


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