Gladiator [videorecording] / [presented by] Dreamworks Pictures and Universal Pictures in association with Scott Free Productions ; produced by Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig ; screenplay by David Franzoni and John Logan and William Nicholson ; story by David Franzoni ; directed by Ridley Scott.
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris. Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Special features: From the cutting room floor; My gladiator journal; original storyboards; still gallery; cast & crew, Production notes.
Summary:
The war against the Germans won, Emperor Aurelius chooses the victorious General Maximus as his successor to the Roman empire. Commodus, Aurelius' heir, is jealous of this and enslaves Maximus to the gladiatorial arenas.
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