Troy [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Radiant production in association with Plan B ; a Wolfgang Petersen film ; produced by Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson ; screenplay by David Benioff ; directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
Based on The Iliad by Homer. Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Title from container. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole.
Summary:
It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations clash after Paris, a Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power and sets off for Troy with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. In order to succeed, Achilles must battle Hector, the older brother of Paris and a Prince of Troy.
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