Il Gladiatore
Paese d'origine: UK USA
Location del set: Ait Benhaddou, Quarzazate, Morocco Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA Italy Malta Tuscany, Italy The Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK
Versioni alternative: - Numerous deleted scenes that were left out of the film were compiled onto the DVD release. All scenes with the exception of the mini-film come with an exclusive Audio Commentoary by Ridley Scott. They are: - A brief scene showing Maximus surveying the cost of the Battle with the Germanians. They are hacked and dying Roman's everywhere. - A brief scene preluding the confrontation of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. It shows Marcus praying to his ancestors for wisdom. - Friends of Proximo try to get him to bet against his own gladiators. We are also introduced to Hagan, the German in this scene. - Proximo tries to reason with Maximus as to not killing his opponents so quickly but to entertain the crowd. - Maximus watches condemmed Christians executed in the arena as they are fed to the lions. - Lucilla, Gracchus and Gaius have an important meeting in Gracchus' house. They discuss the future death of the Roman People as her brother Commodus is selling the grain reserve to pay for the games. They conclude that Commodus must die. - Commodus, dismayed by the re-appearence of Maximus, attacks a bust of his father with a sword. - Two of the Praetorians that knew of Maximus's escape from Germania, are executed by Commodus. Quintus and Commodus have an argument. - Commodus orders his spies to watch senators and Proximo. Proximo notices one of his followers. - Lucilla realizes that Falco is in league with Commodus. - Praetorians attack innocent civilains by setting them on fire. - There are a whole slew of unused shots and sequences compiled into a short film. Some of those sequences are: - A few new shots of Commodus riding to meet his father along with his entourage. - New footage of Maximus riding to flank the Germanians. - A whole Alternate Sequence of the Death of Maximus's Wife and Son. In this version we see him ride through many different scenes and he overlooks the farm seeing his son getting trampled by horses and his wife screaming. He screams and he reaches forward with his open hand. He pulls it back and there is blood. He cries out loud in pain over the death of his family. - New footage of the Arabs and the Gladiator Training Grounds. - Commodus not-so-warm reception in Rome. We see people graffiting his name on walls. - New footage of the first Gladiator Chain-Gang battle. We see an Alternate Take of Hagen impaling the man on a spike protruding from a wall. We also see that after the battle is over, a huge man wearing a mask walks out and kills the wounded. - Hagan in a bath accompained by exotic women. - Germanian Ground Battle footage of Maximus fighting of many Germanians!
Genere: Action Drama
Lingue: English
Plot: A dying Marcus Aurelius plans to name his loyal and brave General Maximus as his successor in order to restore the power of the Roman Senate. However, his power-hungry, jealous son Commodus learns of the plan, murders Marcus Aurelius, and plans to execute Maximus in order to secure his claim to the throne. Maximus escapes execution, but is sold into slavery and is forced to become a gladiator. Eventually, Maximus and his fellow gladiators are sent to Rome to perform for Commodus. Through his bravery he wins over the masses and reveals his true identity, much to the chagrin of Commodus. Can Maximus use his newfound popularity to avenge Marcus Aurelius' death, or will Commodus be able to keep the throne? Maximus is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the aging Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Before his death, the Emperor chooses Maximus to be his heir over his own son, Commodus, and a power struggle leaves Maximus and his family condemned to death. The powerful general is unable to save his family, and his loss of will allows him to get captured and put into the Gladiator games until he dies. The only desire that fuels him now is the chance to rise to the top so that he will be able to look into the eyes of the man who will feel his revenge. Roma imperiale, 180 a.C. Il glorioso e stimato imperatore Marco Aurelio muore, ucciso a tradimento dal figlio Commodo, accusato di inettitudine dal padre. Ma il nuovo imperatore non ha il carisma del genitore : i suoi unici intenti sono la violenza ed il cinismo. Viene così incrementata la pratica dei duelli nelle arene, con gladiatori e bestie feroci. Il migliore fra i gladiatori è Maximus, ex generale dell'esercito imperiale, reso schiavo dalla gelosia di Commodo. Ed il drammatico confronto fra i due sarà il punto di partenza per la vendetta dell'eroico gladiatore, fino allo scontro finale frai due, nell'Arena del Colosseo. In Gladiator, victorious general Maximus Decimus Meridias has been named keeper of Rome and its empire by dying emperor Marcus Aurelius, so that rule might pass from the Caesars back to the people and Senate. Marcus' neglected and power-hungry son, Commodus, has other ideas, however. Escaping an ordered execution, Maximus hurries back to his home in Spain, too late to save his wife and son from the same order. Taken into slavery and trained as a gladiator by Proximo, Maximus lives only that he might someday take his revenge and fulfill the dying wish of his emperor. The time soon comes when Proximo's troupe is called to Rome to participate in a marathon of gladiator games held at the behest of the new emperor, Commodus. Once in Rome, Maximus wastes no time in making his presence know, and is soon involved in a plot to overthrow the emperor with his former-love Lucilla sister after whom he lusts, and also the widowed mother of Lucius, heir to the empire after his uncle-- and democratic-minded senator, Gracchus. Upon the sudden death of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, his trusted and successful general Maximus Meridas 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 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 square off mano a mano with Maximus in the Colisseum with the fate of Rome at stake.
Visti censura internazionale: USA:R Norway:15 Germany:16 Australia:M Switzerland:14 Finland:K-16 Switzerland:14 Portugal:M/12 Hong Kong:IIB New Zealand:M Netherlands:16 Singapore:PG Sweden:15 UK:15 France:U Argentina:13
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:18 May 2000 |
| Australia:4 May 2000 |
| Belgium:21 June 2000 |
| Brazil:19 May 2000 |
| Chile:25 May 2000 |
| Croatia:15 May 2000 |
| Czech Republic:18 May 2000 |
| Denmark:19 May 2000 |
| Egypt:31 May 2000 |
| Estonia:30 June 2000 |
| Finland:19 May 2000 |
| France:20 June 2000 |
| Germany:25 May 2000 |
| Greece:18 August 2000 |
| Hong Kong:25 May 2000 |
| Hungary:18 May 2000 |
| Iceland:19 May 2000 |
| India:1 September 2000 |
| Israel:18 May 2000 |
| Italy:19 May 2000 |
| Japan:17 June 2000 |
| Kuwait:24 May 2000 |
| Malaysia:11 May 2000 |
| Malta:24 May 2000 |
| Mexico:5 May 2000 |
| Netherlands:18 May 2000 |
| New Zealand:27 July 2000 |
| Norway:19 May 2000 |
| Peru:1 June 2000 |
| Philippines:7 June 2000 |
| Poland:14 July 2000 |
| Portugal:19 May 2000 |
| Singapore:11 May 2000 |
| Sweden:19 May 2000 |
| Taiwan:20 May 2000 |
| Thailand:26 May 2000 |
| Turkey:19 May 2000 |
| UK:12 May 2000 |
| USA:5 May 2000 |
| Venezuela:31 May 2000 |
| Slovenia:17 May 2000 | (European premiere) |
| Indonesia:8 August 2000 | (Jakarta) |
| USA:1 May 2000 | (premiere) |
| Bulgaria:1 March 2001 | (video premiere) |
| CAM:Panavision Cameras and Lenses |
| PCS:Super 35 |
| RAT:2.35 : 1 |
| PFM:35 mm | (anamorphic) |
| OFM:35 mm | (Kodak) |
| LAB:Technicolor | (prints) |
| Dolby EX 6.1 |
| DTS |
| SDDS |
| Argentina:154 |
| Finland:156 |
| Japan:155 |
| Portugal:152 |
| Sweden:152 |
| UK:155 |
| USA:154 |
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
dreamworks distribution l.l.c.
dreamworks home video
myndform
united international pictures (uip)
produzione cinematografica: scott free productions dreamworks skg
produttore cinematografico: macdonald laurie lustig branko spielberg steven wick douglas parkes walter f. needham terry wai chiu daniel
regista: scott ridley
attore: crowe russell phoenix joaquin nielsen connie reed oliver harris richard jacobi derek hounsou djimon schofield david shrapnel john arana tomas moeller ralph clark spencer treat hemmings david (i) flanagan tommy (i) thorsen sven-ole djalili omid mcgaughey nicholas kell chris curran tony lewis mark (v) quinn john (i) raglan alun bailie david allen chick nicholls david (ii) ashton al dowd billy calleja ray facio gianina cantarini giorgio corduner allan simpson christian
direttore della fotografia: mathieson john
scenografia: max arthur
montaggio: scalia pietro
compositori: zimmer hans badelt klaus
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: nicholson william (i) franzoni david h. logan john (i)
costumi: yates janty
effetti speciali ottici: lee lighting ltd. mill film
troupe varia: panza alessandro murray julian gerrard lisa corsalini stephanie atherton simon fowler bruce harris rob (i) fernández alejandro howarth samantha becker klemens joos holger burnett justin caine dooley james michael greenaway gavin homme todd burrows rosemary penn nick petrovic dubravko schroer felix valsangiacomo fulvio ajoualil tahar albert nadja alexander michael (ix) andrews slamm angeon monique appleby david (i) ashby stephen beaudin michael beechinor sallie bloor craig blyther terry bond ashley bonici mark bowman john (v) brkic dean bruce david (iii) bryant keith (i) budin zoran mikincic buitendijk jaap burrill tabitha byrne david (ii) candia ciro cappato laura caron-delion anthony cassidy carmel castleman paul ceh vlado chandler vic charjf mustapha clarke nobby coates alan (iii) cole andy (ii) coleman john (iii) conkling christopher cook brian (iv) corbould paul cousin yvonne zarb coveney ivo cripps andrea crisp donald (ii) davall tonia dawson robert (i) debono andrew demetriou robin denc istvan dickerson judy drwila robert dunne tommy dunton lester eden terry englefield william evans david j. fleming tim flores carmel formosa mavis fox colin (ii) galea albert galli bernardo globerman kevin gooder ben grahn dale e. greene kevin (iii) haigh andrew hausmann alan hazell colin heppel peter higgins mike (iii) howlett michael hubackova maria hume simon huse malcolm hutton mark ijubic drago jackson clive jackson jake janková jana jencova marta johns jeremy johnston robin kadric samir kenningham bridget knez branko kollar brano kucerova iiana lai anne lakin-elisyan andrea le portier karen lloyd-parry rupert louka agapios lowe roger (i) mack kathleen mackintosh sylvia martino pasquale (ii) matausic josip mccarthy adrian mcdonnell giancarlo mcfarling tom mcintosh ladd mcnamara keith mcwhinney dave meyerson alan mieke sascha miller randy (iii) mooney michael moriarty yvonne s. murphy philip (i) nagle gary nakamoto moanike'ala witt alexander o'neal gretchen o'toole matt (i) odelga sandra osgood colin philpott julie pinter nada powell nick (i) prinz larry s. radinovic damir reynolds michael (i) rob martin rodford maggie romaint paul rosella pietro (ii) roussel bruno ruiz helen rukavina vlado sacks steven r. sansom steve schreiber david a. sertic zdenko silk gregg slosserova stana smalley adam milo sokac nenad somner mark stanton tony stivala jennifer streitenfeld marc taylor mark (xii) taylor peter (vi) tepsic snjezana todd fred topol dubravko touaibi sarah tozer sarah 'toad' trewin amanda vrbanic stjepan 'stef' vrscak zeljko walker derek weames graham bruce williams alan (iv) williams betty wishart winnie wollage nick wotton annie xenopolous helen
varie ecomond press: lee lighting ltd. audiomotion ltd. c.& l. co limited(malta) kona cutting l.a. mad dogs
produzione cinematografica: scott free productions dreamworks skg
produttore cinematografico: macdonald laurie lustig branko spielberg steven wick douglas parkes walter f. needham terry wai chiu daniel
regista: scott ridley
attore: crowe russell phoenix joaquin nielsen connie reed oliver harris richard jacobi derek hounsou djimon schofield david shrapnel john arana tomas moeller ralph clark spencer treat hemmings david (i) flanagan tommy (i) thorsen sven-ole djalili omid mcgaughey nicholas kell chris curran tony lewis mark (v) quinn john (i) raglan alun bailie david allen chick nicholls david (ii) ashton al dowd billy calleja ray facio gianina cantarini giorgio corduner allan simpson christian
direttore della fotografia: mathieson john
scenografia: max arthur
montaggio: scalia pietro
compositori: zimmer hans badelt klaus
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: nicholson william (i) franzoni david h. logan john (i)
costumi: yates janty
effetti speciali ottici: lee lighting ltd. mill film
troupe varia: panza alessandro murray julian gerrard lisa corsalini stephanie atherton simon fowler bruce harris rob (i) fernández alejandro howarth samantha becker klemens joos holger burnett justin caine dooley james michael greenaway gavin homme todd burrows rosemary penn nick petrovic dubravko schroer felix valsangiacomo fulvio ajoualil tahar albert nadja alexander michael (ix) andrews slamm angeon monique appleby david (i) ashby stephen beaudin michael beechinor sallie bloor craig blyther terry bond ashley bonici mark bowman john (v) brkic dean bruce david (iii) bryant keith (i) budin zoran mikincic buitendijk jaap burrill tabitha byrne david (ii) candia ciro cappato laura caron-delion anthony cassidy carmel castleman paul ceh vlado chandler vic charjf mustapha clarke nobby coates alan (iii) cole andy (ii) coleman john (iii) conkling christopher cook brian (iv) corbould paul cousin yvonne zarb coveney ivo cripps andrea crisp donald (ii) davall tonia dawson robert (i) debono andrew demetriou robin denc istvan dickerson judy drwila robert dunne tommy dunton lester eden terry englefield william evans david j. fleming tim flores carmel formosa mavis fox colin (ii) galea albert galli bernardo globerman kevin gooder ben grahn dale e. greene kevin (iii) haigh andrew hausmann alan hazell colin heppel peter higgins mike (iii) howlett michael hubackova maria hume simon huse malcolm hutton mark ijubic drago jackson clive jackson jake janková jana jencova marta johns jeremy johnston robin kadric samir kenningham bridget knez branko kollar brano kucerova iiana lai anne lakin-elisyan andrea le portier karen lloyd-parry rupert louka agapios lowe roger (i) mack kathleen mackintosh sylvia martino pasquale (ii) matausic josip mccarthy adrian mcdonnell giancarlo mcfarling tom mcintosh ladd mcnamara keith mcwhinney dave meyerson alan mieke sascha miller randy (iii) mooney michael moriarty yvonne s. murphy philip (i) nagle gary nakamoto moanike'ala witt alexander o'neal gretchen o'toole matt (i) odelga sandra osgood colin philpott julie pinter nada powell nick (i) prinz larry s. radinovic damir reynolds michael (i) rob martin rodford maggie romaint paul rosella pietro (ii) roussel bruno ruiz helen rukavina vlado sacks steven r. sansom steve schreiber david a. sertic zdenko silk gregg slosserova stana smalley adam milo sokac nenad somner mark stanton tony stivala jennifer streitenfeld marc taylor mark (xii) taylor peter (vi) tepsic snjezana todd fred topol dubravko touaibi sarah tozer sarah 'toad' trewin amanda vrbanic stjepan 'stef' vrscak zeljko walker derek weames graham bruce williams alan (iv) williams betty wishart winnie wollage nick wotton annie xenopolous helen
varie ecomond press: lee lighting ltd. audiomotion ltd. c.& l. co limited(malta) kona cutting l.a. mad dogs