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	Gladiator (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Actor Oliver Reed died in Malta during the filming of Gladiator; as a result, a body double and digitally altered outtake footage of the actor were used in his absence, at an estimated cost of $3 million.
		Lucilla was Commodus’s sister and was married to Lucius Verus (mentioned in the film as the dead father of her son Lucius Verus, but not mentioned as co-emperor or seen), her father’s co-emperor until his death in 169.
		Gladiator was nominated in 36 individual ceremonies, including the 73rd Academy Awards, the BAFTA Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladiator_(2000_movie) (1509 words)

	Gladiator
		The film takes place in the year AD 180 when 1/4 of the world's population was under Roman rule.
		The film centers on the bitter rivalry between Commodus, the son of the ailing Emperor Marcus Aurelius, and Maximus, his trusted general.
		Gladiator is impressive for its battle scenes shown in all their cruelty - and therefore largely attracts (at least at the cinema where I was) an audience keen on primal sensations.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo7/gladiator.htm (1336 words)

	Filmtracks: Gladiator (Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard)
		The last three tracks on the Gladiator album are a gem of a suite, and interestingly, the only hint of Hans Zimmer in that suite is the bar of thematic material kindly lifted from his own Backdraft score.
		So without unreleased cues from the film comprising the highlights of this second album, the alternative mixes and unused cues are the ones which steal the show.
		Gladiator: (Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) Hans Zimmer's collaboration with Lisa Gerrard is notable for the expansion of the texture of the music which, in Zimmer's case, is normally considerably more simplified.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/gladiator.html (3318 words)

	Scholia Reviews ns 14
		On the positive side, the film correctly shows that death was ubiquitous in the second century, but this issue is not adequately discussed in the present book, which lacks a full discussion of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and their relationship to Stoic teachings on this subject.
		Her observation that film directors have to deal with the horizons of expectation of their audience is an acute one and her reference to the influence of Alma-Tadema on our preconceptions of the Roman world (pp.
		He also underscores Cyrino's discussion of the political cynicism of Gladiator and its refusal fully to confront the problems of race (represented by Juba in the film), communism (as in Kubrick's Spartacus), sexuality (Commodus' sexuality is to some extent treated in the film, but women are dealt with altogether less prominently and less sympathetically [p.
	www.classics.und.ac.za /reviews/05-11win.htm (2392 words)

	Gladiator - Film Review - Reviews - Understanding Astrology - Astrodienst
		The opening sequences of Gladiator, with their violence, cruelty, and display of the might of a ruthless war machine, may well seem shocking and offensive, not to mention glaringly politically incorrect, to an astrologer more concerned with spiritual and psychological development.
		Yet the filming of the great battle sequence between the Roman army, with Maximus as its commander, and the Germanic tribes who "refuse to admit they have been conquered", is a cinematic masterpiece.
		Gladiator, although no doubt too violent for the tastes of many film-goers, too simplistic for the intellectually-minded, and perhaps too overtly and spectacularly brutish for the refined sensibilities of many spiritual souls, can make us question some very fundamental issues we ordinarily take for granted.
	www.astro.com /astrology/in_gladiator_e.htm (1195 words)

	Gladiator (2002) - A Hollywood Jesus Visual Film Review. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Throughout the film there seems to be a deliberate and conscious effort to weave this common thread as the basic motivation for all that the characters do.
		Throughout Gladiator, Maximus is seen to bend down, pick up some of the soil and meditively fold it in his hands before fighting.
		What separates Gladiator from being simply a movie about violence and revenge (in the same way that American Beauty is not just a movie about sex and midlife crisis) is that Maximus is being led by a commitment to something that is of greater substance than a desire to avenge the deaths of his family.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /gladiator.htm (3517 words)

	News for Gladiator (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gladiator composer Hans Zimmer is being sued by the Holst Foundation over claims the film's Oscar-nominated score is a copy of the late Gustav Holst's famous "Planet Suite." If the foundation win their claim for infringement of copyright they could make millions of dollars, because sales of the film's soundtrack have gone platinum.
		The Gladiator star was contacted by the FBI "in the middle of the night" and told of a plot to kidnap him and other leading Hollywood stars - but he was sworn to secrecy.
		The Gladiator star and his wife - who is three months pregnant - are sick of being watched while enjoying the luxury of the harbor-front property and have bought a secret flat to maintain their privacy.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0172495/news (15729 words)

	Gladiator (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gladiator (film), a 2000 film directed by Ridley Scott
		Gladiator (novel), a 1930 novel by Philip Wylie
		Gladiator (Daredevil character), a former foe of Marvel Comics' Daredevil
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gladiator_(disambiguation) (153 words)

	The Spin Sheet - Bill's DVD Reviews
		And the gladiator action is intense and unrelenting, while still managing to leave a lot for your own imagination to fill in.
		The film's colors are muted by design, heavily favoring the drab grays and browns of industrial, turn-of-the-century London.
		This film is available on DVD in two versions - the "director's cut" reviewed here and also a Limited Edition Gift Set that includes the same DVD packaged in a box with a reproduction of the 22-page manga, a 166-page book of character and production design artwork and a set of 10 collectable postcards.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews3/spinsheet082305.html (3411 words)

	Gladiator Movie Review - MovieWeb
		The awe-inspiring trailers for Gladiator may have you dreaming of Spartacus and Ben-Hur, but you may be surprised to find this film in reality a less palatable mÃ©lange of Braveheart and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
		Gladiator's finest hour comes when the gladiating begins (though this is a good 60 minutes into the picture).
		Then there's the chit-chat of Gladiator's "plot," a threadbare bit of political intrigue, with Commodus worried sick about Maximus's rise to popularity via the mob crowds at the pit, Connie Nielsen's Lucilla (Commodus's sister), also worried sick in fear that her son will be killed...
	www.movieweb.com /movies/film/56/456/review1850.php (470 words)

	DreamWorks SKG Fansite-Gladiator Story & Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Barely escaping death, Maximus is forced into slavery and trained as a gladiator in the arena where his fame grows.
		Maximus has learned that the one power stronger than that of the emperor is the will of the people, and he knows he can only attain his revenge by becoming the greatest hero in all the empire.
		The film is produced by Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, with Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald serving as executive producers.
	www.dreamworksfansite.com /gladiator/The_Movie.htm (391 words)

	Film Review: Gladiator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In his interviews, Crowe has said that working on this film was physically exhausting.
		I didn't even mind the way the film uses digitalised effects for the many combat sequences where the action is speeded up.
		There are also some excellent support roles, notably Oliver Reed's final performance (he died while shooting the film in Malta) as a growling, gladiator master is one of his best in years.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/g/gladiator_r2_1999.shtml (453 words)

	Gladiator film review
		The hero of the day is Maximus (Russell Crowe), a general in the army of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) who is adored as much by his men as he is by the Emperor.
		Scott opens his film with the battle between the Roman legions and the barbarians in the forest of Germania, a jaw-dropping 10 minute sequence of unbridled brutality which recalls the D-Day landings of Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.
		Rising star Phoenix is deliciously slimy as the vindictive Emperor, oscillating between illicit lust for his sister Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) to homicidal madness as he contemplates killing her son, the heir to the throne.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/gladiator.html (661 words)

	Political Film Society - Gladiator
		Finally, in 192 Commodus was murdered by the wrestler Narcissus after the emperor’s mistress, his chamberlain, and the prefect of praetorians found their names on the imperial execution list.
		These events frame the film Gladiator, a blockbuster directed by Ridley Scott on a grand scale not seen since Spartacus (1960), though the story is a permutation of the plot set forth in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) in which Marcus Aurelius is poisoned.
		We find that soldiers say that they fight for "glory and honor," though in fact Maximus is motivated by the desire to defend his family and the prosperous way of life that Roman imperialism provides.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/gladiator.html (374 words)

	Gladiator Movie - Film, Weapons, Swords, Armor.
		While not as fluid as the computer work done for, say, Titanic, it's an impressive achievement that will leave you marveling at the glory that was Rome, when you're not marveling at the glory that is Russell Crowe.
		Starring as the heroic general Maximus, Crowe firmly cements his star status both in terms of screen presence and acting chops, carrying the film on his decidedly non-computer-generated shoulders as he goes from brave general to wounded fugitive to stoic slave to gladiator hero.
		Gladiator's plot is a whirlwind of faux-Shakespearean machinations of death, betrayal, power plays, and secret identities (with lots of faux-Shakespearean dialogue ladled on to keep the proceedings appropriately "classical"), but it's all briskly shot, edited, and paced with a contemporary sensibility.
	www.historicalweapons.com /gladiatormovie.html (519 words)

	Gladiator (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Despite this, Gladiator is one of the most powerful and moving films I've ever seen.
		The film is set in Rome, and it looks just like it.
		To some of you, this may sound a little barbaric, and believe me the film is VERY barbaric and brutual, however it teaches a very strong lesson of what happens when an economy turns as violent as Rome was.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0172495 (843 words)

	Gladiator
		The film is flashy, violent, and spectacular, everything a summer movie needs to be.
		Gladiator is a movie where the viewer can shut down his/her mind and let the sensory overload take over, all the way to the end of the film.
		Hans Zimmer, probably one of the better composers of action-oriented film scores (like Crimson Tide or The Rock) teams with Lisa Gerrard (The Insider) to create a loud score that easily complements the tone of the film.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/gladiator.html (573 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.07.40 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The film was still evolving until shortly before its release; Solomon indicates the major changes and offers speculations, in some cases based on interviews given by the filmmakers, on why they came about.
		Pomeroy argues that although the film assumes an anti-Fascist narrative agenda in its traditional identification of evil Roman emperor with Fascist (or Nazi or Communist) dictator, its mixture of iconographic borrowings from nineteenth century art, Nazi propaganda and earlier films results in a deeply conservative, and ultimately incoherent vision.
		Setting Gladiator within the context of earlier Roman epic films and their use of the ancient world to discuss contemporary issues, Cyrino argues that the narrative themes of Gladiator have special significance for its primary American audience.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2004/2004-07-40.html (2781 words)

	DreamWorks SKG Fansite-Gladiator Cast & Crew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nielsen was vaulted to leading lady status with her role as the pioneer woman Sandra who nurses Kurt Russell?s character, a veteran soldier, back to health in the futuristic actioner "Soldier." Her breakthrough performance came in 1997 as the Devil?s daughter in "The Devil?s Advocate.' Full Bio.
		is one of the film industry?s most venerated actors.
		He next co-stars in "The Body," and includes among his additional film credits "101 Dalmatians," "Two Deaths," "England, My England," "How to Get Ahead in Advertising," "Testimony," "Hennessy" and "Nicholas and Alexandra." He has also been seen in "The 10th Kingdom." Full Bio.
	www.dreamworksfansite.com /gladiator/Cast_Crew.htm (575 words)

	Gladiator : film review
		Gladiator has been applauded by practically every reviewer in Britain, with hardly a bad thing said against it.
		Unfortunately, all the film's better points are let down by a leaden script, a very predictable story, and every cliche that Hollywood has ever come up with.
		It is said that Curtis Hanson chose Crowe to play a cop in LA Confidential, because at the time he was an unknown face, and audiences would not know whether to think of him as a good or bad guy.
	www.musicomh.com /films/gladiator.htm (312 words)

	Gladiator Film Review - Time Out Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The late second century: the Roman army is fighting Germania, but that's a small problem for general Maximus (Crowe), compared to his relations with the Imperial dynasty.
		The implausibly efficient carnage of the opening battle evokes post-'Nam war movies; Maximus' improbably swift, deep bonding with an African slave lends a whiff of PC historicity; Commodus's vices arise from poor parental care.
		Still, the cast is strong (notably Nielsen as Commodus's vacillating sister, and the late Oliver Reed, unusually endearing as a gladiator owner), the pacing lively, and the sets, swordplay and Scud catapults impressive.
	www.timeout.com /film/70255.html (274 words)

	Film Review: Gladiator
		He finds himself in Morocco, is captured by a nomadic tribe, enslaved and brought to Proximo's (Oliver Reed) gladiator school.
		Here he thrives, ending up in the Colosseum, fighting for his life before a demanding crowd, which includes his arch enemy, the paranoid meglomaniac, Commodus.
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	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/g/gladiator_1999.shtml (547 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Gladiator
		But Maximus escapes execution and flees back home where he is picked up by gladiator trainer Proximo (Reed) to battle in the arena.
		Director Ridley Scott thanks the Film 2000 audience for voting his film the best of the year.
		See what films are opening in the UK in 2006 and beyond
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/07/11/gladiator_review.shtml (349 words)

	HANS ZIMMER AND THE GLADIATOR : Film Music on the Web (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		When I first contacted her about working with me on Gladiator her she politely declined, saying it wasn't quite her cup of tea, but when she saw some footage, she finally agreed and she was eager enough to catch the next 'plane.
		I needed to find a tender woman's voice because Gladiator's opening scene is idyllic, a poetic image of a wheat field with a hand drifting over it and all you hear is Lisa's voice.
		The film is a comedy so what can you loose, you can, and you need to be quirky and experimental.
	www.musicweb-international.com /film/Zimmer.html (3380 words)

	Amazon.com: Gladiator: DVD: Crowe,Phoenix,Nielsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The plot of "Gladiator" has been adequately covered elsewhere -- a devoted and hugely successful Roman general slated to succeed the aging Emperor, is outfoxed by the Emperor's son, enslaved and returns to Rome as a gladiator to exact revenge.
		The film is superbly casted, from Russell Crowe as the betrayed general to Joaquin Phoenix as cunning young Emperor Commodus, to Giannina Facio who plays Crowe's wife - seen only is a few off-screen moments.
		Though the historical Commodus seems to have enjoyed dressing as a gladiator and had a too-close relationship with his sister, his fate is not as dramatic as portrayed in the film.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXE7?v=glance (3122 words)

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