Ridley Scott’s Gladiator was one of the most important movies to arrive at the turn of the millennium, one that would launch leading man Russell Crowe to A-list stardom, win five Academy Awards from twelve nominations including Best Director for Scott and Best Actor for Crowe and become the second highest-grossing movie of 2000 behind only Mission: Impossible II after bringing in $460 million at the box office.
The success of Gladiator also led to a huge resurgence in the popularity of both the sword-and-sandal genre and the historical epic, with theaters soon becoming deluged by titles like Troy, The Last Samurai, Alexander, King Arthur and many more, and Scott himself even returned to the well twice with Kingdom of Heaven and Robin Hood, the latter of which starred Crowe in the title role.
Gladiator may have infiltrated the public consciousness and stayed there for a while, as well as having...
The success of Gladiator also led to a huge resurgence in the popularity of both the sword-and-sandal genre and the historical epic, with theaters soon becoming deluged by titles like Troy, The Last Samurai, Alexander, King Arthur and many more, and Scott himself even returned to the well twice with Kingdom of Heaven and Robin Hood, the latter of which starred Crowe in the title role.
Gladiator may have infiltrated the public consciousness and stayed there for a while, as well as having...
- 8/20/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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