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DVD

Gladiator

Call Number

  • DVD ACTION (CEN, OSH)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris.

Publication Information

Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c2003.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (155 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; for intense, graphic combat.

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.

Notes

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.

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