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* Director: Ridley Scott

* Writers: David Franzoni (story), David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson (screenplay)

* Duration: 2 hrs 35 min

* Release Date: May 5, 2000 (USA)

* Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama/History

* Producer: Walter F. Parkes (Executive Producer), David H. Franzoni, Douglas Wick (Producer), Branko Lustig (Producer/Unit Production Manager), Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer)

* Distributor: Dreamworks SKG

* Music Score: Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard

* Cinematographer: John Mathieson

* Editor: Pietro Scalia

* Taglines:
Father of a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife and I shall have my vengeance in this life or the next
What We Do In Life Echoes In Eternity.
A Hero Will Rise.
The Gladiator Who Defied An Empire
A general who became a slave. A slave who became a gladiator. A gladiator who defied an emperor.

* Cast: Russell Crow (Maximus), Joaquin Phoenix (Commodus), Connie Nielsen (Lucilla), Oliver Reed (Proximo), Richard Harris (Marcus Aurellius), Derek Jacobi (Gracchus), Djimon Honsou (Juba), David Schofield (Falco), Ralph Moeller (Hagen), Spencer Treat Clark (Lucius), David Hemmings (Cassius), Tommy Flanagan (Cicero)

* Filming Locations: Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco; Ouarzazate, Morocco; Atlas Corporation Studios, Ouarzazate, Morocco (studio); Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA; Bourne Woods, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK (opening battle scenes); Tuscany, Italy; Malta

* Plot Summary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/plotsummary