| Title |
Gladiator : [Reader & Movie Kit] / retold by Annette Keen ; adapted from the novel by Dewey Gram. |
| Published |
Harlow : Pearson Education, 2008. [Australia] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, [2003]. |
| ©2003 |
| Description |
80 pages ; 20 cm. + +1 DVD (149 minutes) |
| Sound Characteristics |
digital optical |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD PAL |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video |
| Form of Work |
Motion pictures |
| Notes |
DVD Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou ; Credits: Director: Ridley Scott ; Screenplay: David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson ; Producers: Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig ; Classification : M ; Languages: English. Subtitles in English, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Icelandic, Hindi, Hebrew, Bulgarian, Croatian, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Arabic, Dutch. ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, PAL, Region 4, widescreen 16:9, full frame 2.35:1. ; Based on a story by David Franzoni ; Originally released as a motion picture in 2000 ; Distributed by DreamWorks Home Entertainment. |
| Summary |
Maximus is a great general in the Roman army. After his last battle he wants to return to his family. But the new Emperor Commodus hates Maximus, and kills his family. Soon Maximus is a prisoner then a slave, and finally a gladiator. When Emperor Commodus joins Maximus in the arena they fight for thier lives. |
| A slave who controlled an empire.Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) goes from hero to zero, then fights back to win the heart of an Empire in this action-packed and emotionally charged blockbuster. When Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) chooses Maximus to be his heir instead of his treacherous son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), the result is murder. When his rival seizes power and massacres his family, Maximus is enslaved and thrown into the gladiatorial ring to fight his way to death or glory. Stunning special effects and superb performances from Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix as the deadly enemies Maximus and Commodus make Ridley Scott's Gladiator an experience to be savoured again and again. |
| Subjects |
Readers for new literates |
| Film adaptations |
| Gladiators -- Rome -- Drama |
| Emperors -- Rome -- Drama |
| Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D -- Drama |
| Genre |
Feature films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Franzoni, David writer, producer, screenwriter. |
| Scott, Ridley film director. |
| Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999 actor. |
| Logan, John, 1961- screenwriter. |
| Harris, Richard, 1930-2002 actor. |
| Nicholson, William screenwriter. |
| Jacobi, Derek, 1938- actor. |
| Wick, Douglas producer. |
| Crowe, Russell, 1964- actor. |
| Lustig, Branko producer. |
| Phoenix, Joaquin actor. |
| Nielsen, Connie, 1965- actor. |
| Hounsou, Djimon, 1964- actor. |
| Keen, Annette |
| author. |
| Gram, Dewey. Gladiator author. adaptation of (work). |
| Added Title |
Gladiator (Motion picture) |
| Series |
Pearson English readers. Level 4 |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
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Authors:
- Crowe, Russell, 1964- .
- Franzoni, David .
- Gram, Dewey. Gladiator .
- Harris, Richard, 1930-2002 .
- Hounsou, Djimon, 1964- .
- Jacobi, Derek, 1938- .
- Keen, Annette .
- Logan, John, 1961- .
- Lustig, Branko .
- Nicholson, William .
- Nielsen, Connie, 1965- .
- Phoenix, Joaquin .
- Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999 .
- Scott, Ridley .
- Wick, Douglas .
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