Gladiator
Subtitle: Film and History
Contributors: Kathleen Coleman (Contributor); Monica Silveira Cyrino (Contributor); Arthur Eckstein (Contributor); Martin M. Winkler (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: April 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781405110433
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Film theory & criticism; History: World; Gladiator (Motion picture : 20; History; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; Film & Video - General; MOTION PICTURES; Performing Arts / Film / General; General; Gladiator (Motion picture : 2000)
First sentence: Everyone interested in tracing the development of Gladiator has access to various sources: two preliminary versions of David Franzoni's screenplay; several Internet interviews with Franzoni, director Ridley Scott, and co-producer Douglas Wick; the film itself: extra footage on its DVD issue: numerous comments on the World Wide Web: and, finally, the ancient historical sources for the life of the villainous Commodus -Cassius Dio, Herodian, and the Augustan History.1