Gladiator
Subtitle: Film and History
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: April 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781405110426
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 Scoot, 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.