“Gladiator” quotes
(2000)
Sir Ridley Scott
directed this movie
in 2000
Title Gladiator
Year 2000
Director Ridley Scott
Genre Drama, Adventure, Action
Year 2000
Director Ridley Scott
Genre Drama, Adventure, Action
Plot – After having defeated the barbarians in Germany, in 180 AD, the victorious Roman general Maximus is designated by the old and tires Marcus Aurelius as his successor. But the emperor's son, Commodus, kills his father and orders to eliminate Maximus so to be the only pretender to the throne. Maximum becomes then the target of a ruthless manhunt that leads to the extermination of his entire family. At first Maximus manages to reach safety, but then he gets caught and is sent to fight as a gladiator in the arena. Now that he has nothing left to lose, he ends up being an invincible warrior.
All actors – Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, David Schofield, John Shrapnel, Tomas Arana, Ralf Moeller, Spencer Treat Clark, David Hemmings, Tommy Flanagan, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Omid Djalili, Nicholas McGaughey, Chris Kell, Tony Curran, Mark Lewis, John Quinn, Alun Raglan, David Bailie, Chick Allan, David Nicholls, Al Ashton, Billy Dowd, Ray Calleja, Giannina Facio, Giorgio Cantarini, Allan Corduner, Michael Mellinger, Said Amel, Adam Levy, Gilly Gilchrist, Malcolm Ellul, James Fiddy, Ruth Frendo, Kjeld Gogosha-Clark, Mehdi Kashani, Tom Kay, Nic Main, Antonio Meitin, João Costa Menezes, Mike Mitchell, Norman Campbell Rees, Neil Roche, Paul Sacks, Michael Sheen, Christian Simpson, Brian Smyj, Tony Tomlinson
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“At my signal, unleash hell.”
“- Marcus Aurelius: When was the last time you were home?
- Maximus: Two years, two hundred and sixty-four days and this morning.”“The frost, it sometimes makes the blade stick.
[kills the executioner]”“Nothing happens to anyone that he is not fitted by nature to bear.”
“What we do in life... echoes in eternity.”
“- Commodus: Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
- Marcus Aurelius: You have missed the war.
- Commodus: Father, congratulations. I shall sacrifice a hundred bulls to honor your triumph.
- Marcus Aurelius: Save the bulls. Honor Maximus. He won the battle.”“Fear and wonder, a powerful combination.”
“- Commodus: The people are my children, I am their father. I shall hold them to my bosom and embrace them tightly...
- Gracchus: Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?
- Commodus: No, but if you interrupt me again, I assure you that you will.”“- Commodus: What could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
- Maximus: You would fight me?
- Commodus: Why not? Do you think I am afraid?
- Maximus: I think you've been afraid all your life.”“- Maximus: [after swiftly dispatching another gladiator] Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
- Crowd: Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard...”“- Juba: Can they hear you?
- Maximus: Who?
- Juba: Your family. In the afterlife.
- Maximus: Oh yes.
- Juba: What do you say to them?
- Maximus: To my son, I tell him I will see him again soon. To keep his heels down while riding his horse. To my wife... that is not your business.”“When a man sees his end... he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.”
“Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.”
“- Maximus: I am required to kill, so I kill. That is enough.
- Proximo: That's enough for the provinces, but not enough for Rome.”
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