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'How does Ridley Scott convince you that the Romans are not invaders and Maximus is on the side of good?'
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Yasmin Hassan 10x3 GCSE specification a media coursework assignment 'How does Ridley Scott convince you that the Romans are not invaders and Maximus is on the side of good?' (Based on the film 'Gladiator') 4th November 2004 Gladiator is a tale of betrayal, bravery and survival. Gladiator (2000) is the critically acclaimed Academy Award winning Action/Drama, which sets the audience expectations high, Ridley Scott had directed gladiator, this being his 14th film. His most famous and successful films include Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982). Gladiator is set in the ancient era of the Roman Empire allowing the audience to escape to a fantasy filled with history, culture and adventure. It ambitiously depicts, 'the story of a farmer who became a general, a general who became a slave, a slave who became a gladiator, the gladiator who defied the emperor.' Russell Crowe who previously starred in Insider (1999) stars as General Maximus Decimus Meridus, a...
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