Gladiator Returns to Big Screen


It seems that Gladiator will be returning to the big screen, in time for the Oscars. Heres the press release from Dreamworks:

DreamWorks Pictures' and Universal Pictures' 'Gladiator' Returns to the Big Screen

Limited Engagement at the AMC Century 14 To Be Hosted By Talent From the Film, Including Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In a nod to the days of road show engagements, DreamWorks Pictures' and Universal Pictures' "Gladiator" will come back to the big screen for a limited run, starting on March 3, 2001, witha one-week special engagement at the AMC Century 14 in Century City, CA and the AMC Promenade in Woodland Hills, CA.

Moviegoers attending each evening's show at the AMC Century 14 only will have the added bonus of having the screening introduced by one of the talents responsible for the Golden Globe-winning and multiple Oscar(R)-nominated film. Kicking off the series on March 3 will be director Ridley Scott, who will follow that evening's showing of the film with a Q&A live, via satellite, from Morocco, where he is presently on location.

Cast members and filmmakers who are currently slated to greet the audience on subsequent nights of the limited run include stars Russell Crowe and Connie Nielsen, producer Douglas Wick, producer/screenwriter David Franzoni, composer Hans Zimmer, cinematographer John Mathieson, editor Pietro Scalia, and visualeffects supervisor John Nelson. The tickets for the run will be sold at regular admission prices on a first-come, first-served basis.

Originally released in the U.S. in May 2000, "Gladiator" immediately became the first must-see film of last summer. It went on to gross more than $187 million at the domestic box office, in addition to becoming an unqualified hit globally. To date, the film has earned more than $440 million worldwide. Its subsequent sell-through release in a Special Edition DVD, as well as the VHS rental release, broke records both in the United States and abroad. Earlier this year, "Gladiator" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture -- Drama. It more recently received 12 Academy Award(R) nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Scott) and Best Actor (Crowe), and this past weekend won the BAFTA Award for Best Picture.

"Gladiator" stars Russell Crowe as Maximus, a great Roman general, who has been forced into exile and slavery by the jealous heir to the throne, Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Trained as a gladiator, Maximus returns to Rome, intent on killing Commodus, now Emperor. Maximus learns that the one power stronger than that of the Emperor is the will of the people, and know she can only exact his revenge by becoming the greatest hero in all the Empire.

Rounding out the international main cast are Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou and Richard Harris. "Gladiator" was produced by Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig, with Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald serving as executive producers. The screenplay was written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson, from a story by Franzoni.

DreamWorks SKG was formed in October, 1994, by its three principal partners -- Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen -- to produce live-action motion pictures; animated feature films; network, syndicated and cable television programming; home entertainment; records; books; toys; and consumer products.

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