The Gladiator Collection Trivia Quiz

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This very successful film was directed by Ridley Scott, who also brought us films like 'Thelma & Louise' (1991), 'The Martian' (2015) and 'House of Gucci' (2021).

Russell Crowe stars as Maximus Decimus Meridius, the Roman General who refuses to swear allegiance to the murderous new emperor Commodus, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. Commodus has murdered his father, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), to obtain his position. Maximus returns to his home where he finds his wife (Giannina Facio) and son have been crucified.

Maximus is sold by a slave trader (Omid Djalili) to Proximo (Oliver Reed in his final role) who trains gladiators, This brings him, in disguise, into the orbit of Commodus and he also reconnects with Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), his former lover and the older sister of Commodus. With the help of Lucilla and Senator Gracchus, played by Derek Jacobi, Maximus escapes Commodus and challenges Maximus to a fight in the Colosseum, where Maximus manages to kill him, despite the underhand tactics employed by the emperor. Maximus succumbs to his wounds, and dies too.

David Hemmings played the master of ceremonies at the gladiatorial contests. Hans Zimmer composed the music for the film and David Franzoni created the story and was one of the scriptwriters.

The incorrect answers are all from another 2000 film - 'The Perfect Storm'. It was directed by Wolfgang Petersen with James Horner providing the music and William Witliff writing the screenplay from a novel by Sebastian Junger. William Fichtner, Diane Lane, Mark Wahlberg., George Clooney and John C Reilly are among the actors in the movie.