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- In the battle between the Legions and the
German Tribes, The barbarians are chanting
Zulu warcries. Sound bytes from Zulu and Zulu
Dawn are played in the background. - pat
- Without giving too much of the ending away,
'someone' collapses in the arena at the end,
in the next shot, someone has thoughtfully
made a little pile of sand under his head
to support it as his armour is so big his
head would fall back if it wasn't there. -
Sidewinder
- The day after the battle against the German,
Maximus is wandering in the army camp. At
some point, he gives a piece of what seems
an apple to a horse. Watch very carefully
the left of the screen at this moment: you
can see a guy in blue jeans! The guy steps
back, realizing his big mistake, but it is
too late. - Aurore
- During the battle in Germania, you can see
the cables guiding the fireballs at various
points in the battle. - pat
- In the film, there is a scene where Maximus
must fight about six guys by himself. In a
lot of the shots where Maximus stabs the gladiators,
the blood comes from off-screen not from the
"supposed" wounds. - David
- In the big battle with the chariots, one
of the chariot drivers gets stabbed with a
spear. If you watch this scene in slo-mo,
you will see that even though the guy never
looks in the direction that the spear is coming,
he still winces before it hits him, and once
the spear stabs him it wobbles like rubber.
- David
- In the opening battle, Maximus cuts off
a man's head and his sword gets stuck to a
tree. If you watch this scene in slo-mo, you
can see a wig come off of the decapitated
head. - David
- Being the good Latin and Roman history student
that I am, I have to mention 2 of the numerous
flaws in research details: in the movie, all
the saddles of the Romans have stirrups (look
closely, you'll see them). Romans didn't have
stirrups!!!! Stirrups were invented somewhere
in the medieval period or later. - Jennie
- Another goof is scenes of Rome during the
day. The movie showed lots of people (this
is true) but also carts (see when the gladiators
came to Rome for the games). For the safety
of the people, Rome had a law saying that
no carts were allowed on the city's streets
until after dark. Hmmmm... - Jennie
- In one scene, that takes place in the castle,
this one female (don't recall her name, sorry)
drinks from a modern day glass cup. Polished
glass wasn't made before 1900's. - tero
- In one scene, blood sprays all over Maximus'
arm, but in the next shot the blood disappears.
- David
- This is common in movie, but in the beginning
scene where Maximus is to be killed by the
petorians, there is snow everywhere on the
ground except where the actors are about to
step but haven't stepped there yet. Like when
Maximus and the petorian get off the horse
where they are walking has no snow but everything
else around it does. - rock
- When Maximus fights the defending Gladiator
champion (the fight with the tigers), he wedges
the axe in the defending champion. The defending
champion is there hunched over bleeding from
his mouth. Then Maximus kicks him over onto
his back. If you watch the defending champion's
helmet face plate, it flips up. Then in the
next scene when Maximus is deciding whether
to listen to Commodus, he flips up the helmet
face plate... Isn't it already flipped up
Maximus? - Us
badger
- Throughout the film, scenes set in Roman
buildings seem to be taking place in places
we might see today- faded and chipped paintwork,
worn stonework etc. Would it be fair to say
that in ancient Rome all these things would
have been pretty well new? We know their interiors
were typically beautifully colourful with
vivid mosaics onth efloors. What a shame they
had deteriorated so soon. - max
- I forget where but after one of his fights
you can see a jet trail in the sky. - Eddie
- How is it that all the slaves/citizens/soldiers
understand each other? They came from all
over the Empire and beyond. Did they have
a bable fish or borrow Kirk's universal translator?
- flashback
- The scene after Proximo buys Maximus you
see him going into his house. He begins to
speak I am Proximo etc. If you look to the
left of the screen you clearly see Proximo
walking away not talking. - Pierre
- To my knowledge, Roman Generals were the
centurions who had a red crest on their helm
that was horizontal. (The crest went from
left to right.) I couldn't see very well,
but in the Germanic invasion I think Maximus
was wearing a centurion helm, but his crest
went front to back. No centurion ever had
a front to back crest. Can anyone confirm
if his crest was red? (Centurion
helm) - Atrocity
- The biggest mistake found in this move is
the famous gesture of the "Thumbs Up"
signal to let the gladiator live. In recorded
historical documents the thumb symbolizes
the sword of the gladiator. When the crowd
points their thumb up, they pointed toward
their chest, signifying that they wanted the
victor to pierce the loser's heart. Pointing
the thumb down signified that the crowd wanted
the winner to point the sword down and away
from the vanquished foe. - historicorrection
- This is the scene before Maximus fights
the retired undefeated champion. He is talking
to Proximo about how the former Caesar had
a dream and that was not it. He points his
sword to the side and you can see it bounce
up and down. I don't think he could have hurt
that many people with a rubber sword. - Jman
- At the end of the chariot battle one of
the chariots flips up into the air. If you
watch very carefully you will see the rug
in the bottom of the chariot come up, revealing
a green oxygen tank. I would assume that this
tank was used to create the effect of propelling
the chariot in to the air. - djmoehl
- In the scene where two certain people are
fighting at the end, one cuts the other in
the leg. Then he is cut in the arm, but some
how miraculously both swords are still clean
and shiny. - gypsiegrl
- When Maximus flies over the colloseum, you
can quite clearly see the wires holding him
up. Are we to believe that these are some
kind of telegraph wires?...in roman times,
I think not!?! - maxibon
- I was watching the coliseum chariot battle
in slo-mo to try and see how they did the
"cut the woman in half" effect.
I caught something completely different. As
a female archer is forced to take the reins
of the horse after her driver is killed, you'll
see that there is actually a modern day-attired
stunt driver, dressed in black and lug-soled
boots, kneeling in the chariot interior. You
can see him as you pause, slo-mo, through
DVD marker 1:26:18. At normal speed, this
would never be caught... Ridley Scott is still
a master at his craft! - Kieth
Moreland
- In one of the original long shots of the
coliseum chariot battle; you'll see Haken,
with the arrow already in his shield (DVD
marker 1:24:45). Thirteen seconds later (DVD
marker 1:24:58) there's a closer view of Haken,
where his shield is hit for the "first
time" with the arrow. - Kieth
Moreland
- In the fight 'the barbarian hord' when Maximus
saves the life of The German Gladiator (I
think Haken), after he got hit by the arrow,
he holds his wound but there is no arrow,
then you can see that he holds the arrow in
his hand (not in the leg) while Maximus pushes
him back. A few seconds later you can see
a shot how he removes the arrow from his leg.
- eukje
- In the first battle with the Germans when
both armies collide. In the first shot of
fighting one of the barbarians is just standing
around smiling. - Michael
Farris
- Roman citizens weren't subject to crucifixion.
- corvus13
- In the scene where Maximus is surrounded
by guards, awaiting the emperor, one of the
guards is wearing a watch. - bobo
- In the first fight with the women gladiator,
did you notice that she gets killed once by
getting cut in half, and she dies again by
the chariot flipping over! (VHS) - lina
- In the opening battle scenes, the opposing
army already have arrows stuck in their shields
even though the roman army has not yet begun
to fire at them. They could be arrows from
a previous battle, but you could assume that
they would have removed them. - Snepts
- Ok, during the fight as the Barbarian Horde,
Haken is shot in the leg with an arrow. When
he hunches over, Maximus puts his shield down
and then reaches to hold it up (DVD marker
1:26:07). Then a few seconds later it shows
Maximus asking Haken if he's ok and Maximus's
shield is back in his hand. I also wanted
to bring to attention that after Maximus all
the chariot guys are killed in the arena,
Maximus is shown riding the horse with a blood
stained sword in his hand. Then in the next
screen shot when he raises it up to salute
the crowd, the sword is clean. And then, when
he throws it down and pulls the spear from
the ground, the sword is bloody again. (DVD)
- Gladiator Wannbe
- Addition:
(Continuity) Not only does Maximus' sword
become immediately un-bloodied after the
shot of him riding his horse in a victory
lap, but the sword instantly switches
from Maximus' left hand to his right (as
he salutes the crowd). Damn those left-handed
stunt doubles! - Slade
- The scene where the family of Maximus is
butchered there are tractor traces on the
grain fields. Wonder why these weren't removed
in editing phase. (DVD) - Mika
- As the camera descends through the clouds
to show Rome for the first time, the viewer
can clearly discern, to the left of the Colosseum,
the Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius,
built more than 100 years after the events
in the film. The filmmakers must have used
an existing museum model, though (probably
one showing the city in the 300's AD), since
otherwise every single monument is in its
precise historical location in the shot. (VHS)
- CCG
- There are some white marble busts in the
tent of Marcus Auralius. Actually these would've
been painted in life-like colors. The paint's
wore off those we see in museums. Still the
best sword & sandal flick to date. - jim
- In Gladiator, during the first scene the
Roman legion advances on the barbarian horde
with their "spears" held for stabbing.
The Roman legionaires were equipped with a
sword called a Glavius, and a javelin-like
weapon that had a malleable metal tip. This
weapon was not used in melee but was hurled
before the lines closed. The purpose for the
tip was to either pierce the enemy's flesh
or to lodge in his shield. Once it lodged
in his shield it would bend and he would have
to either discard his shield or take the time
to pry it out. - Jeremy
- At the end, when Commodor's sister (name
escapes me at the moment) closed Maximus'
eyes, the lids flickered. Not a huge mistake,
but slightly amusing. (VHS) - Lydia
- If you watch carefully, you twice can see
mud on the camera/lens during the opening
battle (DVD RC2 at 0:10:56 h), one big spot
on the left, several small ones on the right
side if the screen. (DVD-RC2) - gladiator-fan
- Well, I don't know if this has been mentioned
before or is correct. But when Maximus is
fighting the Gaul, at one shot, when he's
about the kill him, you can see a tiger on
him and in the next shot there isn't, well,
there's something wrong with the tiger on
him :) - Wim
- (Anachronisms) Some of the weapons in the
movie such as the crossbow, pole ax, and morning
star mace, were actually invented hundreds
of years after the Roman Empire declined.
(DVD) - Mike
- (Misc.) For some reason, Maximus decides
to ride back to Spain (about 1000 miles away
from Germania!) only in his tunica i.e. underwear,
leaving armour and weapons behind. Very strange,
if we consider that he would have known that
the journey takes about three weeks. - JPB
- (Revealing mistakes) When Maximus falls
to the floor of the Coliseum you seem him
pause and then covertly, or perhaps not quite
so, move his arm into his body. In the next
scene Commodus' sister kneels down by Maximus
exactly where his arm was before it moved.
- Kayne
- (Revealing mistakes) At the first fight
with the warrior's vs rome, in the forest,
when the warriors charge into the roman fighters
you can clearly see two female actors standing
and chatting, while 3 feet away people are
crashing into each other. - imbored
Debated
Goofs
- Feel free to correct
me if I'm wrong, but in the beginning of the
movie, He says "At my signal, unleash
hell.". But the time period was before
A.D. was recognized. So wouldn't it have been
all "Hades"? - KleptoOne
- Correction:
The movie takes place in 180 AD, therefore,
"unleash hell" would technically
be accurate. - Jennie
- Correction:
The movie takes places in A.D. 180,
however the Roman empire did not recognize
Christianity until the emperor Dicletion
much, much later than this. Christians
were as persecuted as Jews during
that period, the use of A.D. and B.C.
came after the empire adopted Christianity
as its main religion under the rule
of Constantine. - you
dumb asshole
- Comment: The
script writer needs to use words to explain
the mood of the moment. The word Hades
would not a good description for the term
"Hell", because the good as
well as the bad went to Hades. Because
Heaven and Hell was both located in Hades.
Proximo uses the word "queer"
to describe the tainted giraffes he was
sold. Unless writer could find a Roman
slang word for "queer", that
word would be appropriate. - pat
- Correction:
Heaven and Hell were not both located
in Hades, Hades was/is referring to
the grave. I don't think Heaven would
be referred to as the grave. - CBStryker
- Correction:
Hades DID actually have Tautarus
(the bad place) and Elysian Fields
(the good place). Also, to all
of you dissing this line, its
the best line in the movie so
why not leave it alone? - Moviefreak
- Comment: Obviously
in 180AD, Latin would have been spoken
rather than English. When Latin dialogue
is translated to English, it is common
practice to take a little "artistic
licence" so that it makes more sense
in the modern day. Therefore, it is not
unusual to hear more modern, western phrases
used in movie of this type.
- Comment: During
the opening battle scene, Maximus states
"On my signal, unleash Hell."
This is historically incorrect because
the Romans were pagans and did not believe
in Heaven and Hell. Case in point, they
fed Christians to the Lions. - MovieBuff
- Comment: Debating
on saying the word "hell" seems
a bit odd when you take into consideration
that since English wasn't a spoken language
back then, none of that movie was on track.
- Stonebone
Commented
Goofs
- Commodus reign in the movie lasted no more
than a year. The historical Commodus's reign
actually lasted 12 years. - pat
- Correction:
Actually, (in pats goof about Commodus
reining more than 12 years) it didn't
take place in only one year, because when
he is fighting wherever he was before
he went to Rome to fight, he was probably
there a lot longer than a year if it really
took place. - KelseaGurl
- Comment:
The Gladiator games were to last 150
days to honor Commodus father's death.
The games were already in progress
when Proximo received the invitation.
Lucilla's son would have been 20 years
old by the time Commodus dies. So
by the time Commodus returns to Rome
and dies at the end of the movie,
would be a span of at least 5 to 6
months. - pat
- At the last scene in the coliseum, supposedly
rose petals are scattered over the arena and
more float down from the stands. Instead of
cannibalizing thousands of rosebushes, the
film makers used the little red part of remembrance
day poppies - you can see the holes in them
as they float past the camera! - Sidewinder
- Comment: To
Sidewinder, they never say that roses
are being dropped, they're just red petals!
Get a life. - cold
- In the huge battle that involves chariots
and a scary female gladiator, one gladiator
throws a sword to Russell Crowe's character
and shouts "Maximus !". The goof
here is that to all the other gladiators Maximus
is known as the Spaniard, not his real name
Maximus, which he never told the them about.
How could that guy know his real name? And
why wasn't he fired? - steel
flesh
- Comment: Before
the chariot fight, Maximus asked if any
of the gladiators fought in the legion.
A few said they serve under him in previous
campaigns. So it is assumed that the gladiators
did know his real name. - pat
- Comment: If
u watch the cut out scenes on the DVD,
Maximus' second fight ever fight as a
gladiator (where it's just him vs. all
those other guys) he is in a wooden cage
along with all the other slaves and when
he is called into the ring to fight he's
walking down the path made with the wood
poles and everybody is cheering Maximus!
Maximus! - rock
- In the fight where Maximus is chained to
his friend, he stabs one guy, and the blade
goes through his back. Or does it? If you
watch this scene in slo-mo, you can see that
the sword is just by the guy's side and never
really went through him at all. - David
- Comment: Well
seeing as this is a movie we don't want
extras stabbed to death for real do we?
- robwb
- Comment:
Of course we don't want extras stabbed...but
we also don't want to see goofs like
that (well, I do)...the filmmakers
should have disguised it better. -
David
- During the first battle and subsequent scenes
in the snow, it changes from snowing, to not
snowing, to snowing again etc. etc. etc. -
David
- Comment: The
'snowing' is sporadic... but it's because
they are ashes, not snowflakes. Take a
closer look. - Lacey
- Comment:
Well, if I recall correctly, Ridley
Scott said on the DVD's commentary
track that it was snow....and if not,
snow is shown covering the ground
in subsequent shots (watch the part
where Maximus escapes from the guards).
And if it is indeed ash, the amount
of ash in the air around certain people
changes from shot to shot, therefore
I still consider it a valid goof (I
maybe wrong though). - David
- Being the good Latin student that I am,
I have to mention that the Colosseum was not
know by that name, in that time period. It
was known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. From
what I can recall, it was changed after the
fall of the Roman Empire, but I can remember
the exact time period. - Sam
- Comment: If
you listen closely you might also notice
that they don't actually speak in Latin
throughout this entire film! So they might
as well use The Flavian Ampitheatre's
modern name... - Jagannatha
- OK I am not an expert on Roman history,
but in the second Gladiator battle, Tigers
were used to make the battle more dangerous.
Tigers are from Eastern Asia (India, maybe
Persia), to my knowledge, the Roman empire
had no trade with eastern Asia, hence there
could not be any tigers in Rome. - Andrew
- Comment: There
was contact with East. During Marcus Aurelius's
reign, he sent a delegation to the court
of China. So trade was established during
this period. - pat
- Comment: Today,
tigers are only present in Asia. But,
during the Roman era Europe had a native
species of tiger that was called the Caspian
Tiger!It was hunted so heavily by the
Romans for the games that it went extinct!
So, tigers were readily available during
the Romans time! - Jaybird
- At the end of the movie Maximus stabs another
man in the throat. If you notice he stabs
well off centre and when he pulls out the
dagger there is no blood or wound. - flshbk
- Comment: Um
I think he is stabbing him in the Juggular
which is on the side of the neck, and
I think he left the little knife thing
in the guys neck because he never had
total control over it he was holding onto
the other guys hand. - Ian
- (Anachronisms) In one of the deleted scenes
(DVD, RC2) where these two Roman soldiers
are to be executed, the archers get the command
"fire!"... but how can they "fire"!?!?
There is neither fire necessary to use an
arch (OK this is not really a reason not to
use the term "fire"), nor was gunpowder
even known in Europe 1xx AD, isn't it? (DVD-RC2)
- gladiator-fan
- Comment: The
use of the word "fire" also
bothered me, but I couldn't figure out
what they should have said instead. That
is, until I watched Braveheart
again. The word give to command archers
to "fire" is the word "loose."
He should have said "loose."
(DVD) - dhull
Corrected
Goofs
- In the scene where Maximus, Juba and Hagen
are eating, in the background noise someone
calls for "Warren" several times...then
asks about a radio. Um, I don't think they'd
been invented yet (circa 180 AD)... - TJ
- Correction:
In response the "warren" comment,
some gladiators were playing chicken will
a cobra by tossing grain and pebbles at
it. What they were saying was "more!
more! more in! not "warren".
- pat
- Correction:
In response to pat's comment about
how some of the gladiators were playing
chicken with a cobra and yelling,
"more in, more in!" You
are wrong. If you listen closely in
the background, you can actually hear
somebody shout "Warren, Warren.
. . . . . . radio?" In actuality,
TJ was right all along. - scarlett
- In the scene where Proximo talks to the
slave dealer, he says "I'll give you
four thousand for the slaves and two thousand
for the animals, that's five thousand for
an old friend" Well, I guess Proximo
didn't go to his math classes! :) - Mr
Tragedy
- Comment: However,
after much speculation, roughly two seconds
worth, I've come to the conclusion that
proximo, being the bargainer he was, said
4000 and 2000 adding to 5000 as part of
a psychological plan to buy them at a
lower price. The man that was selling
them would hear 4 and 2 and think 6 and
go.. "wow cool, sounds great".
However, proximo would ammend to 5000
but the guy would still be chubby about
getting 6000 so he'd agree more readily.
- Lando!
- Comment: Either
Proximo and the slave master have very
bad math skills or Proximo knows the slave
master can't add and is taking advantage
of him. - Cathy
- Correction:
It is obvious that 4000 and 2000 add to
6000 but this does not mean that Proximo
or the slavemaster cannot add. It simply
means that the slavemaster would be obliged
to take off a 1000 from the price that
Proximo is willing to pay simply because
the two are such "old friends"
(keep in mind proximo was screwed by the
same slavemaster when he was sold the
two gay giraffes. This is a sort of payback).
- subwayrat
- During the period of the movie (180 BC)
the Colosseum was not there! In fact the Colosseum
was built under the Flavian emperors and originally
called the Flavian Amphitheatre. Construction
of the Colosseum was begun sometime between
Ad 70 and 72 during the reign of Vespasian;
the structure was officially dedicated in
AD 80 by Titus in a ceremony that included
100 days of games. - Nello
Castellano
- Correction:
Commodus reigned from 180 AD, not 180
BC, therefore the Colosseum would have
been standing for up to a century by the
time he came to power. - dayle
- The biggest flub of all. Roman's citizens/soldiers
were not allowed to become slaves. They could
be put to death but could not serve as a slave
under the Roman Empire. - whocares
- Correction:
When Maximus is found at his home, the
people who find him don't know he's a
Roman. They just assume he is from Spain.
Even at the slave fights he is known as
"Spaniard" and not "Roman."
- Atrocity
- Gracchus would not of been there. He didn't
become a senator until the 200A.d. Don't correct
me cause I learned this stuff in school. -
Drew
- Correction:
While it is true that Gracchus was a senator
in 200 ad, there may have been a number
of Romans named Gracchus who could have
been senators. (I learned this in school,
too. He's not the only one who can learn
from teachers.) Just because the famous
one you're referring to wouldn't have
been in that time period, that doesn't
mean that there couldn't have been a Gracchus
in the Senate in the time period of the
movie! - Jen
- In the fight where Maximus is fighting that
undefeated guy with all the tigers around,
why wouldn't the tiger also try and attack
the guys holding the chain who are like 15-20
metres away? - someguy
- Correction:
The chains they were holding where strung
through some loops in the pits they came
from, there by not being able to reach
those slaves, they probably would not
have attacked them.... - Ill
Logik
- As Maximus is going trough the arch infront
of the coliseum written in english letters
was coliseum, I don't think the English alphabet
was in use back then, then again I could be
wrong. - weedster
- Correction:
The Romans of course used the same alphabet
as we do, with some minor exceptions.
For example the letter "U" was
invented later. - Olav
Westerman
- (Plot holes) Maximus manages to kill all
his executioners - and it would be only too
logical that if they did not return back to
the camp, something is not quite right...
Instead, we learn later on that Quintus told
Commodus that Maximus was executed as planned.
If Quintus lied on purpose, it would be very
stupid of him since Maximus would most likely
not just stay away from public life given
the fact that his family was slain and he
has lot of influence. - JPB
- Correction:
I can't recall if it has an explanation
in the released version, but in the DVD
deleted scenes, there is an execution
of the sub-commanders who told Quintus
that Maximus had been executed. They assumed
all members of the execution party and
Maximus had died at the hands of the Germans
who had survived the battle. (DVD) - Kieth
Moreland
- (Misc.) Maximus manages to arrive to his
home right after his family is slain (the
fires are still burning...) Since there were
no phones, airplanes or autos back then, it
is very interesting how Commodus managed to
organize the murder out of Germany so it took
place before Maximus arrived while it was
shown explicitly that he was riding even at
night!!! - JPB
- Correction:
You'll recall that when Maximus is taken
prisoner and told he is to be killed,
Quintus tells him that, "preparations
have already been made for them to join
you in the afterlife." That indicates
that soldiers were sent to kill the family
long before Maximus was taken into custody...we
also don't know how many hours or days
the soldiers had for a head start. Unlike
Maximus, those soldiers weren't wounded,
took fresh horses and supplies, etc. so
they didn't have as difficult a journey
as Maximus. (DVD) - Kieth
Moreland
- (Plot holes) As Commodus mentions in the
film, Maximus' son and wife were crucified.
In that case they must have been crucified
to an invisible cross since we can see nothing
but their feet while the camera is facing
Maximus (as if they were hanged). - JPB
- Correction:
Crucifixion requires only that one's arms
are outstretched and the hands are bound
or nailed. There is no need to have the
feet bound or nailed. In the movie Spartacus,
the rebellious slaves are all crucified,
but their feet are free on their crosses.
(DVD) - Kieth
Moreland
Explained
Goofs
- In the Germania battle scene, Maximus has
a dog. The dog jumps to the fight at one point,
saving Maximus' from an attacker and then
it appears the dog gets injured in the fight.
However, the dog is never seen again. Ridley
Scott has admitted this was a little "detail"
they forgot about. The fate of the dog is
never addressed.
- Explanation:
The unlucky (German) dog that helps Maximus
fight the war against the Germanians was
seen in one scene but then disappeared
completely in the next. Why? That's because
Ridley Scott (my fav director) filmed
the dog actually being killed but decided
(thankfully) it was too cruel and violent.
They also decided to kill him from the
final credits, but then again, he was
no Rin Tin Tin. - Stanley
Coolbrick
- It does a close up on one of the lead characters
who dies near the end of the movie in the
arena. If you look close enough at this character's
neck you can clearly see the pulse in the
neck. Next time, Ridley, use a still frame
on the close ups of the dead. - Joe
Toler
- Comment: To
Joe Toler, about the pulse in the character's
neck...what do you want him to do? Really
die? Bet that would be a great hit...
- Moviefreak
- Joe says he wants
a still frame.
- Explanation:
The scene where Proximus speaks and shows
a pulse and then the next similar scene
shows a still picture of him (with no
pulse) happened because the actor passed
away before the movie was completed ,
so the director (Ridley Scott) was forced
to use (cleverly) a stunt double, recycled
speech and a still photo of Oliver Reed
to finish this master piece. This was
not a goof but a smart decision by Scott.
The biggest goof was done at the Oscars
by not mentioning the great Oliver Reed
at the arbituaries. - Stanley
Coolbrick
- Comment:
Did you know that Oliver Reed died
and they had to computer generated
his head on his body. - Ridley
Scot
- Explanation:
Oliver Reed wasn't mentioned at the
obituaries at the oscars because he
died the year before. At the oscars
they honor the actors who died that
year. - scarlett
- About timelines. How is it that the initial
battle took place near the Rhine (Germania).
He was injured the next day escaping, rides
hard to the south of Spain. Gets enslaved,
travels all the way to Morraco. Yet his wound
just heals, I know that the Romans had good
roads but the horses/caravans could only travel
at best 50-60 miles per day. A trip like that
would take months. - flashback
- Explanation:
Well you also have to put into perspective
that riding and passing out on the ground
in the middle of the desert, his wound
probably got infected and reopened so
it had a harder time healing. - steph
- Just before the last fight in the movie
you see Maximus lifted up to ground level
of the colosseum from a chamber below, then
it disappears. I don't think hydrolic lifts
were invented back in Roman times. (DVD) -
Justin
Credible
- Explanation: There
were trap doors in the arena for the theatrics
and choreography of the games. They were
operated by pulleys. If you have the DVD,
there is a segment regarding the life
of a gladiator. It is explained about
the prison cells and animal cages, etc.,
below the arena. - mike
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