Hey folks, Harry here. Today I got a little press packet from Dreamworks with a whole host of images on a cd-rom with that art from the GLADIATOR poster on the top of it. So I dipped it into my computer and decided... well, hell's bells... Looky what I have to share. You know, it's funny, sometimes running this site reminds me of Show-N-Tell... I love it. This first shot you'll see is of Russell Crowe and Richard Harris in the Emperor's tent after the first... sequence.... of the film. Richard has a fairly deep down personal scene here with ol General Maximus which leaves Crowe a bit stunned.
This next shot is of Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius. He is a tired old man, that has realized that it's his time to go. He's a sad tragic, once great ruler... if that.
Next up is a shot from the scene where Marcus Aurelius has come to talk with General Maximus after a battle of... EPIC proportions. Right about this point in the film, you can feel your pulse pounding through the temple in your head. Bum bump... bum bump.... bum bump.... bum bump... Your heartbeat is beginning to level again.
The following scene is the first Gladiator fight that Maximus and Juba (played by Djimon Hounsou) have to survive. They are chained together and given lessor weapons. The crowd roaring for their deaths.
Next up is a close up of Proximo, played by our recently fallen god, Oliver Reed. He's so good in this film. Really, truthfully... he's just wonderful. To sit here and think that Renny Harlin replaced him in CUTTHROAT ISLAND as the lead villain... well, after watching this, you'll understand why Renny is Renny and Ridley Scott is a God..
Here comes the mean ass trident staring ol Maximus right on in the face. The Spaniard as he's called... What a great scene coming up. Heh... God, i can't to see this one again.
Oh yeah... and then there's this little bitty shot... Nothing grande or spectacular... just one of those tiny little shots to remind you that this is just basically a one-act play done with very few props on a mostly black stage.
