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Episode Summary:  One could argue that films like Gladiator and Braveheart are basic examples of why movies exist. To transport the audience to a different time and place. These two films do that in a huge way. Gladiator and Braveheart are larger-than-life epics that set new standards for scale and grandiosity in a movie. Join the guys as they break down these two historical epics. 

Film Summaries

Gladiator: Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) takes power and strips rank from Maximus (Russell Crowe), one of the favored generals of his predecessor and father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the great stoical philosopher. Maximus is then relegated to fighting to the death in the gladiator arenas.

• Rating:
• R (Intense Graphic Combat)
• Genre:
• Action, Drama, History, Adventure
• Original Language:
• English
• Director:
• Ridley Scott
• Producer:
• David Franzoni, Branko Lustig, Douglas Wick
• Writer:
• John Logan, David Franzoni, David Franzoni, William Nicholson
• Release Date (Theaters):
• May 5, 2000  Wide
• Release Date (Streaming):
• Aug 1, 2013
• Box Office (Gross USA):
• $187.7M
• Runtime:
• 2h 34m

-Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gladiator_

Braveheart: Tells the story of the legendary thirteenth-century Scottish hero named William Wallace (Mel Gibson). Wallace rallies the Scottish against the English monarch and Edward I (Peter Hanly) after he suffers a personal tragedy by English soldiers. Wallace gathers a group of amateur warriors that is stronger than any English army.

• Rating:
• R (Brutal Medieval Warfare)
• Genre:
• War, Drama, Biography, History
• Original Language:
• English
• Director:
• Mel Gibson
• Producer:
• Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr.
• Writer:
• Randall Wallace
• Release Date (Theaters):
• May 24, 1995  Wide
• Release Date (Streaming):
• Aug 1, 2013
• Box Office (Gross USA):
• $75.5M
• Runtime:
• 2h 57m

-Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1065684-braveheart)