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Troy (2004)

cover Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen

Writing credits (WGA)
Homer (poem)
David Benioff (screenplay)

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Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Romance / War (more)

Tagline: For Honor (more)

Plot Outline: An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. (more) (view trailer)

User Comments: Excellent Adaptation (more)

User Rating: *******___ 7.0/10 (41,310 votes) Vote Here

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julian Glover .... Triopas
Brian Cox .... Agamemnon
Nathan Jones .... Boagrius
Adoni Maropis .... Agamemnon's Officer
Jacob Smith .... Messenger Boy
Brad Pitt .... Achilles
John Shrapnel .... Nestor
Brendan Gleeson .... Menelaus
Diane Kruger .... Helen
Eric Bana .... Hector
Orlando Bloom .... Paris
Siri Svegler .... Polydora
Lucie Barat .... Helen's Handmaiden
Ken Bones .... Hippasus
Manuel Cauchi .... Old Spartan Fisherman
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Also Known As:
Untitled 'The Illiad' Project (USA) (working title)
MPAA: Rated R for graphic violence and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime: 163 min / Germany:162 min (cut version)
Country: USA / Malta / UK
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: DTS-ES / Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification: Argentina:13 / Australia:MA (original rating) / Australia:M (re-rating on appeal) / Brazil:14 / Canada:13+ (Quebec) / Canada:14A / Chile:14 / Czech Republic:12 / Finland:K-15 / France:U / Germany:12 (cut) / Germany:16 / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:15 / Japan:PG-12 / Netherlands:16 / Norway:15 / Peru:14 / Philippines:PG-13 / Portugal:M/12 / Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) / Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) / South Korea:15 / Spain:13 / Sweden:15 / Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) / Taiwan:R-12 / UK:15 / USA:R

Trivia: Diane Kruger gained 15 lbs for the role of Helen. (more)

Goofs: Continuity: When Paris first shoots Achilles, half of the arrow goes clear through his heel. Later, when Achilles is dying, the entire arrow is only protruding out of one side of his heel. (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Odysseus: [voiceover] Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?
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Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations (more)
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32 out of 52 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent Adaptation, 22 May 2004
Author: robbrooks33706 from St. Petersburg, Florida

The primary question about the Trojan War is do you take Homer's poetry as literal truth? For instance, did a goddess actually save Paris from being killed during his duel with Helen's husband or is the grain of truth in the episode that Paris somehow survived in a less than noble manner? Similarly, was Achilles' mother a goddess who dipped her son's body in the River Styx making him invulnerable in battle or is the grain of truth here - as some historians have suggested - that he had some of the first iron armor which could not be penetrated by the bronze weapons of his opponents.

As Homer did Troy focuses on the relationship between Achilles and Agamemnon and not the love story between Paris and Helen. If her face launched 1,000 ships it was because she was the pretext, not because she was the reason.

What Troy accomplishes is a very well done depiction of the human egos, ambitions, flaws, anger, and tragedy that lie beneath Homer's poetry. The acting is excellent, the costuming beautiful, the special effects are flawless, and the battle sequences are wonderfully choreographed. If you aren't interested in any of that then you can just relax and enjoy watching Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom, and the rest of the cast.

Hundreds of years later Troy was still remembered in Homer's time because it was a clash between two great civilizations which went to war and destroyed themselves.

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