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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   110,401 votes
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Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Writers (WGA):
Homer (poem)
David Benioff (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 May 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | History | Romance more
Tagline:
For Honor more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 17 nominations more
User Comments:
Worst movie ever? Let me ask you a question... Did you see Gigli? more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Untitled 'The Illiad' Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic violence and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
163 min | Germany:189 min (director's cut) | 196 min (director's cut) | Turkey:146 min (TV version)
Country:
USA | Malta | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS
Filming Locations:
Blue Lagoon, Comino, Malta more

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Trivia:
Brad Pitt, who plays Achilles had a mishap during the production - he tore his left achilles tendon. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Paris fights Menelaus and we see Menelaus through Paris' eyes, Paris' helmet appears to have no nose protection. However, the helmet Paris wears in shots portraying him shows a vertical nose protection. This is not a mistake - an object like that slim piece of metal placed directly between the eyes is not visible by the wearer. (Place your finger straight vertically along your nose. If you look straight forward, as Paris was looking at Menalaus, it won't appear to be one object in the middle of your vision, but rather two separate objects, one on either side of your vision.) 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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Referenced in "Tripping the Rift: Roswell (#2.8)" (2005) more
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FAQ

Will The Odyssey be made into a spin off of this movie?
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Worst movie ever? Let me ask you a question... Did you see Gigli?, 22 May 2004
Author: bolo_yeoung from Örebro, Sweden

I have to say that I had been looking forward to this movie ever since I saw the trailer for the first time, but I went to the movie yesterday with very lowered expectations because of what I had read here (and because of the very bad things Swedish Movie-critic Orvar Säfström had said about it). But since my expectations were so low, I got positively surprised. It's not so bad that some of you claim. The acting, which has been very criticized, was overall OK. The only one that didn't work was Orlando Bloom, but that was compensated by the very good performances of Sean Bean, who in my opinion excelled the few times he appeared on the screen. Brad Pitt did all right, even thou it's hard to see an icon like him play such a famous character as Achilles. Every time he appeared on the screen I say him more as Brad Pitt then Achilles. This was not because of bad acting, but because of the contrast between these two. Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole and Brian Cox all did their job well, nothing to complain about there. One thing a very much agree on thou is that the music was bad, almost very bad. Since I had read these posts before the movie I listened especially to the music, and I must say it sucked. The only theme that worked was the a little dark one that is played when the Greeks approaches Troy for the first time, but you probably don't remember it, and neither do I. I think this is the main problem of the film, since music plays a VERY important role in an epic film like this. Apart from these things, the movie was good to me. I know you can complain about the Hollywood ending, or the SOMETIMES exaggerated dialogue, but these are not big problems. I think the ending with Achilles getting an arrow in his heel and then get shot a few times in his chest, and then pull-out the arrows so the only one left when they find him is the one in his heel, is a very good thought of what might had happened if the story was true and no gods were involved. And please stop complaining about changes made from the book. A film is not the same thing as a book and cannot be treated the same. End of story. Another scene that was worth remembering was of course the fight-scene between Hector and Achilles, and as a fighting enthusiast I must say it was the best-choreographed fight-scene I've seen in a long time. I haven't really read 'The Iliad' yet, even thou I know the story pretty well, so I'm off to borrow it at the library as fast as I can. I got a little inspired, which is a good review for this movie. By the way, does anyone know if the rumor about Brad Pitt having a stunt-leg for this movie is true? I mean he looked pretty well fit on the upper body, got to check which training program he used.

Troy: 7/10

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