Behind the Scenes
Director
Ridley ScottProps To RidleyWhat do Alien (1979) Blade Runner (1982) Thelma & Louise (1991) Gladiator (2000) and American Gangster (2007) all have in common? They were all directed by Ridley Sco...
Screenwriter
David Franzoni, John Logan, and William NicholsonFrom Humble Beginnings…It took a few revisions—and a few screenwriters—to craft the inspirational saying-packed screenplay that we know and lo...
Production Studio
Dreamworks SKG and Scott Free ProductionsA movie like Gladiator, with an estimated $100 million dollar budget, doesn't get made without a whole lot of producers. In fact, it's easier to determine w...
Production Design
Digital and FilmThis combo is either the best of both possible worlds…or the worst. In Gladiator's first scene—the huge battle scene where the Romans totally annihilate the Germanic barbariansâ...
Music (Score)
Hans ZimmerHans Zimmer handled the score on this one…just as he does for pretty much every epic. We're only sort of kidding. Zimmer's the musical talent behind Inception, Interstellar, The Dark K...
Fandoms
Even though Gladiator came out in back when people were concerned about Y2K, plenty of people are making sure it sticks around in our cultural memory. After all, Gladiator may be old…but Ancient...