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Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning 1995 Braveheart is an impassioned epic about William Wallace, the 13th-century Scottish leader of a popular revolt against England's tyrannical Edward I (Patrick McGoohan). Gibson cannily plays Wallace as a man trying to stay out of history's way until events force his hand, an attribute that instantly resonates with several of the actor's best-known roles, especially Mad Max. The subsequent camaraderie and courage Wallace shares in the field with fellow warriors is pure enough and inspiring enough to bring envy to a viewer, and even as things go wrong for Wallace in the second half, the film does not easily cave in to a somber tone. One of the most impressive elements is the originality with which Gibson films battle scenes, featuring hundreds of extras wielding medieval weapons. After Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky, Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight, and even Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, you might think there is little new that could be done in creating scenes of ancient combat; yet Gibson does it. --Tom Keogh
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| upc: |
0097361558448 |
| title: |
Braveheart |
| theatricalDate: |
01-01-1995 |
| stars: |
Sophie Marceau
Alun Armstrong
Stephen Billington
Mhairi Calvey
James Cosmo
Brian Cox
Peter Hanly
John Kavanagh
Sean Lawlor
Angus Macfadyen
Sean McGinley
Patrick McGoohan
Barry McGovern
Sandy Nelson (II)
Ralph Riach
James Robinson (II)
Gerda Stevenson
Alan Tall
Andrew Weir |
| purchase date: |
07-09-2006 |
| publisher: |
Paramount |
| published: |
29-08-2000 |
| price: |
$19.99 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
177 |
| last lookup time: |
179362736 |
| genre: |
Action & Adventure
Drama |
| fullTitle: |
Braveheart |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Widescreen
NTSC
2.35:1 |
| currentValue: |
$6.99 |
| created: |
179362736 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00003CX95
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