• 51: Goes to the Movies: 20 Years of Gladiator

  • Apr 30 2020
  • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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51: Goes to the Movies: 20 Years of Gladiator

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  • Ridley Scott's Gladiator premiered on the 1st May 2000, and to mark the 20th anniversary David and Jay look back on the box-office smash, multi-award winner and cultural phenomenon.

    They discuss The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), on which Gladiator was based, recreating Rome for the 21st century, whether was Commodus really that bad, what connects Maximus to George Bush Jr, the inspiration by Hans Zimmer's score, and if Hollywood is ready to make a film with an African emperor...

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