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
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User Rating:
        
7.0/10 (41,310 votes)
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.
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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.
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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
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User Comments:
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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