Gladiator What we do in life echoes in eternity. Release date: 2000-05-04 Genres: Action, Drama, Adventure Actors: Tony Curran, Tomas Arana, Connie Nielsen, John Shrapnel, David Schofield, Mark Lewis, Giorgio Cantarini, Ralf Moeller, David Bailie, Nicholas McGaughey, Richard Harris, Antone Pagán, Giannina Facio, Oliver Reed, Al Hunter Ashton, Mike Mitchell, Russell Crowe, Omid Djalili, Joaquin Phoenix, Spencer Treat Clark, Djimon Hounsou, Alun Raglan, Derek Jacobi, Steve Saunders, Tommy Flanagan, David Hemmings, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Paul Woodadge, Malcolm Ellul, Richard Stride, David J. Nicholls, João Costa Menezes, Norman Campbell Rees, Tony Tomlinson, Ray Mangion, John Quinn, Michael Yale, Ray Calleja, Chris Kell, Chick Allan Direction: Paul Sacks Production: Billy Dowd Budget: $103,000,000Revenue: $465,516,248 Runtime: 2 h. 35 min. Score: 8.2/10 Votes: 19,916 Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America Companies: Universal Pictures, Scott Free Productions, Red Wagon Entertainment, Mill Film, DreamWorks Pictures Available* : Overview: After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.