| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Mel Gibson |
William Wallace
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| Sophie Marceau |
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| James Robinson |
Young William Wallace
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| Sean Lawlor |
Malcolm Wallace
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| Sandy Nelson |
John Wallace
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| James Cosmo |
Campbell
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| Sean McGinley |
MacClannough
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| Alan Tall |
Elder Stewart
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| Andrew Weir |
Young Hamish Campbell
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| Gerda Stevenson |
Mother MacClannough
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| Ralph Riach |
Priest #1
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| Catherine McCormack |
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| Patrick McGoohan |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; War; Action |
| Director |
Mel Gibson |
| Producer |
Bruce Davey; Mel Gibson |
| Writer |
Randall Wallace |
| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
177 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
|
| Plot |
| 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 |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
10 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single side, Dual layer |
| UPC |
097361558448 |
| Chapters |
22 |
| Release Date |
2002 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby |
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