Braveheart
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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| title: |
Braveheart |
| theatricalDate: |
30-11-1994 |
| stars: |
Sophie Marceau |
| purchase date: |
16-07-2006 |
| publisher: |
Paramount |
| published: |
29-08-2000 |
| price: |
$19.99 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
177 |
| last lookup time: |
174732136.239266 |
| genre: |
Action & Adventure
Drama |
| fullTitle: |
Braveheart |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Widescreen
NTSC
2.35:1 |
| currentValue: |
$6.25 |
| created: |
174732074.517777 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00003CX95
|
