BraveheartQuite Possibly The Greatest Action Film Of All Time
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It cannot be contended that Braveheart is one of the most compelling, epic, and moving action movies ever to be made. Sir William Wallace, and his unforgettable painted face, embodies the full range of characteristics needed to be a great leader and protagonist. He is of high moral standard, a true member of the people, courageous under certainty of death, and gifted with the ability to inspire visions of hope with his rhetorically captivating words.
Released in 1995, Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson, won five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, in addition to being nominated for an additional five. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish knight who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing King Edward I of England, also known as Longshanks, played by Patrick McGoohan.
On its opening weekend, Braveheart grossed $9,938,276 in the United States and $75.6 million in its box office run in the United States and Canada. Worldwide, the movie grossed $210,409,945 and was the 18th highest grossing film of 1995.
While the crew shot on location in Scotland for six weeks, the major battle scenes were shot in Ireland using members of the Irish Army Reserve as extras. To reduce costs, Gibson used the same extras to portray both armies. The opposing armies are comprised of reservists, up to 1,600 in some scenes, who had been given permission to grow beards and swapped their drab uniforms for medieval garb.
According to Gibson, he was inspired by the big screen epics he had loved as a child, such as Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus and William Wyler's The Big Country.
The film's depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge is often acclaimed as one of the best movie battles in cinema history. In a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was #1 on their list of The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures.
In 1997, a 12-ton sandstone statue depicting Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart was placed in the car park of the Wallace Monument near Stirling, Scotland. The statue, created by Tom Church, a monumental mason from Brechin, included the word "Braveheart" on Wallace's shield. The installation became the cause of much controversy; one local resident claimed that it was wrong to "desecrate the main memorial to Wallace with a lump of crap." In 1998 a hammer was used to vandalize the face on the statue. After the repairs, the statue was encased in a cage every night to prevent further vandalism. As a result, more calls of vandalism rendered it necessary for the statue to be removed as it then appeared that the Gibson/Wallace figure was imprisoned. The statue was described as among the most loathed pieces of public art in Scotland.
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It cannot be contended that Braveheart is one of the most compelling, epic, and moving action movies ever to be made. Sir William Wallace, and his unforgettable painted face, embodies the full range of characteristics needed to be a great leader and protagonist. He is of high moral standard, a true member of the people, courageous under certainty of death, and gifted with the ability to inspire visions of hope with his rhetorically captivating words.
Released in 1995, Braveheart, directed by and starring Mel Gibson, won five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, in addition to being nominated for an additional five. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a 13th century Scottish knight who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing King Edward I of England, also known as Longshanks, played by Patrick McGoohan.
On its opening weekend, Braveheart grossed $9,938,276 in the United States and $75.6 million in its box office run in the United States and Canada. Worldwide, the movie grossed $210,409,945 and was the 18th highest grossing film of 1995.
While the crew shot on location in Scotland for six weeks, the major battle scenes were shot in Ireland using members of the Irish Army Reserve as extras. To reduce costs, Gibson used the same extras to portray both armies. The opposing armies are comprised of reservists, up to 1,600 in some scenes, who had been given permission to grow beards and swapped their drab uniforms for medieval garb.
According to Gibson, he was inspired by the big screen epics he had loved as a child, such as Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus and William Wyler's The Big Country.
The film's depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge is often acclaimed as one of the best movie battles in cinema history. In a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was #1 on their list of The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures.
In 1997, a 12-ton sandstone statue depicting Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart was placed in the car park of the Wallace Monument near Stirling, Scotland. The statue, created by Tom Church, a monumental mason from Brechin, included the word "Braveheart" on Wallace's shield. The installation became the cause of much controversy; one local resident claimed that it was wrong to "desecrate the main memorial to Wallace with a lump of crap." In 1998 a hammer was used to vandalize the face on the statue. After the repairs, the statue was encased in a cage every night to prevent further vandalism. As a result, more calls of vandalism rendered it necessary for the statue to be removed as it then appeared that the Gibson/Wallace figure was imprisoned. The statue was described as among the most loathed pieces of public art in Scotland.
For more information or questions regarding buying or selling used action film DVDs from Braveheart to Indiana Jones, visit www.used-actionmovies.com. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]