Troy

Troy

  • Director: Wolfgang Petersen
  • Writer: Homer,David Benioff
  • Countries of origin: United States, Malta, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: May 14, 2004
  • Runtime: 2h 43min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Untitled 'The Illiad' Project
  • "Troy" ( Troy ) is a 2004 Epic Movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Brad Pitt , Eric Bana , Orli , and Diane Kruger . It was released in the United States on May 9, 2004.
    "Troy" is based on Greek mythology . The ancient city of Asia Minor Peninsula Troy Prince Paris fell in love with the Spartan beauty Helen and brought her back to Troy. Helen’s husband, Menelaus, King of Sparta, invited other Greek city-states. Under the command of Mycenae King Agamemnon, he led a powerful fleet to chase Troy, besieged the city for ten years, and finally led to the Greek coalition. Ingenious "Trojan Horse"   .

    Details

    • Release date May 14, 2004
    • Filming locations Morocco
    • Production companies Warner Bros., Helena Productions, Latina Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $175,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $133,378,256

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $46,865,412

    Gross worldwide

    $497,409,852

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alysa 2022-04-24 07:01:01

      Based on Homer's epic "The Iliad"

      Homer's epics are the earliest and longest narrative poems known to ancient Greece, which provided rich material for the literature of later generations in Europe and had far-reaching influences. The epic is divided into two parts, the Iliad and the Ottersey. This film is adapted from "The Iliad". The article starts with the main contradiction between Agamemnon and Agius. At the end of the story, Odysseus uses the Trojan Horse to slaughter the city of Troy. Agius dies after...

    • By Orrin 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      tragic war

      The battle of "Troy" is an unknown so-called war waged by an unknown so-called prince for a seemingly traitorous beauty with the support of an unknown so-called king, resulting in huge sacrifices.

      Orlando is still handsome and, in fact, finds himself with little immunity to British handsome guys. But this Prince Paris is really unbearable. People who don't want beautiful people are worthy of respect, but the problem is, the country is not yours, it's...

    • By Fanny 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      why fight

      The comment I just forwarded was well written. I think this film mainly reflects the sadness of human nature and historical politics, and the heroes of that era are just victims of politics.

      People of that era were rude, impulsive, cruel, like war, like to fight, what is the difference with animals, no kindness and reason. Therefore, education can develop human rationality.

      Human nature is mostly reflected in the two heroes....

    • By Kathleen 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      significance

      In addition to the superficial disputes, I think the film has more things to convey. There are disputes, explorations, and the pursuit of the meaning shrouded in the gods. Therefore, adhering to the so-called "justice" desire to kill is just the reason humans seek for their own deplorable deeds.

      Achilles, known as the god of war, was undefeated. The people believe in God, but he does not approve. To some extent, he is the best among human beings....

    • By Leda 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      Pete fans are here

      After watching 04 Troy, I feel that Pete should be more handsome than Achilles. Diane Kruger should not be as good-looking as Helen, but as a German who speaks English better than Helen, I always thought she had her own accent.

      The whole time I watched Pete show off his muscles, flying around and beheading people, it was so cool that it exploded. I was looking...

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    • By Aletha 2023-09-10 02:19:59

      The first head-to-head confrontation, the feeling of the army pressing the environment, is comparable to the siege battle of The Lord of the Rings 2. In Greek mythology, the names of gods are hard to remember, killing fathers and brothers, incest and wives,...

    • By Marquise 2023-09-04 03:35:26

      For three hours, all the handsome guys made up for everything, don't think of it as the Troy of God, it is the Troy of human beings. The source of Western "tragic consciousness": the elite among mortals should not shy away from the challenges of life. On the contrary, they have the responsibility to raise the love of life to the pursuit of the value of life in the practice of going through fire and water. So, the hero goes away, and the selfish love survives. PS: Achilles and Patroclus are...

    • By Shaun 2023-09-03 11:58:50

      A bloody case caused by a second prince.. The combination with the epic is not bad, the dog is much smarter than the human, and the acting is also very good, running through the beginning and the end (Black Death? I lick it, it is clearly chocolate!!) .. Paris finally realized in the latter part that people like me are still more suitable for...

    • By Bobby 2023-08-07 16:10:43

      The Trojan Horse Massacre in the second half was changed into a mess, it is illogical to think about it =...

    • By Reyes 2023-07-01 04:07:01

      I don't like such a theme very much, but it still feels...

    Movie plot

    In 1193 BC, King Priam of Troy and his handsome second son, Prince Paris, were treated graciously in the palace of King Menelaus of Sparta in Greece. However, Paris fell in love with Menelaus's beautiful wife Helen at first sight and took her out of the palace. Annoyed Menelaus and his brother Messini King Agamemnon attacked Troy.
    Achilles, the commander of the Greek coalition forces, and Priam's youngest son, Hector, the young king of...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    In February 2003, the Iraq war was imminent, and the producers had to change the location from Morocco to Mexico.
    George Camilleri, the winner of "Mr. Malta" in 1989, broke his leg while taking part in the filming, and died unexpectedly due to complications after undergoing surgery.
    Brad Pitt tore the Achilles tendon during....
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    Build an epic

    The film is adapted from Homer's epic work "The Iliad". The epic was completed in the 8th century BC, 300 to 400 years after the supposed fall of Troy. However, it is still a mystery whether Homer compiled the oral history that existed at the time or Homer was the only original author of this work. It became the most convincing literary work to record this period of history.
    The screenwriter of the film is David Benioff, who wrote the...
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    City

    After much discussion, Peterson chose to build location locations in London, Malta, and Mexico. Most of the interior scenes in the film were shot in the studio of Shepperton Studios, 40 miles away from London. Of course, the entire city of Troy could not be built in a studio, so Malta came in handy. The producer said that Malta is a lovely island with wonderful cliffs, and it could not be better to build the city of Troy. However,...
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    Trojan Horse

    The Trojan horse is the most difficult design challenge in the film. The Trojan horse was built by the Greeks from wood that burned the warship. They had to complete it in 12 days. Wanting to design such an important landmark means that the design of graphic designer Phelps must be able to arouse the consensus of others on it, and of course, it must maintain the realism style advocated by the film. Phelps stated that he did not want to...
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    Burning

    When all the scenes in the city of Troy were filmed, the crew devoted themselves to the last scene in Malta-torch the city of Troy that they had painstakingly built. That scene required a lot of careful planning and coordination. The special effects team of special effects director Jose Williams laid thousands of feet of gas pipelines, connected five liquid propane gas tanks together, and hid them in the streets of Troy City. The...
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    Mexican battlefield

    After ending the shooting plan in Malta, the crew moved to Los Cabos, Mexico, and began shooting the most difficult part of the film on July 11, 2003. The producers have already recruited hundreds of staff in Mexico to prepare before the arrival of the 350-person core crew. The new location covers an area of ​​2,800 acres. A lot of preparations have been completed before the arrival of the crew, 230 laborers have been hired, and a...
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    Military training

    Stunt director Simon Klein led a stunt team composed of 50 stuntmen from all over the world, who had been training for 6 weeks before filming started. In addition, there are 1,000 extras who will be temporarily divided into several groups based on their respective strengths, and the best of them will appear in the battle screen.
    To train 1,000 people at the same time, to make these inexperienced "novices" coordinate and uniformly move,...
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    Virtual technology

    Although the crew used a large number of people to shoot the war scenes of the film, it still could not achieve the spectacular effect of tens of thousands of people, so a revolutionary visual effects technology was applied. It can be said that "Troy" is the first work of "virtual stuntman" technology. This new technology is provided by the dominant MPC and Framestore CFC companies. It is based on a software developed by the Department...
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    Positive reviews

    This is a good-looking commercial film. From the familiar legends, apart from the gods who did not come out to blend in, the yellow city, the blue sea, the allure beauty Helen, the god of war Achilles, the perfect man Hector, etc. Wait for everything to appear in the film; from the plot point of view, the simplified version is relaxed, compact and neat; on the scene, although it is not as good as the "Lord of the Rings", but the cold...
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    Negative reviews

    In a short and cautious journey in ancient times, the costume design of the film deliberately shows off the muscular bodies of a few male actors and sportsmen, and the female movie stars wear tunic robes that can be easily taken off. The chief concern of directors Wolfgang Peterson and Pete is how to avoid appearing ridiculous. ( "Le Monde" review )
    When the film was screened in the Palais des Festivals, the audience's reaction was...
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    Movie quotes

    • Helen: Menelaus was a brave man. He fought for honor. And every day I was with him, I wanted to walk into the sea and drown.

    • Odysseus: We need you. Greece needs you.

      Achilles: Greece got along fine before I was born. And Greece will remain Greece long after I am gone.

    • [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?