Gladiator (2000 film) Gladiator (2000 film) Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. The film was jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial
My Name Is Modesty keeping with the original comic strip), Modesty as an adult is shown using computers and other current (for 2004) technology. After director Scott Spiegel filmed "" in 1999, producer Harvey Weinstein asked Spiegel to direct "My Name Is Modesty". Quentin Tarantino joined the filming as an executive producer. Filming took place in Bucharest, Romania and lasted 18 days. The film was produced "pro forma" for Miramax Films to maintain rights to the source material, the "Modesty Blaise" comic strip. Peter O'Donnell acted as a consultant to the film with an updated sequence in the story mirroring how O'Donnell first met