Gladiator Movie Awards

GLADIATOR updates the traditional American genre - the epic costume film - through cutting-edge technology. Its hero, a noble and unselfish man, is a type movies have celebrated for generations, but the modern methods used to create the world he lives in give viewers a new kind of spectacle for the new millennium.

Versus masked opponent and tiger.

For the Roman army vs. Germanian horde.

For "It vexes me, I am terribly vexed!".

Sword/Axe Fight - 40 pages of storyboards detailed every step, sword stroke, shield movement, ax blow and coordinated camera move. The entire sequence was rehearsed every day for 3 weeks prior to shooting.

Tiger Fight Scene - Five live tigers were strategically positioned in the arena in close proximity to Sven and Stuart. During shooting, one of the tigers clawed Thorsen in the leg, another ripped his shoulder and yet a third clawed his helmet. Clark was attacked twice by a big cat and had to wrestle a third to the death during the fight.