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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
Product Description
Scotsman William Wallace leads his fellow countrymen to fight for liberation.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: GIBSON/MARCEAU
Title: BRAVEHEART
Street Release Date: 08/29/2000
Domestic
Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
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