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Braveheart (1995)

R05/24/1995Action, Drama, History, War2h 58m
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Every man dies, not every man really lives.

Overview

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Mel Gibson

    William Wallace

  2. Cast 1

    Catherine McCormack

    Murron MacClannough

  3. Cast 1

    Sophie Marceau

    Princess Isabelle

  4. Cast 1

    Patrick McGoohan

    King Edward

  5. Cast 1

    Angus Macfadyen

    Robert the Bruce

  6. Cast 1

    Brendan Gleeson

    Hamish Campbell

  7. Cast 1

    James Robinson

    Young William Wallace

  8. Cast 1

    James Cosmo

    Campbell

  9. Cast 1

    Sean McGinley

    MacClannough

I am afraid that as a Scotsman, I had way more problem with the factual elements of this than perhaps I ought to have had. We have this history drummed into us as bairns, and so when a grand-scale depiction like this comes along, I excitedly expected more. It doesn't matter a jot that the eponymous Mel Gibson isn't a Scot - that is the acting equivalent of a red herring. What matters is that the story is largely a work of fiction. Gory, beautiful, authentic looking, certainly - but fiction nonetheless. Taken on that basis, then, it is still an entertaining mediaeval drama depicting the struggl...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$72,000,000.00

Revenue $213,216,216.00

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