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| Year: | 2004 |
| Rating: | 7.0(129299) |
| Listed in: | Action, Romance |
| Directed by: | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Actors: | Julian Glover Brian Cox Nathan Jones Adoni Maropis Jacob Smith Brad Pitt |
| "For Honor" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Wolfgang Petersen | |
| Actors | |
| Julian Glover | as Triopas |
| Brian Cox | as Agamemnon |
| Nathan Jones | as Boagrius |
| Adoni Maropis | as Agamemnon's Officer |
| Jacob Smith | as Messenger Boy |
| Brad Pitt | as Achilles |
| John Shrapnel | as Nestor |
| Brendan Gleeson | as Menelaus |
| Eric Bana | as Hector |
| Orlando Bloom | as Paris |
| Ken Bones | as Hippasus |
| Manuel Cauchi | as Old Spartan Fisherman |
| Mark Lewis Jones | as Tecton |
| Garrett Hedlund | as Patroclus |
| Sean Bean | as Odysseus |
| Peter O'Toole | as Priam |
| James Cosmo | as Glaucus |
| Nigel Terry | as Archeptolemus |
| Trevor Eve | as Velior |
| Owain Yeoman | as Lysander |
| Luke Tal | as Scamandrius |
| Matthew Tal | as Scamandrius |
| Vincent Regan | as Eudorus |
| Tyler Mane | as Ajax |
| Louis Dempsey | as Aphareus |
| Joshua Richards | as Haemon |
| Tim Chipping | as Echepolus |
| Alex King | as Apollonian Guard |
| Frankie Fitzgerald | as Aeneas |
| Actresses | |
| Diane Kruger | as Helen |
| Siri Svegler | as Polydora |
| Lucie Barat | as Helen's Handmaiden |
| Julie Christie | as Thetis |
| Saffron Burrows | as Andromache |
| Rose Byrne | as Briseis |
| Desislava Stefanova | as Singing Woman |
| Tanja Tzarovska | as Singing Woman |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 22 April 2003 - December 2003 |
| Budget: | USD 175,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 85,960,779 USD (23 May 2004) UK - 89,286 GBP (16 May 2004) Worldwide - 497,409,852 USD (9 April 2006) Non-USA - 364,031,596 USD (9 April 2006) Argentina - 882,864 ARS (18 May 2004) Egypt - 84,411 USD (18 May 2004) Italy - 9,593,986 EUR (30 May 2004) Netherlands - 983,696 EUR (16 May 2004) Philippines - 40,200,000 PHP (16 May 2004) Portugal - 1,018,362 EUR (2 June 2004) |
| Plot: | It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad." |
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| "Remember" Music by James Horner Lyric by Cynthia Weil Produced by David Foster Performed by Josh Groban with Tanja Tzarovska Josh Groban appears courtesy of 143 Records/Reprise Records |
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Continuity: When going into formation on the Trojan Beach, Achilles has a flaming arrow stuck to his shield. In the shot from Achilles' point of view, the arrow is nowhere to be seen. It is then directly in the line of Achilles' sight again as Achilles and his army move out of formation to attack. Revealing mistakes: When Achilles introduces his cousin, Patroclus, to Odysseus, King of Ithaca - his wooden training sword is in the foreground. The tip and edges are worn, revealing that the sword is in fact plastic and simply painted to look wooden. SYNC: Throughout the film when Hector, Paris, Achilles and Menelaus all draw their swords, we hear the metal scraping as they are pulled from their shields - Yet we can see that the interior of the shields are cloth lined and the loops that hold the swords are leather, not metal. DATE: There are modern clasps on the necklaces and French hooks on the earrings. GEOG: After Achilles rescues Briseis from the Greeks' branding iron in the dark and spend the night together, the next shot shows the sun rising over the sea...to the west. Revealing mistakes: When the sun is shown rising over the sea, there are no shadows. The shot has clearly been filmed at magic hour and the sun superimposed later. FAIR: To kill Hector, Achilles uses a spear. When Achilles is dragging Hector back to camp, we can still see the spear sticking out of him. In the next shot, when Achilles is within the camp, the spear in Hector is gone. Hector is dragged for many miles, it is very likely that the spear either snapped off or fell off by the time he reached the camp. Continuity: When Paris first shoots Achilles, half of the arrow goes clear through his heel. Later, when Achilles is dying, the entire arrow is only protruding out of one side of his heel. DATE: When the Greek leaders are lining up to offer gifts to Agamemnon, one of them is carrying a red-figure vase shaped like a submarine. Red-figure pottery (made of red clay with a black glaze, from which lines and shapes are removed to make red images) was not made until the fifth century BCE. GEOG: In the first scene of Troy, you can see Llamas. These animals are originally from South America and did not exist in Troy. CHAR: When the boy goes to find Achilles for him to go fight the enormous warrior from Thessaly he tells him that "the Thessalonian is huge". He should have said "Thessalian". A "Thessalonian" would be someone from Thessaloniki, a city that was not founded until centuries later (4th century BC) by Cassander, who became the king of Greece after Alexander's death. Cassander married Thessalonike, Alexander's sister and named the city after her to honor her. Revealing mistakes: When the Spartan ships are arriving in Troy, the bells are ringing and everyone is going crazy. Hector hands his child over to his wife and it's a plastic baby doll. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: Obvious dummies used for the bodies of the main characters that are burned, such as Hector, Achilles, Menalaus and Patroclus. Continuity: While Paris is fighting Menelaus for Helen's hand, their shadows are opposite. This would mean that the sunlight was on both of their lefts as they face each other. They do not match up and the scenes must have been shot at different times of the day. Revealing mistakes: When the soldiers of Greece are collecting the wood for the Trojan horse, you see bits coming off the wood, revealing the white Styrofoam used to make the wood. Continuity: When Paris goes forward to talk to Hector on the ship to Troy, his cloak is wide open at the top. During the rest of the scene, the top closes up without him touching it. DATE: The umbrella used to shelter Paris and Helen during the parade in Troy is obviously modern, as it includes metal spokes like modern umbrellas. Revealing mistakes: In the raid of Troy, several soldiers can be seen as merely acting out the stabbing of people. Continuity: When Paris enters Helen's room after the dinner, he gently pulls her hair so that it all lies on her back, behind her shoulders, exposing her neck. When she gets up, it is around/in front of her shoulders again which could have happened while getting up but then after a quick shot to Paris, Helen once again has her all of her hair tucked back behind her shoulders. Continuity: When Priam meets Achilles in his tent after the battle with Hector, Priam's cloak on his left shoulder repeatedly changes position (folded over or smooth) throughout the scene. Revealing mistakes: When the Greeks first charge Troy, soldiers run toward the city walls carrying spears. Some soldiers' spear tips can be clearly seen to be wiggling, indicating soft rubber props. DATE: Most equipment used by the Greeks, such as the large round shields and Achilles helmet, is from the Classical Period (5-4th centuries BC). At the time when the epic is set, the Greeks used small bowl-shaped helmets and light leather shields shaped like the number 8. Continuity: When Helen is telling Hector that she is going back to the ships, her hair style changes between shots. Revealing mistakes: When Hector removes his helmet right after Achilles does (during their fight scene), you can see the nose bridge and flanks of his helmet move in an obvious rubbery way. Continuity: When Patroclus is fighting Hector in Achilles' armor, Hector quite prominently stabs him in the chest, which would make a hole or a least a cut in the armor. Yet, when Achilles goes to fight Hector in the same armor, no such marks are visible. Continuity: During the battle of Hector and Achilles, Hector swipes his sword at Achilles's chest, leaving a big scratch on his armour. But when Achilles kills Hector there seems to be no mark on his armour. Continuity: When Hector lifts the helmet off the dying Patroclus, Patroclus' nose is seen to be bleeding. But barely five seconds later, in the shot of the dead Patroclus, there is no sign of a nosebleed. DATE: When burning the bodies on pyres, they placed coins on the corpses' eyes. As noted by someone else elsewhere, the Greeks placed a coin in the mouth, not on the eyes. But at the time of the Trojan War, coinage hadn't even been invented yet (it wasn't invented until the 7th century BCE), so there wouldn't have been coins at all. Continuity: When Hector is dressing for his final battle with Achilles, there are slippers on the floor next to the foot of the bed. During this scene, the slippers change position. Continuity: During the battle of Hector and Achilles, Achilles kicks Hector to the ground. There is a shot of Hector crawling towards a piece of broking spear. In one shot Achilles throws away his shield and talks to Hector. During this speech, Hector reaches the spear. But after the shot of Achilles walking towards the camera, Hector just reaches the spear and gets up with it. Continuity: When Achilles' ship hits the beach, several men are hit by arrows and fall into the surf. When the warriors move onto the beach and use their shields as cover, the ship can be seen behind them. There are no bodies in the water or on the beach. Continuity: When Achilles is burning Patroclus' body, the moonlight reflects slightly off his arms. While a body is burned, a person with a torch is always beside the one who places the coins, so the firelight would've shined off Achilles' arms as well, and yet it doesn't, indicating that the scene was not shot continuously. Continuity: In the scene right before Achilles and the Myrmidons take the beach of Troy, Achilles is talking to the men. As the shots go between Achilles and the Myrmidons, the hundreds of ships that should be behind them suddenly disappear and only a bare ocean can be seen. FAIR: When Paris fights Menelaus and we see Menelaus through Paris' eyes, Paris' helmet appears to have no nose protection. However, the helmet Paris wears in shots portraying him shows a vertical nose protection. This is not a mistake - an object like that slim piece of metal placed directly between the eyes is not visible by the wearer. Crew: In the Director's Cut during the burning of Troy, just after we see a statue fall forward and break, there is a shot of a temple burning. On the roof of that temple a crew member sporting a motorcycle helmet is seen running across the top right-hand corner. DATE: Vaccination mark on Achilles' left arm. Revealing mistakes: In the beginning you see a dog walk past several relics of a battle. This includes a dead horse. However you can see it blink and move it's ear even when all other items suggest the battle to be long past. Continuity: As Patroclus enters Achilles' tent to ask if he will join the Greeks to fight the Trojans, Achilles is seated while eating and drinking. In disgust at Patroclus, Achilles dashes the contents of his cup on the fire. Moments later, he drinks from the empty cup. Crew: Obvious camera shadow on the ground during the Hector-Achilles bout. Continuity: After the battle in front of the gate of Troy, the field is cleaned. This includes every scrap of flesh, every drop of blood,every footprint, and even some grass is replaced as is seen when Achilles rides up on his chariot to challenge Hector. Revealing mistakes: During the battle in front of the gate of Troy, the dead are in a line where the two armies clash. The dead are obviously rubber dummies based on how they move when stepped on. Also, no dead are seen towards the rear of the field, where victims of the archers would be expected. FAIR: SPOILER: When the Trojans invade the shores at daybreak to initiate the second battle, it is quite obvious that Brad Pitt was playing the role of Patroclus until his throat was cut. First, you can clearly see Pitt's face in Achilles' helmet in the close-up shots when he is about to start fighting with Hector. Second, you can see the significant change in Patroclus' physique before and after Hector cut his throat. Continuity: When Achilles is dragging the dead Hector away from the walls of Troy, the spear in Hector disappears from his body in every long range shot, even though it remains in every close up. Continuity: As Achilles dies, his sword is seen sticking out of the ground, but when the camera pans upward in the next shot, the sword is clearly now lying on the grass next to him. Continuity: When Hector and Achilles have their final showdown, Hector is seen with some sort of string or hair strand extending from just below his helmet on his left. When the scene goes to show him removing his helmet, this item is gone. Continuity: Before Achilles dies he pulls the arrows out and then drops them in front of himself, but after he collapses the arrows are seen arraigned in a sort of 9, 12 and 3 o'clock position to his body in the areal shot. FAIR: To kill one of the Trojans, Achilles throws his sword, lodging into his opponents head. After this, he uses a sword to behead the golden statue. Just before Achilles throws the sword into the Trojan's head, however, he is seen as having one sword in each of his hands, but he only throws one, so he is still left with another sword to behead the statue. DATE: Just before Achilles says "You gave me peace in a lifetime of war", the camera is focused on Briseis's hair where the netting from her wig/extensions is clearly visible. DATE: When Briseis is asking Achilles if she is still his captive, the tan line from her bikini is very visible. Revealing mistakes: After the Trojans were ordered to push forward after the Greeks' first attack, blood can be seen suddenly appearing on a few of the Greeks shields. GEOG: Troy faces west, but the sun can be seen coming up in front of Troy on one of the mornings. Continuity: When Achilles hits Hector with a broken spear, we see the end of the spear that is sticking out of Hector's chest. It is sawn-off, not broken, like it would be after Hector/Achilles broke each other's spears. FAIR: When the Greeks are sacking Troy towards the end of the film, you can hear a soldier yell "Aqui" twice. Aqui is Spanish for here. Most of the movie was filmed in Mexico and used Mexicans as extras. But is the use of Spanish in this movie any less appropriate than the widespread use of English? FAIR: Helen sutures Paris's wounds after his duel with King Menelaus. This is not an anachronism. The earliest reports of surgical suture date back to 3000 BC in ancient Egypt, and the oldest known suture is in a mummy from 1100 BC. Fact errors: At the time of the Trojan War (circa 1260 BC) the inhabitants of Greece did not refer to themselves as Greeks but as Achaians, Danaans or Argives. (Although not always regarded as an error, since the movie claimed to be historical, we may not assume that we are hearing them through a modern English "translation" which uses the modern names for clarity.) |
Quotes
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Agamemnon: I see you're not hiding behind your high walls. Valiant of you. Ill-advised, but valiant. Hector: You come here uninvited. Go back to your ships and go home. Agamemnon: We've come too far, Prince Hector. Menelaus: Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospitality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship, and then steal his wife in the middle of the night? Paris: The sun was shining when your wife left you. Menelaus: She's up there, watching, isn't she? Good. I want her to watch you die. Agamemnon: Not yet, brother. Look around you, Hector. I brought all the warriors of Greece to your shores. Nestor: You can still save Troy, young prince. Agamemnon: I have two wishes. If you grant them, no more of your people need die. First, you must give Helen back to my brother. Second, Troy must submit to my command, to fight for me whenever I call. Hector: You want me to look upon your army and tremble? Well I see them. I see 50,000 men brought here to fight for one man's greed. Agamemnon: Careful boy, my mercy has limits. Hector: And I've seen the limits of your mercy and I tell you now, no son of Troy will ever submit to a foreign ruler. Agamemnon: Then every son of Troy shall die. [Paris cowardly bows out of a duel with Menelaus, leaving everyone aghast, especially Menelaus] Menelaus: [shouts to Helen] Is this what you left me for? [Eyes closed, Briseis has blade against his throat] Achilles: Do it. [Briseis doesn't do anything, but only stares at him. Achilles opens his eyes] Do it. Nothing is easier. Briseis: Aren't you afraid? Achilles: Everyone dies, whether today or fifty years from now. Briseis: If I don't, you'll kill more men. Achilles: Many. Odysseus: [Achilles throws his spear into a nearby tree] Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend. Agamemnon: [approaches king] Good day for the crows. Triopas: Remove your army from my land. Agamemnon: Why, I like your land, I think we'll stay. I like your soldiers too. Triopas: They won't fight for you. Agamemnon: That's what the Messenians said, and the Acardians, and the Opeians, now they all fight for me. Triopas: You can't have the whole world, Agamemnon. It's too big, even for you. Agamemnon: I don't want to watch another massacre. Let's settle this war in the old manner. Your best fighter against my best. Triopas: And if my man wins? Agamemnon: We'll leave Thessaly for good. Triopas: Boagrius! [cheers from Thessalian army. Boagrius comes out from the centre of the army] Agamemnon: Achilles! [silence] Triopas: Boagrius has this effect on many heroes. Agamemnon: Be careful who you insult, old king. Greek Soldier: My king, Achilles is not with the army. Agamemnon: Where is he? Greek Soldier: I sent a boy to look for him. Achilles: If I hurt you, it's not what I wanted Menelaus: Princes of Troy, on our last night together, Queen Helen and I salute you! Menelaus: May the Gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds! Menelaus: I want her back. Agamemnon: Well, of course you do, she's a beautiful woman. Menelaus: I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands, and I won't rest till I've burned Troy to the ground. Agamemnon: I thought you wanted peace with Troy. Menelaus: I should have listened to you. Agamemnon: Peace is for the women, and the weak. Empires are forged by war. Menelaus: All my life I've stood by your side, fought your enemies. You're the elder, you reap the glory. This is the war of the world. But have I ever complained, brother? Have I ever asked you for anything? Agamemnon: Never. You're a man of honour. Menelaus: Will you go to war with me, brother? Nestor: One more thing, we need Achilles and his Myrmidon. Agamemnon: Achilles? He can't be controlled. He's as likely to fight us as the Trojans. Nestor: We don't need to control him, we need to unleash him. That man was born to end lives. Agamemnon: Yes, he's a gifted killer. But he threatens everything I've built. Before me, Greece was nothing. I brought all the Greek kingdoms together. I created a nation out of fire worshippers and snake eaters! I build the future Nestor, Me! achilles is the past. A man who fights for no flag. A man loyal to no country. Nestor: How many battles have we won off the edge of his sword? This will be the greatest war the world has ever seen. We need the greatest warrior. Agamemnon: There's only one man he'll listen to. Achilles: Why? Are the Greeks tired of fighting each other? Odysseus: For now. Achilles: Flank! To the flank! Paris: Do you love me, brother? Will you protect me from any enemy? Hector: Last time you spoke to me like this, you were 10 years old and you'd just stolen Father's horse. What have you done now? Hector: Fight me! Achilles: Why kill you now, Prince of Troy, with no-one here to see you fall? Briseis: Am I still your captive? Achilles: You're my guest. Briseis: In Troy, guests can leave whenever they want. Achilles: We should leave. Paris: [to Helen] Then I'll make it easy for him to find me. I'll walk right up to him and tell him you're mine. Paris: [discussing the wooden horse] Father, burn it. Achilles: [to Briseis] You are free. If I hurt you, it's not what I wanted. [pause] Go. No one will stop you. You have my word. Achilles: [to Hector's corpse] We will meet again, my brother. Priam: [to Achilles] I knew your father. He died well before his time. But he was fortunate enough to not have lived long enough to see his son fall. Hector: [about his baby son] I want to see him grow tall. I want to see all the girls chasing after him. Paris: Father, this is Helen. Priam: Helen? Helen of Sparta? Paris: Helen of Troy. Achilles: Patroclus, put down your spear... Patroclus: But I'm fighting the Trojans, cousin. Achilles: Not today. Patroclus: But I'm ready. You taught me how to fight. Achilles: You're a good student, but you're not a Myrmidon yet. Look at these men, they are the fiercest soldiers in all of Greece, each of them has bled for me. You will guard the ship... Patroclus: But this is a war! Achilles: Cousin, I can't fight the Trojans if I'm concerned for you, guard the ship! Priam: I have heard rumors of your beauty. And for once, the gossip is right. Andromache: 50,000 Greeks did not cross the sea to watch your brother fight. You know this. Achilles: [to Briseis] Trojan soldiers died protecting you. Perhaps they deserve more than your pity. Eudorus: We were going to sail home today. Odysseus: I don't think anyone's sailing home now. Eudorus: [about Patroclus] He wore your armor. Your sheild, your greaves, your helmet. He even moved like you. Glaucus: [the Appolonians are making their last stand] Soldiers of Troy! You men are warriors! To lead you has been my honor! [to Paris] My prince! The boatman waits for us! I say, we make him wait a little longer! [Trojans attack as the Greeks break down the last barricade] Priam: I've fought many wars in my time. Some I've fought for land, some for power, some for glory. I suppose fighting for love makes more sense than all the rest. Agamemnon: [upon seeing Achilles' boat to land first on the beaches of Troy] The man wants to die! [Priam kneels and kisses Achilles' hands] Achilles: Who are you? Priam: I have endured what no one on earth has endured before. I kissed the hands of the man who killed my son. Achilles: [realizes, stands abrubtly] Priam? How did you get in here? Priam: I know my country better than the Greeks, I think. Achilles: [walks forward, lifts Priam] You are a brave man. I could have your head on a spit in the blink of an eye. Priam: Do you really think death frightens me now? I watched my eldest son die, watched you drag his body behind your chariot. Give him back to me. He deserves a proper burial, you know that. Give him to me. Achilles: He killed my cousin. Achilles: He thought it was you. How many cousins have you killed? How many sons and fathers and brothers and husbands? How many, brave Achilles? Priam: Do you love her, my son? Paris: Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river... You love all of Troy. That is the way I love Helen. Hector: You say you're willing to die for love but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love! Hector: All my life I've lived by a code and the code is simple: honor the gods, love your woman and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her! Achilles: The gods envy us. Hector: I've seen this moment in my dreams. I'll make a pact with you. With the gods as our witnesses, let us pledge that the winner will allow the loser all the proper funeral rituals. Achilles: There are no pacts between lions and men. [stabs spear into ground, and takes off helmet, throwing it to the side] Now you know who you're fighting. Hector: [takes off helmet and throws it aside] I thought it was you I was fighting yesterday. And I wish it had been, but I gave the dead boy the honor he deserved. Achilles: You gave him the honor of your sword. You won't have eyes tonight; you won't have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: This is Hector. The fool who thought he killed Achilles. Helen: I can't ask anyone to fight for me. I'm no longer queen of Sparta. Hector: You're a princess of Troy now. [pause] And, my brother needs you tonight. Achilles: It's a beautiful night. Achilles: You're still my enemy in the morning. Priam: You're still my enemy tonight. But even enemies can show respect. Paris: Pearls from the sea of Propontus. Helen: They're beautiful, but I could never wear them, Menelaus would kill us both. Paris: Don't be afraid of him. Helen: I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of tomorrow. I'm afraid of watching you sail away and knowing you'll never come back. Before you came to Sparta, I was a ghost. I walked and I ate and I swam in the sea... I was just a ghost. Paris: You don't have to fear tomorrow... come with me! Helen: Don't play with me, don't play. Paris: If you come, we'll never be safe. Men will hunt us, the gods will curse us, but I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body, I'll love you. Achilles: Go home, prince. Drink some wine, make love to your wife. Tomorrow, we'll have our war. Hector: You speak of war as if it's a game. But how many wives wait at Troy's gates for husbands they'll never see again? Achilles: Perhaps your brother can comfort them. I hear he's good at charming other men's wives. Achilles: Is there no one else? Is there no one else? Helen: You should not have come here tonight. Paris: That's what you said last night? Helen: Last night was a mistake. Paris: And the night before? Helen: I have made many mistakes this week. Achilles: You gave me peace in a lifetime of war. Achilles: [when asked why he let Hector go] It's too early in the day to be killing princes. Briseis: You lost your cousin, and now you have taken mine. Where does it end? Achilles: It never ends. Achilles: [to his men] Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword! I would rather fight beside you than any army of thousands! Let no man forget how menacing we are, we are lions! Do you know what's waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours! Achilles: [to Hector] Get up, Prince of Troy! I won't let a stone rob me of my glory! Priam: I loved my boy from the moment he opened his eyes until the moment you closed them. Messenger Boy: Are the stories true? They say your mother was an immortal godess. They say you can't be killed. Achilles: I wouldn't be bothering with the shield then, would I? Messenger Boy: The Thesselonian you're fighting... he's the biggest man i've ever seen. I wouldn't want to fight him. Achilles: Thats why no-one will remember your name. Achilles: If you sailed any slower the war would be over. Odysseus: I'll miss the start as long as I'm here at the end. Thetis: Your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. Odysseus: This war will never be forgotten, nor will the heroes who fight in it. Achilles: Never hesitate. Agamemnon: The Gods only protect the strong. Patroclus: Prince Hector, is he as good a warrior as they say? Odysseus: The best of all the Trojans. Some would say... [sidelong glance at Achilles] Odysseus: ...he's better than all the Greeks. [Achilles snorts] Odysseus: Even if your cousin doesn't come, I hope you'll join us, Patroclus. We could use a strong arm like yours. Achilles: Play your tricks on me. But not on my cousin. Briseis: Why did you choose this life? Achilles: What life? Briseis: To be a great warrior. Achilles: I chose nothing. I was born and this is what I am. Odysseus: [to Achilles] War is young men dying and old men talking. You know this. Ignore the politics. Achilles: Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn't that be a sight? [goes to fight Boagrius] Agamemnon: Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him the most. Briseis: I thought you were a dumb brute. It would have been easier to forgive a dumb brute! Agamemnon: [on the death of Patroclus] That boy may have just saved the war for us. Achilles: [to Priam] You are a far better king than the one leading this army. Hector: I killed a boy today. He was young; too young. Menelaus: May the Gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds. Ajax: [to his shipmates, as they approach the Trojan beach] Row you lazy whores, row! Greeks are dying! Odysseus: It's no insult to say a dead man is dead. Menelaus: [to Paris] See the crows? They've never tasted Prince before. Agamemnon: Peace is for women and the weak. Andromache: [to Hector] I can't imagine life without you. Achilles: I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. Achilles: We men are wretched things. Thetis: If you stay in Larissa, you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman, and you will have sons and daughters, who will have children. And they'll all love you and remember your name. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be forgotten... If you go to Troy, glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories in thousands of years! And the world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come back... for your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again. Hector: Yesterday the Greeks underestimated us. We should not return the favor. [last lines] Odysseus: [voiceover] If they ever tell my story let them say that I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles. Odysseus: Then fight for me. My wife will feel much better knowing you're riding beside me. I'll feel much better. 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? Agamemnon: Achilles is one man! Odysseus: Hector is one man! Look what he did to us today! Agamemnon: Hector fights for his country! Achilles fights only for himself! Odysseus: I don't care about the man's alliegence, I care about his ability to win battles! Briseis: Would you leave this all behind? Achilles: Would you leave Troy? Achilles: You were brave to fight them. You have courage. Briseis: To fight back when I'm attacked? A dog has that kind of courage. Hector: If I die... Andromache: No... Hector: If I die I don't know how much longer Troy will stand. Achilles: At night I see their faces. All the men I've killed. They're standing there on the far bank of the river Styx. They're waiting for me. They say, 'Welcome, brother'. Achilles: I told you how to fight but I never told you why to fight. Patroclus: I fight for you. Achilles: Yes, but who will you fight for when I'm gone? Soldiers fight for kings they've never even met. They fight when they're told to fight, they die when they're told to die. Patroclus: Soldiers obey. Briseis: Do you enjoy provoking me? Agamemnon: I almost lost this war because of your little romance. Achilles: Play your tricks on me. But not on my cousin. Odysseus: You have your swords. I have my tricks. We play with the toys the gods give us. Agamemnon: [to Briseis] You'll be my slave in Mycenae. A Trojan priestess scrubbing my floors. And at night... [Briseis stabs him in the neck with a Trojan blade] [first title cards] Title card: 3200 years ago... After decades of warfare, Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, has forced the kingdoms of Greece into a loose alliance. Only Thessaly remains unconquered... Agamemnon's brother, Menelaus, King of Sparta, is weary of battle. He seeks to make peace with Troy, the most powerful rival to the emerging Greek nation... Achilles, considered the greatest warrior ever born, fights for the Greek army. But his disdain for Agamemnon's rule threatens to break the fragile alliance apart. Agamemnon: He's going to take the beach of Troy with 50 men? Achilles: Things are less simple today. Odysseus: Women have a way of complicating things. Odysseus: The men believe we came here for Menelaus' wife, he won't be needing her anymore. Hector: [to priest] Bird signs? You want to plan out strategy based on bird signs? Messenger Boy: [walks into Achilles's tent and sees him with two women] King Agamemnon has sent for you. Achilles: Tell the king it can wait until morning. Messenger Boy: Umm... it is morning. Helen: [to Hector] All those widows. I still hear them screaming. Their husbands died because I'm here. [from director's cut] Priam: When you were very young, you came down with scarlet fever. Your little hand was so hot. The healer said you would not last the night. I went down to Apollo's temple, and I prayed until the sun came up. That walk back to the palace was the longest of my life. When I went into your mother's room, and you were sleeping in her arms, your fever had broken. I promised that day to dedicate my life to the gods, I will not break my promise. For 30 years I have worked for peace, *thirty* years. Paris is a fool sometimes, I know that, but I will fight a thousand wars before letting him die. Hector: Forgive me father, but you won't be the one fighting. [from director's cut] Helen: You're very young, my love. Paris: We're the same age. Helen: You're younger than I ever was. Achilles: What's your name? [no reply] Achilles: Did you not hear me? Briseis: You killed Apollo's priests! Achilles: I've killed men in five countries, never a priest. Briseis: Well, then your men did. The sun god will have his vengeance. Achilles: What's he waiting for? Briseis: The right time to strike. Achilles: His priests are dead, and his acolyte's a captive. i think your god is afraid of me. Briseis: Afraid? Apollo is master of the sun, he fears nothing. Achilles: Where is he? Briseis: You're nothing but a killer! You wouldn't know anything about the gods! Achilles: I know more about the gods than your priests. I've seen them. You're royalty, aren't you? Spent years talking down to men. [sniffs her hair] Achilles: You must be royalty. What's your name? Even the servants of Apollo have names. Briseis: Briseis. Achilles: Are you afraid, Briseis? Briseis: Should I be? Eudorus: [poking head through door flaps] My lord, Agamemnon requests your presence. The kings are gathering to celebrate the victory. Achilles: You fought well today. Eudorus: My lord. Briseis: What do you want here in Troy? You didn't come for the Spartan queen. Achilles: I want what all men want, I just want it more. You don't need to fear me, girl. You're the only Trojan who can say that. Achilles: Apparently you won some great victory. Agamemnon: Ah, Perhaps you didn't notice. The Trojan beach belonged to Priam in the morning. It belongs to Agamemnon in the afternoon. Achilles: You can have the beach. I didn't come here for sand. Agamemnon: No. You came here because you want your name to last through the ages. A great victory was won today, but that victory is not yours. Kings did not kneel to Achilles. Kings did not pay homage to Achilles. Achilles: Perhaps the kings were too far behind to see, the soldiers won the battle. Agamemnon: History remembers kings! Not soldiers! Tomorrow we'll batter down the gates of Troy! I'll build monuments to victory on every island of Greece. I'll carve "Agamemnon" in the stone. Achilles: Be careful, king of kings. First you need the victory. Agamemnon: Your men sacked the temple of Apollo, yes? Achilles: You want gold? Take it. It's my gift to honour your courage. Take what you wish. Agamemnon: I already have. Aphareus! Haemon! [Aphareus and Haemon appear dragging Briseis] Agamemnon: The spoils of war. Achilles: No argument with you, brothers. But if you don't release her, you'll never see home again. Decide! Agamemnon: Guards! [Achilles draws his sword] Briseis: [breaking free from guards] Stop! Too many men have died today. If killing is your only talent, that's your curse. I don't want anyone dying for me. [Achilles groans, then sheathes his sword] Agamemnon: Mighty Achilles, silenced by a slave girl. Tonight I'll have her give me a bath, and then, who knows? Achilles: You sack of wine! Before my time is done, I will look down on your corpse and smile. Hector: Make him swing and miss; he'll tire. Patroclus: Nervous? Achilles: Petrified. Achilles: Speak. Eudorus: Apollo sees everything! Perhaps-perhaps it is not wise to offend him. [With his sword, Achilles chops off the head of the Statue of Apollo] Briseis: Am I still your captive? Achilles: You're my guest. Briseis: In Troy, guests can leave whenever they want. Achilles: We should leave now. Briseis: Would you leave this war behind? Achilles: Would you leave Troy? |
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