A battle between the armies of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and Triopas of Thessaly is averted when the great warrior Achilles, fighting for Agamemnon's army, defeats Thessaly's champion in single combat, forcing Thessaly to join Agamemnon's loose alliance of all the Greek kingdoms. Meanwhile, Prince Hector of Troy and his younger brother Paris negotiate a peace treaty with Menelaus, King of Sparta. However, Paris is having an affair with Menelaus' wife, Queen Helen, and smuggles her aboard their home-bound vessel. Upon learning of this, Menelaus meets with Agamemnon, his elder brother, and asks him to help take Troy. Agamemnon agrees, as conquering Troy will give him control of the Aegean Sea. Agamemnon has Odysseus, King of Ithaca, persuade Achilles to join them. Achilles, who strongly dislikes Agamemnon, eventually decides to go after his mother Thetis tells him that though he will die, he will be forever glorified.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Drama, History |
Country: | United Kingdom, United States, Malta |
Produced By: | Wolfgang Petersen, Diana Rathbun, Colin Wilson, Barbara Huber, Winston Azzopardi |
Directed By: | Wolfgang Petersen |
Written By: | David Benioff, Homer |
Cast: | Vincent Regan, Trevor Eve, Peter O'Toole, Adoni Maropis, Jacob Smith, Eric Bana, Lucie Barat, Frankie Fitzgerald, James Cosmo, Joshua Richards, John Shrapnel, Manuel Cauchi, Brendan Gleeson, Brad Pitt, Mark Lewis Jones, Siri Svegler, Louis Dempsey, Garrett Hedlund, Julie Christie, Tim Chipping, Alex King, Nigel Terry, Saffron Burrows, Rose Byrne, Owain Yeoman, Diane Kruger, Tyler Mane, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, Ken Bones, Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan Jones |
In Theaters: | May 14, 2004 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 43 minutes |
Production: | Warner Bros. Pictures, Helena Productions, Latina Pictures, Radiant Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Nimar Studios |
Budget: | $175,000,000 |
Box Office: | $133,378,256 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |