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Won 5 Academy Award (Oscar): Best Cinematography; Best Director; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing; Best Makeup; Best Picture; 5 nominations: Best Costume Design; Best Film Editing; Best Music Original Dramatic Score; Best Sound; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Won 3 BAFTA Film Award: Best Cinematography; Best Costume Design; Best Sound; nominations: Film Music; Best Make Up/Hair; Best Production Design; Direction - Won 1 Award Eddie: Best Edited Feature Film - Won 1 Award E Pluribus Unum: Feature Film - Won 1 ASC Award: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases - Won 1 BFCA Award: Best Director - Won 1 CEC Award: Best Foreign Film - Won 1 Empire Award: Best Film - Won 1 MTV Movie Award: Best Action Sequence - Won 1 Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing, Sound Effects & Foley - Won 1 NBR Award: Special Achievement in Filmmaking - Won 1 WGA Award: Best Screenplay for the Screen - 2nd place SEFCA Award: Best Picture

BRAVEHEART - CUORE IMPAVIDO

(Braveheart)

1995, regia di Mel Gibson

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey - Distribuzione: Fox 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment - Soggetto: Randall Wallace - Sceneggiatura: Randall Wallace - Fotografia: John Toll - Montaggio: Steven Rosenblum - Scenografia: Thomas E. Sanders - Musiche: James Horner - Effetti: Greenberg Associates West, The Computer Film Company - Formato: Scope a colori - Durata: 178'.

Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson, Alun Armstrong, Ian Bannen, Sandy Nelson, Peter Hanly, Sean Lawlor, James Cosmo, Angus MacFadyen, David O'Hara.

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Trama e commenti: cinematografo.it - film.spettacolo.virgilio.it - pacioli.net - tempimoderni.com - dvd.it - cinekolossal.com - kataweb.it: «Nella Scozia del XIII secolo, vessata dagli inglesi, William Wallace (1267-1305), al quale hanno ucciso la moglie, si mette a capo di un gruppo di disperati ribelli, li trasforma in esercito, batte gli inglesi a Stirling (1297), conquista la stima della regina Isabella, prosegue la guerriglia, è sconfitto a Falkirk (1304), abbandonato dai nobili passati al re Edoardo I finché è preso e giustiziato. Idealmente diviso in 3 parti (adolescenza, prime prove di coraggio e dolori di Wallace; le battaglie; i conti con la Storia), è un filmone epico che punta sullo spettacolo, su grandi temi popolari (la lotta per la libertà e la giustizia), sui luoghi canonici del genere. Vale soprattutto per le battaglie che coniugano i quadri di Paolo Uccello con la tecnologia del cinema moderno...».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: entertainment.msn.com - tvguide.com - allmovie.com - cinemaclock.com - netmovies.ch - thelin.net - citadelle.org - IMDb: «The movie begins in the small town of Elderslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William's father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the English and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a English guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city's and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares...».

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