Gladiator | |
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Directed by | Rowdy Herrington |
Screenplay by | Lyle Kessler Robert Mark Kamen |
Story by | Djordje Milicevic Robert Mark Kamen |
Produced by | Frank Price Stephen J. Roth |
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Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
Edited by | Harry B. Miller III Peter Zinner |
Music by | Brad Fiedel |
Production company | Price Entertainment |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million[1] |
Box office | $9.2 million[1][2] |
Gladiator is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghetto. While being exploited by a boxing promoter, the two teens become friends.