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2004 Certificate 15
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With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), the prince of Troy. This .. Read more

Starring Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson
Director Wolfgang Petersen
Genres Action/Adventure

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  • Troy

    Kruger danced to escape family torment

    • 30 May 2009

    Diane Kruger was so distraught at her father's descent into alcoholism, she became obsessed with ballet to take her mind off her traumatic home life. The Troy star grew up in Germany but has not seen her dad for 13 years since his drink problem ripped the family apart. And she was so desperate to escape her hellish home life, she plunged herself into dancing as a coping mechanism. She says, "My dad was an alcoholic and we left him. It was a bad situation at home and my mum, my brother and I... Read more

    New York

    Critics on the fence for Washington play

    • 28 Apr 2010

    Denzel Washington has received mixed reviews for his first turn on Broadway in five years - his performance in Fences has been called both "commanding" and "hollow". The Oscar-winning actor hasn't been seen on the New York stage since he starred in a 2005 revival of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and he returns in a new production of August Wilson's play, which opened on Monday night (26Apr10). Washington previously admitted he had reservations about taking on the lead role of Troy, which was... Read more

    The Time Traveler's Wife

    Pitt & Aniston inspired Time Traveler's Wife

    • 17 Aug 2009

    Former couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were the model couple who inspired Bruce Joel Rubin as he was adapting Audrey Niffenegger's book The Time Traveler's Wife. The screenwriter admits he saw the former man and wife as the perfect Henry and Clare in the movie, which hit U.S. cinemas on Friday (14Aug09) with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams in the lead roles. Ironically, Bana's Troy co-star Pitt is an executive producer of the romantic saga. Rubin admits, "I saw them (Pitt and Aniston) as... Read more

    Halloween

    Halloween creep launches film company

    • 22 Sep 2009

    The man behind the mask of director Rob Zombie's Halloween ghoul Michael Meyers has formed his own horror film production company. Tyler Mane has launched Mane Entertainment, LLC and hopes to start shooting his first project, the horror thriller Penance Lane, in 2010. The actor, who has also appeared in Troy and X-Men, insists his films will be super-low budget. He tells WENN, "Right now you have to go smaller to get bigger. I think we, as filmmakers, need to be more responsible in this rough... Read more

    Elvis

    Craig is top of the pec-king order

    • 06 Sep 2009

    Bond star Daniel Craig has pecs appeal - he has topped a new poll to find Hollywood's hottest torsos. The scene in which the hunk emerged from the sea wearing only tight trunks in Casino Royale proved the biggest hit with women in a Lovefilm.com poll. Scottish tough-guy Gerard Butler was second for his ripped appearance in Spartan epic 300. In third place was Brad Pitt, who showed off his toned torso in Troy, while hairy comic Sacha Baron Cohen's green 'mankini' scene in Borat was voted into... Read more

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      In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads ...

    • Troy - Blu-ray
      With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ...

    • Troy
      With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ...