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by Wolfgang Petersen Produced by Wolfgang Petersen Diana Rathbun Colin Wilson Brad Pitt Written by David Benioff Starring Brad Pitt Eric Bana Orlando Bloom Brian Cox Diane Kruger Sean Bean Julie Christie Peter O'Toole Music by James Horner Cinematography Roger Pratt Editing by Peter Honess Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date(s) May 14, 2004 Running time Theatrical Cut: 163 min Director's Cut: 196 min Country United States Language English Budget $175,000,000 Gross revenue $497,500,000 Troy is a 2004 epic/action film concerning the Trojan War. It is loosely based o n Homer's Iliad, besides material from Virgil's Aeneid and other sources of the Epic Cycle, but it frequently diverges from myth. The film has the following cas t of actors prominent at the time of its release: Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Ba na as Hector, Orlando Bloom as Paris, Diane Kruger as Helen, Brian Cox as Agamem non, Sean Bean as Odysseus, Rose Byrne as Briseis, Garrett Hedlund as Patroclus, Peter O'Toole as Priam, Brendan Gleeson as Menelaus, and Tyler Mane as Ajax. Tr oy was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. It received a n Oscar nomination for its costume design. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Reaction 2.1 Box office totals 3 Cast 4 Main differences between the original Greek myth and the film 5 Music 6 Filming 7 Director's cut 8 Awards (wins and nominations) 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links

[edit] Plot King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) of Mycenae is in Thessaly, Greece, with his army look ing to expand territory and influence. On the battlefield, Agamemnon's soldiers prepare to engage in combat against the army under the Thessalonian king, Triopa s (Julian Glover). Rather than suffer great losses, Triopas agrees to Agamemnon' s proposal to settle the matter in the traditional way - through a decisive matc h between the best warriors of the opposing armies. Achilles (Brad Pitt) is summ oned by Agamemnon, and after arriving, easily kills the Thessalonian champion Bo agrius (Nathan Jones). Accepting defeat, Triopas presents Achilles with a scepte r as a token for his king. But Achilles refuses, saying Agamemnon is not his kin g. In Sparta, Prince Hector (Eric Bana) and his young brother Paris (Orlando Bloom) negotiate an end to the war between the outlying kingdom of Troy and Sparta. On the last day of a week-long peace festival, Paris manages to smuggle Helen (Dia ne Kruger), Menelaus' (Brendan Gleeson) wife, back to Troy with him. Infuriated by Helen's disappearance, Menelaus vows revenge. Meanwhile, Agamemnon (Menelaus' brother), who had for years harbored plans for conquering Troy (an achievement which would give him complete control of the Aegean Sea), decides to use his bro ther's situation as a justification to invade Troy. He is advised by his general , Nestor (John Shrapnel), to call upon Achilles to fight for the Greeks, ensurin g they can rally enough troops to the cause. Odysseus (Sean Bean) is then sent to Phtia to convince Achilles and his Myrmidon s to fight, and finds him training with Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund), his cousin and student. Odysseus says the fleet will be sailing to Troy in three days, and that this war will never be forgotten. Achilles consults his mother, Thetis (Jul ie Christie), and she tells him that should he stay, he will find peace and a lo ng life, but his name will be forgotten. Should he go, he will find everlasting glory, but will die in combat. Achilles decides to go to war. The Greeks land at Troy and take control of the beach on the first day of the wa r. Achilles and the Myrmidons kill many Trojans and also desecrate the seaside t emple of Apollo, slaying the unarmed priests that reside there. Within the templ e, Achilles and Hector meet but do not fight, with Hector outnumbered but allowe d to leave. Briseis (Rose Byrne), a member of the Trojan royal family who has ch osen to dedicate her life to service to the gods, is captured and taken as a pri ze to Achilles. However, he treats her with kindness, which makes her initially cautious. Achilles and his Myrmidons do not take part in the next day's fighting because o f Agamemnon's unfair claim to Briseis, but they watch the events from a distance . With the Trojan army beneath the walls of Troy and the Greek army surrounding it, Paris challenges Menelaus to a duel to settle things. Menelaus agrees, knowi ng he is the better warrior. Agamemnon then decides he will attack afterward any way, regardless of the outcome. Paris, severely outmatched, is easily defeated. Terrified of dying, he crawls back to his brother's feet. Menelaus approaches an d moves to finish Paris, but Hector intervenes and kills Menelaus. A shocked and enraged Agamemnon orders his army to charge the Trojans. The Greeks are easily repelled, mainly because their attack brought them within range of the Trojan ar chers. Hector also killed Ajax (Tyler Mane). At the pleas of Odysseus, who reali zes that the Greeks will be annihilated should they continue the fight, Agamemno n withdraws the troops. To offer his men entertainment to assuage their bruised morale, he gives Briseis over to the encampment, where she is abused and on the verge of being raped and branded with an iron before Achilles cuts through and rescues her. He carries h er back to his tent and attempts to help her with her wounds, but she still does not trust him and refuses his help. They then engage in conversation, during wh ich Achilles reveals that he is not quite the "dumb brute" Briseis had initially

assumed him to be and advises that she should enjoy the mortality of her own li fe, which gives her something to think on. Nonetheless, later that night, Brisei s is seen pressing a knife to Achilles' throat as if to kill him in his sleep, b ut he quickly awakens and instead of being afraid, tells her to go ahead and "do it". She is slightly surprised at this and questions why he isn't afraid, to wh ich he replies that since everyone dies, the timing doesn't matter much. Though he challenges her to kill him once again, Briseis seems unable to and hesitates. As she does so, Achilles slides her skirt up and kisses her passionately, she d rops the knife and succumbs to his advances. Early that morning, Achilles is see n watching her from a seat as she sleeps. The next day, the Trojan council is arguing amongst themselves whether or not to directly attack the Greeks again, to conquer them once and for all. Hector, rea lizing that such an attack would be futile, strongly advises against it, but Pri am, foolishly swayed by his priest's "bird signs" and Glaucus' convictions, give s the order. Meanwhile, Briseis and Achilles are lying in bed together, and it i s inferred that Achilles is planning to leave the next day, as he had ordered Eu dorus to load the ships, much to Patroclus' indignation. Briseis seems skeptical of his decision and asks him if he could really "leave this all behind", to whi ch he asks if she could "leave Troy". The Trojans launch a surprise attack on the Greek camp just before dawn. As the Greeks seem to be on the verge of defeat, Achilles appears with the Myrmidons, a nd joins the battle. He brings courage to the Greeks, and eventually fights manto-man against Hector. The Myrmidons are shocked by Achilles apparently being ou tmatched by Hector, and having his throat cut. This energizes the Trojans and di smays the Greeks. Hector kneels and pulls Achilles' helmet off, and finds it is actually Patroclus (Garrett Hedlund) who he has killed, not Achilles. Grieved at having slain someone so young, Hector gives him a killing blow out of mercy. Bo th armies agree to end fighting for the day, and Odysseus informs Hector of the boy's identity. Achilles, who had slept through the battle, is told by Eudorus o f his cousin's death. The Myrmidons had also mistaken Patroclus for Achilles, si nce he had put on the same armour, and moved with a near identical fighting styl e. Later that night, Achilles leads the funeral ceremony, complete with a funera l pyre. The next day, an enraged Achilles approaches the gates of Troy alone and demands Hector to come out and face him. Hector requests a pact that the loser be given proper funeral rites by the winner, which is angrily refused by Achilles, with him saying " There are no pacts between lions and men." The pair fight a fierce duel but in the end Achilles kills Hector, and then ties the body to the back of his chariot, callously dragging it back to the Greek camp. That night, King Pri am visits the Greek army's camp to retrieve Hector's body. After an emotional ta lk given to him by Priam (Peter O'Toole), Achilles breaks down into tears near H ector's body. He lets Priam take Hector's body back, promising him that no Greek will attack Troy for twelve days in order to give time for the proper funeral r ites to be performed on the prince, also saying that Hector was the best he'd fo ught. Achilles lets Priam take Briseis back as well, and gives her the shell nec klace Thetis made for him. He later makes amends with Eudorus (whom he had beate n and almost killed over the death of Patroclus), and gives him one last order: to take the Myrmidons home. During the 12 days that Troy mourns Hector's death, the Greeks plan to enter the city using a hollowed-out wooden horse, devised by Odysseus. The Greeks leave t he horse at the location of their camp, then withdraw to the beach hiding in the ir ships behind a nearby island. Paris warns Priam about the dangers of the hors e, and says they should burn it. However, Priam neglects his warning and is blin ded by the priests' talk of the horse being a "peace offering from the Greeks", in order to appease the god Poseidon for a safe passage home during their retrea t. Assuming victory, the Trojans take the horse into the city and celebrate. A b

and of Greeks come out of the horse at night, killing the guards and opening the gates to the city, allowing the main army outside the city to enter. Without th e defenses provided by its walls, the outnumbered and unprepared Trojan resistan ce is overwhelmed. Troy is sacked, and King Priam is killed by Agamemnon. Achilles frantically searches for Briseis, who is at the shrine of Apollo being threatened by Agamemnon. She kills him with a concealed knife, and is saved from Agamemnon's guards by Achilles. Achilles kneels down to help her up. Paris, who is looking for Briseis, sees Achilles and Briseis and shoots an arrow that stri kes Achilles in his legendary heel. Crippled, he turns to face him but is hit in the chest by several more arrows, despite fervent pleas from Briseis. Achilles manages to remove all but one of the arrows, the one in his heel. The wounds are fatal, and after a final passionate kiss and teary farewell, Achilles urges Bri seis to join Paris as they escape the city through a secret passage. Achilles wa tches them go and finally falls over in death with his heel still pierced by the arrow. After a disorganized and futile attempt by surviving Trojan soldiers to repel th e invaders, the battle ends and the Greeks storm the inner palace only to find t hat Achilles has died just a few moments earlier (but only after he had removed all the arrows from his chest). Funeral rituals are performed for him the next m orning in the ruins of Troy. The movie ends with Odysseus delivering the final w ords: "If they ever tell my story, let them say I walked with giants. Men rise a nd fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I li ved in the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles." [edit] Reaction When the film was completed, total production costs were approximately $185,000, 000. This makes Troy one of the most expensive films made in modern cinema. Unad justed for inflation, Troy is number 13 on the all time list of most expensive f ilms and, when adjusted for inflation, it is number 16. Troy screenings have earned $133 million (US$133,378,256) in the United States.[ 1] Having cost $180 million to make,[2] the film was a disappointment in the US. Many critics anticipated that it would flop as Troy barely missed the $50 milli on mark on its opening US weekend and wrote off the film. Troy was among the sev eral historical epics released in 2004 that disappointed, such as Alexander, The Alamo and King Arthur, although it fared better than those films. However, Troy was a financial success at the international box office, making mo re than 73%[1] of its revenues outside of the U.S. Eventually, Troy made over US $497 million dollars worldwide,[1] placing it in the #60 spot[1] of top box offi ce hits of all time. This places the film 17 spots above Gladiator (#77) and app roximately 20 spots above 300 (#80)[3] in the all-time worldwide box office. Troy met mixed reactions by reviewers. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an average approv al rating of 55% from a base of 215 reviews, while Yahoo! Movies gave it a criti c rating of "B-" (although that was based on 15 Critical Reviews). Roger Ebert, who disliked what he saw as an unfaithful adaptation of the Iliad, gave it two s tars out of four[4] Ebert claimed that Troy "sidesteps the existence of the Gree k gods, turns its heroes into action movie clichs and demonstrates that we're get ting tired of computer-generated armies." [edit] Box office totals Budget - $175,000,000[1] Marketing cost - $50,000,000 Opening Weekend Gross (Domestic) - $46,865,412

Total Domestic Grosses - $133,378,256 Total Overseas Grosses - $364,031,596[1] Total Worldwide Grosses - $497,409,852 [edit] Cast Actor Role Famous Line Status Greeks Brad Pitt Achilles - Son of Peleus of Phtia-Greece and Thetis. Lord of the Myrmi dons and considered the greatest warrior of his time. Myrmidons! My brothers of the sword. I'd rather fight beside you than any army of thousands. Let no man fo rget how menacing we are. We are lions! Do you know what's there, waiting beyond that beach? Immortality! Take it! It's yours! Killed by Paris in the sacking of Troy. Brian Cox Agamemnon - King of Mycenae-Greece, brother of Menelaus and ruler of a ll Greeks. Referred to as the "King of Kings". History remembers kings, not sold iers! Killed by Briseis in the sacking of Troy. Diane Kruger Helen - Queen of Sparta-Greece and wife of Menelaus. Lover of Paris . I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of tomorrow. Survived the Trojan war. Sean Bean Odysseus - King of Ithaca-Greece and friend of Achilles. Considered th e wisest among the Greeks. This war will never be forgotten. Nor will the heroes who fight in it. Survived the Trojan war. Brendan Gleeson Menelaus - King of Sparta-Greece and husband of Helen. Brother o f Agamemnon. Prince? What prince? What son of a king would accept a man's hospit ality, eat his food, drink his wine, embrace him in friendship and then steal hi s wife in the middle of the night? Killed by Hector in the Trojan war. Garrett Hedlund Patroclus - Cousin and student of Achilles. Soldiers obey. Kille d by Hector in the Trojan war. Tyler Mane Ajax - King of Salamis-Greece. Second to Achilles among the Greeks in terms of fighting skills. Row, you lazy whores, row! Greeks are dying! Row! Kil led by Hector in the Trojan war. John Shrapnel Nestor - Adviser of Agamemnon. This will be the greatest war the w orld has ever seen. We need the greatest warrior. Survived (not shown) the Troja n war. Vincent Regan Eudorus - Captain of the Myrmidons. Apollo sees everything. Perhap s, perhaps it is not wise to offend him. Returned to Phtia-Greece (not shown) be fore the Trojan war ends. Julie Christie Thetis* - Mother of Achilles. If you go to Troy, glory will be yo urs. They will write stories about your victories for thousands of years. The wo rld will remember your name. But if you go to Troy, you will never come home. Fo r your glory walks hand-in-hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again. Ken Bones Hippasus* - Adviser of Menelaus. My king, she left with the Trojans. T he fisherman here saw her board their ship. Julian Glover Triopas - King of Thessaly-Greece. The ruler of Thessaly carries t his scepter. Give it to your king. Survived (not shown) the Trojan war. Nathan Jones Boagrius - Thessalonian champion. Killed by Achilles in the Thessa lonian war. Siri Svegler Polydora - Spartan entertainer. Adoni Maropis Agamemnon's officer My king, Achilles is not with the army. Jacob Smith Messenger boy Are stories about you true? They say your mother is an immortal goddess. They say you can't be killed. Manuel Cauchi Old Spartan fisherman With the young prince Paris. She... Lucie Barat Helen's handmaiden Who, my king? Trojans Eric Bana Hector - Prince of Troy and the best among the Trojans. Eldest son of Priam, brother of Paris and husband of Andromache. Trojans! All my life, I've li ved by a code. And the code is simple. Honor the gods, love your woman and defen d your country! Troy is mother to us all! Fight for her! Killed by Achilles in t

he Trojan war. Orlando Bloom Paris - Prince of Troy. Youngest son of Priam, brother of Hector a nd lover of Helen. 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 will love y ou. Survived the Trojan war. Peter O'Toole Priam - King of Troy and father of Hector and Paris. I've fought m any 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. Killed by Agamem non in the sacking of Troy. Rose Byrne Briseis - Priestess of Apollo and cousin of Hector and Paris. Lover o f Achilles. Stop! Too many people have died today. If killing is your only talen t, that's your curse. Survived the Trojan war. Saffron Burrows Andromache - Princess of Troy and wife of Hector. Fifty-thousand Greeks didn't cross the sea to watch your brother fight. You know this. Survive d the Trojan war. James Cosmo Glaucus - Commanding general of the Trojan army. The boatman waits f or us. I say, we make him wait a little longer! Killed by Odysseus in the sackin g of Troy. Nigel Terry Archeptolemus - Trojan high priest and adviser of Priam. The desecra tion of his temple angers Apollo. The gods have cursed the Greeks. Killed by Gre ek soldiers in the sacking of Troy. Trevor Eve Velior* - Trojan priest. Burn it? My prince, it's a gift to the gods. Killed by Greek soldiers (not shown) in the sacking of Troy. Mark Lewis Jones Tecton - Trojan soldier. Waiting at the city gates. Killed by A chilles in the Trojan war. Owain Yeoman Lysander - Trojan soldier. Would they have done the same for us? Ki lled by Greek soldiers (not shown) in the sacking of Troy. Frankie Fitzgerald Aeneas - Trojan youth. I will. Survived the Trojan war. Others Shero Rauf Trojan Archer (stunt actor) Ben Crompton Body double ( * ) - Unnamed in the film. Reference to the character's name is based on The I liad or other poems of the Epic Cycle. [edit] Main differences between the original Greek myth and the film According to the myths, Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Aphrodite and Poseidon all p layed active parts in the Trojan War. The film presents rites of Greek polytheis m, including libation, prayer and Charon's obol (anachronistically, since coinag e comes into use only 600 years later), but it does not show the gods as real or actively intervening. Achilles' mother Thetis is presented as a human woman. The Judgement of Paris is not mentioned. This was the impetus for the relationsh ip between Paris and Helen, making it the catalyst for the entire war. The opening scene in Thessaly is not mentioned in the Iliad, nor are the king Tr iopas or the hero Boagrius. The Oath of Tyndareos is not referred to. This oath, an idea by Odysseus, was sw orn by all the suitors of Helen prior to her marriage to Menelaus. The oath dema nded that all rejected suitors would unite for revenge if Helen was ever taken b y another. The omission of this helps portray the invasion of Ilios as nothing m ore than a grab for power by Agamemnon. Sparta has no harbour; it is situated well inland, although on the Eurotas River . Odysseus finds Achilles sparring with Patroclus, though some versions of the myt h state that Achilles was hiding (disguised as a woman) at Scyros on the orders of his mother. The movie character Briseis is a composite amalgamation of Iliad characters Bris eis, Chryseis, and Cassandra and another character from mythology surrounding th e war, Polyxena. Menelaus is not killed by Hector in the Iliad. He is one of the few leaders to s

urvive the war and returns to live with his retrieved wife Helen "happily ever a fter". Although Menelaus and Paris did engage in single combat, it was at the behest of Menelaus. As Menelaus was about to win the fight, Aphrodite snatched Paris from combat "under a cloud of darkness" and placed him safely inside Troy. Agamemnon does not die at Troy. He survives and returns to Mycenae where he is m urdered by his wife Clytemnestra, as referred to in Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy, and in Sophocles' Electra. However the manner in which he dies in the movie is reminiscent of the manner described in the aforementioned plays . Patroclus does not lead the Myrmidons on foot; instead, he rides a chariot drawn by Balius and Xanthus, Achilles' godly horses (after Patroclus was killed, the horses were reprimanded by Achilles for allowing Patroclus' death). Achilles knew of Patroculus' intentions to fight beforehand, and allows him to l ead the Myrmidons in his place, lending him his armour and telling him to return after the Trojans are pushed back from Greek ships instead of pursuing them fur ther. The body of Patroclus is not given over to the Greeks by the Trojans; the fight over the body takes the entirety of Book XVII of The Iliad. Patroclus is Achilles tentmate, not his cousin. A tentmate as defined by the Gre eks is a close friend, war comrade and maybe lover. The Illiad does not explicit ly state that Patroclus' and Achilles' relationship is anything more than platon ic though. Patroclus is older than Achilles, while the film shows him as much younger Patroclus' funeral pyre is not burnt until after Hector has been killed. After k illing Hector, Achilles drags the dead body back to the body of Patroclus as a s ign of vengeance. Hector does not readily engage in combat with Achilles. As the Trojans are retre ating into the wall, Hector stays outside to engage Achilles, but as Achilles ru ns towards him, he panics and flees. As the city's gates have already been close d, Hector runs around the city three times before Athena tricks him into stoppin g and fighting Achilles. There is no protracted duel, as Achilles kills Hector w ith a spear while Hector is running towards him. Hector is also wearing Achilles armour, which had been taken from the body of Patroclus, and Achilles is wearin g new armour, forged by Hephaestus at the request of Thetis after his old armour is taken. The Trojan Horse is claimed to be left as an offering to Poseidon while accordin g to Virgil it was dedicated to Athena (Minerva). Ajax is not killed by Hector; he falls on his own sword in shame. He disgraced h imself by a moment of madness: After the death of Achilles, Ajax slaughtered a h erd of sheep thinking them to be the Greek leaders. This act arose from Ajax' ra ge because the Greek leaders did not hand him Achilles armour, after having a qu arrel with Odysseus (after the quarrel, Odysseus got the armour). Achilles dies before Ajax. Ajax is often shown carrying the dead body of Achille s.[5] Sinon, the agent sent by the Greeks to convince the Trojans that they have left for home and that the wooden horse is harmless does not appear in the movie; als o missing is the Trojan priest Laocon who warned not to trust Greeks bearing gift s. In Book 2 of Virgil's Aeneid Priam is killed, not by Agamemnon, but by Neoptolem us, Achilles' son. This is supported by numerous vase paintings showing that it was established in popular Greek culture. Andromache does not escape, but is captured. Her son Astyanax is killed. In the secret tunnel Paris asks Aeneas's name, though they were brothers-in-law and well known to each other. Aeneas is depicted here as a teenager whereas in the Iliad he was older (about t he same age as Hector) and was second best warrior after Hector according to the story. Also, he is depicted as leading his father out through this tunnel, thou gh book II of Vergil's Aeneid describes Aeneas as carrying his father on his sho ulders. In addition, his father's (Anchises) house is far away from the citadel,

as Vergil describes in the Aeneid, and Aeneas would not have been carrying him at this point anyway. No such object as the "Sword of Troy" is ever referred to in any myth, including the much later Roman story of Aeneas, who bears the sword away at the end of th e film. The movie's closing titles state that the film was inspired by the Iliad of Home r, but the end of the film is based (loosely) on Book 2 of The Aeneid of Virgil. The Wooden Horse and the Sack of Troy do not appear in the Iliad which ends sho rtly after the funeral of Hector. In original myth, Cassandra tells her father that the horse is a trap, but she i s cursed by Apollo so no one believes her prophecies. Laocoon from the Aeneid is not mentioned. Laocoon was a priest of Apollo who was killed by two serpents sent by Athena as retribution for throwing a spear at th e Trojan horse. Paris and Helen do not escape and live happily ever after; Paris is killed befor e the end of the war and Helen is captured by Menelaus and returns to Sparta wit h him. Many of the events described in the Illiad are left out. These include Diomedes' aristeia, the plague that opens the Illiad and results in Agamemnon's claiming of Briseis, the Gods' battles on Greek and Trojan lines and more. Many other myt hs surrounding the Trojan war such as the taking of the Palladium and the slaugh ter of King Rhesus's horse are also not mentioned. In the original myth, the Trojan War was fought for ten years, whereas in the mo vie it was portrayed as being fought for less than a year. [edit] Music Composer Gabriel Yared originally worked on the score for Troy for over a year, having been hired by the director, Wolfgang Petersen. Yared wrote and recorded his score and Tanja Tzarovska provided vocals on variou s portions of the music, as she later would on composer James Horner's version o f the soundtrack. However, after having screened the movie with an early incompl ete version of the score, the reactions at test screenings were against it and i n less than a day Yared was off the project without being given a chance to fix or change his music, while Warner Bros was already looking for a replacement.[6] According to Yared, his score was removed due to a complaint by the screening a udience that the score was too "old-fashioned". The replacement score was written by composer James Horner in about four weeks. He utilized Tanja Tzarovska's vocals, traditional Eastern Mediterranean music an d brass instruments. Drums are conspicuous in the most dramatic scenes; most not ably, in the duel between Achilles and Hector. His instrumental scenes have them es very reminiscent of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 1 and Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. A suspenseful note progression introduced in Willow was played numerous times in the score, particularly in battle scenes. Horner has been flatly accused by musicians and fans alike[7] as having transcri bed quite directly portions of Dmitri Shostakovitch's Symphony No. 5 into the sc ore for Troy. Horner also collaborated with Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter Josh G roban and lyricist Cynthia Weil to write an original song for the film's end cre dits. The product of this collaboration, "Remember" was performed by Groban with additional vocals by Tzarovska. The song is available from the movie's original soundtrack. Around the time of the film's release in theaters, Gabriel Yared briefly made po rtions of his rejected score available on his personal website, which was later removed at the request of Warner Brothers. Bootleg versions exist on the Interne t. Yared's score has since gained much attention from the fans of movie music. S

everal petitions were made requesting the release of Yared's score either on a l imited edition CD or as a bonus feature or secondary audio track on the film's D VD. Those requests however, have been denied by Warner Bros. [edit] Filming Major sets for the city of Troy were built in the Mediterranean island of Malta at Fort Ricasoli from April to June 2003. Other important scenes were shot in Me lliea, a small town in the north of Malta, and on the small island of Comino. The outer walls of Troy were built and filmed in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.[8] [edit] Director's cut Troy: Director's Cut was screened at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival on February 17, 2007, and received a limited theatrical release in Germany in A pril 2007.[9] Warner Home Video reportedly spent more than $1 million for the Di rector's Cut, which includes "at least 1,000 new cuts" or almost 30-minute extra footage (Running Time: 196 minutes). The DVD was released on September 18, 2007 in the USA. The score of the film was changed dramatically, with many of the fe male vocals being cut. Various shots were recut and extended. For instance, the love scene between Helen and Paris was reframed to include more nudity of Diane Kruger. The sex scene between Achilles and Briseis is also extended. Only one sc ene was removed: the scene where Helen tends to the wound of Paris is taken out. The battle scenes were also extended, showing much more of Ajax's bloody rampag e on the Trojans during the initial attack by the Greek Army. Perhaps most signi ficantly was the sacking of Troy, barely present in the theatrical cut, but show n fully here. Characters were given more time to develop, specifically Priam and Odysseus, the latter being given a humorous introduction scene. Lastly, bookend scenes were added: the beginning being a soldier's dog finding its dead master, and the end including a sequence where the few surviving Trojans escape to Moun t Ida. In one of the commentary sequences one of the film editors said that when it came to deciding whether to follow Iliad, or do what was best for the movie they always decided with what was best for the movie. [edit] Awards (wins and nominations) 2005 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Won - Top Box Office Film James Horner 2005 Academy Awards (Oscars) Nominated - Best Achievement in Costume Design Bob Ringwood 2005 Japanese Academy Prize Nominated - Best Foreign Film 2005 MTV Movie Awards Nominated - Best Fight Brad Pitt, Eric Bana Nominated - Best Male Performance Brad Pitt 2005 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Award) Nominated - Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features Wylie Statesman, Martin Cantw ell, James Boyle, Harry Barnes, Paul Conway, Alex Joseph, Matthew Grime, Steve S chwalbe, Howard Halsall, Sue Lenny, Simon Price, Nigel Stone 2005 Teen Choice Awards Won - Choice Movie Nominated - Choice Nominated - Choice Nominated - Choice Actor - Drama/Action Adventure Brad Pitt Breakout Movie Star - Male Garrett Hedlund Movie - Drama/Action Adventure Movie Fight/Action Sequence

[edit] See also Epic film List of films based on poems [edit] References ^ a b c d e f "Troy" (film data), Box Office Mojo, 2006, BoxOfficeMojo.com, webp age: BOMojo-Troy. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=troy.htm ^ "Gladiator" (film data), Box Office Mojo, 2001/2006, BoxOfficeMojo.com, webpag e: BOMojo-Gladiator. ^ <hchidcid>xcasuy<html><body>/405140304/1023 Troy :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews ^ For example on the 6th century Attic cup by the Phrynos Painter now in the Mus ei Vaticani in Rome. ^ "The Score of Troy - A Mystery Unveiled: by Gabriel Yared ^ http://www.moviemusic.com/comments.asp?mm=troy ^ Troy - Malta Movie Map ^ Troja [edit] Further reading Petersen, Daniel (2006). Troja: Embedded im Troianischen Krieg (Troy: Embedded i n the Trojan War). HrGut! Verlag. ISBN 3-93823-099-1. Winkler, Martin M. (2006). Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 1-40513-183-7.