Gladiators (DVD)
APPROX. 91 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1969 - MPA RATING: NR
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Mar 28, 2006 |
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| Studio: | New Yorker |
| Year: | 1969 |
| Video: |
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio: |
English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | |
| Subtitles: | English, French |
Special Features
- Feature Length Commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez, founding director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University and author of the 1979 book Peter Watkins
- The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) - 17 min. amateur short film made by Peter Watkins
- Peter Watkins Filmography
- 12-page Booklet featuring a new Peter Watkins self-interview and full cast and credits
Synopsis
The near future. To maintain international and internal security and to divert mankind's natural aggression, the UN organizes a series of televised military games, which are often fought to theideath. Sponsored by a pasta corporation and based on the gladiatorial games of ancient Rome, these are the International Peace Games.For Game Number 256, the Western Team must reach the Control Room in order to win and has to deal with a series of violent obstacles set by a highly sophisticated computer. However, the system's control of the game cannot handle the human spirit and extreme measures become necessary.
Winner of the Grand Prix at the Trieste International Science Fiction Film Festival.
Cast & Crew
New Yorker
presents
JoJoKonstantin KhabenskyVladimir MenshovJeremy Child
"Gladiators"
Written byPeter WatkinsWritten byNicholas Goslingproduced byGoran Lindgren
directed byElizabeth Allendirected byPeter Watkins
Production Year: 1969
"Gladiators"
Written byPeter WatkinsWritten byNicholas Goslingproduced byGoran Lindgren
directed byElizabeth Allendirected byPeter Watkins
Production Year: 1969
