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Prince Hector and his young brother Paris negotiate peace between Troy and Sparta. Paris has fallen in love with Helen, the wife of king Menelaus, and smuggles her to Troy. Infuriated, Menelaus vows revenge. Menelaus approaches his brother Agamemnon, a king of Mycenae
who has conquered every army of Greece, and now commands them.
Agamemnon, who has wanted to conquer Troy for years, uses this as a
justification to invade Troy. General Nestor asks him to take the legendary warrior Achilles. Odysseus, a king of Ithaca commanded by Agamemnon, visits Phtia to persuade Achilles to fight, and finds him training with Patroclus,
his cousin. Achilles, pondering his decision, visits his mother Thetis
for advice. She tells him that, before he was even born, she knew this
day would come. She also tells him that if he does not go to Troy, he
will live a long, happy life and have children, but after he dies, his
name will be forgotten and nobody will remember him. If he does go to
Troy, he will find great glory in battle, his name will be written into
history forever, but he will die there. Achilles, wanting his name to be
remembered, chooses to go.
The Greeks sail for Troy. Achilles and the Myrmidons are the fastest rowers and land before anyone else. They kill many Trojans and desecrate the temple of Apollo. Briseis,
a member of the Trojan royal family, is captured and taken as a prize
to the Greeks, despite Achilles claiming her as a war prize himself.
Achilles and his Myrmidons do not fight the next day because of
Agamemnon's unfair claim to Briseis. With Greeks surrounding Troy, Paris
challenges Menelaus to a duel to settle things, using the Sword of
Troy, his father claiming that the city's people have a future so long
as the sword is in the hands of a Trojan. Menelaus agrees; however,
Agamemnon plans on attacking the city regardless of the outcome. Paris
is easily defeated, and wounded. Hector intervenes and kills Menelaus.
The Greeks charge the Trojan lines but are forced to fall back as they
are nearly wiped out by archers on Troy's walls. Ajax is slain in the
battle at the hands of Hector.
Agamemnon gives Briseis to his men to amuse them after their terrible
loss, but Achilles rescues her after they try to rape her. He carries
her back to his tent and tends to her wounds. Briseis then tries to kill
Achilles but realizes that she has feelings for him and the two make
love. The next day, Achilles readies his men to leave, much to
Patroclus' indignation.
That night, the Trojans launch a surprise offensive against the Greek
encampment, aiming to destroy their boats and prevent their escape. As
the Greeks seem to be on the verge of defeat, Achilles appears with the
Myrmidons and joins the battle, eventually fighting against Hector. The
battle goes much better for the Greeks than before, but all are shocked
when Hector cuts Achilles' throat. Hector removes his foe's helmet,
revealing the face of Patroclus. After Hector finishes the mortally
wounded youth mercifully, both armies agree to end fighting for the day.
Before he leaves, Odysseus informs Hector it was Achilles' cousin whom
he had killed.
Achilles, who had slept through the battle, is told by Eudorus of his
cousin's death. The Greeks had also mistaken Patroclus for Achilles,
since he had put on Achilles' armor and moved like Achilles. Furious,
Achilles attacks Eudorus and when Briseis tries to stop him, he throws
her to the ground. Later that night, Achilles lights Patroclus' funeral pyre.
Meanwhile, in Troy, Hector realizes that Achilles will seek revenge for
the death of his cousin, and begins making preparations to save his
loved ones. He leads Andromache to a secret path out of the city, asking
her to use it if the city falls.
The next day Achilles approaches the gates of Troy alone and shouts
for Hector to come out and face him. Hector knows he must face him
alone, so he says his goodbyes to his family and friends and then
confronts Achilles. The two fight an evenly matched duel at the start,
but Hector begins to tire against the relentless assault of Achilles.
Eventually, Achilles slays Hector by wounding him with a broken spear
then stabbing him in the chest with his sword. He then ties Hector's
body to the back of his chariot, dragging it to the ships, leaving all
the Trojans shocked. That night, King Priam (Peter O'Toole)
visits the Greek army's camp to convince Achilles to let him retrieve
Hector's body. Moved by the king's plea, Achilles acquiesces to his
request and allows him to take his son to be buried. Achilles breaks
down and cries while preparing Hector's body for transport back to Troy.
He tells Priam that Hector was the best he had ever fought. He also
gives Priam his word that no Greek will attack Troy for 12 days.
Achilles lets Priam take Briseis back as well. He later apologizes to
Eudorus for harming him and gives him one last order: to take the
Myrmidons home.
During the 12 day-truce, Troy mourns Hector's death while Agamemnon
fumes at the loss of an opportunity to end the war once and for all and
the Trojans are in disarray at the loss of their top general even though
his generals, including Odysseus, inform him that the death of Hector
makes no difference as the Greeks still can't breach the walls of Troy.
Seeing that the mad king will sooner see every one of his own men
slaughtered before he gives up his ambition, Odysseus plans to
infiltrate the city by building a hollowed-out wooden horse.
The Greeks leave the horse at their camp and then depart, hiding their
ships in a nearby cove. Priam trusts his priests that the horse is an
offering to Poseidon
and a gift, despite the misgivings of Paris and Glaucus. Assuming
victory, the Trojans take the horse into the city and celebrate. A
Trojan scout finds the Greek ships hiding in the cove, but is killed by
their archers before he can spread the news. A band of Greeks led by
Achilles and Odysseus come out of the horse at night, opening the gates
to the city allowing the main army to enter. The Greeks commence the Sack of Troy,
massacring the inhabitants and looting buildings. The Trojan army
attempts to defend the royal palace but fails and the Greeks storm in.
While Troy is burned, Andromache helps Helen and many others escape
from Troy through the secret passage Hector showed her. Paris hands Aeneas
the Sword of Troy by repeating his father's words that the Trojans will
have a future as long as the sword is in Trojan hands. After helping
the survivors off, He heads back into the city, bow and arrows at the
ready as he had been practicing archery to join the rest of the Trojan
army, but abandons them after hearing Briseis' voice calling him.
Odysseus kills Glaucus and Agamemnon kills Priam.
Achilles searches for Briseis, who is being threatened by Agamemnon.
She kills Agamemnon with a concealed knife and is saved from his guards
by Achilles. While Achilles is helping Briseis to her feet, Paris,
seeking revenge for his brother's death, shoots Achilles several times,
the first shot being in his heel, his "only" vulnerable spot breaking
the spell of immortality and the others in his body, before Briseis
manages to stay his hand. Achilles urges Briseis to join Paris and
escape from the city and then dies of his wounds. The soldiers arrive to
see the fallen Achilles with only the single arrow through his heel, as
he had removed all the others, in keeping with the myth that Achilles was killed by a single arrow to the heel.
Funeral rituals are performed for him in the ruins of Troy the next
day. The film ends with a speech from Odysseus, "If they ever tell my
story, let them say I walked with giants. Men rise and fall like the
winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in
the time of Hector, tamer of horses. Let them say, I lived, in the time
of Achilles."
Cast
Greeks members, advisers and servants (Mycenae and Sparta)
Brian Cox as Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae and the main antagonist. He is the brother of Menelaus.
Diane Kruger as Helen, the queen of Sparta and wife of Menelaus. She is the lover of Paris.
Myrmidons
Brad Pitt as Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, cousin of Patroclus, and leader of the Myrmidons. He is also the lover of Briseis and the main protagonist.
Peter O'Toole as Priam, the king of Troy, father of Hector and Paris, uncle of Briseis and father-in-law of Andromache.
Eric Bana as Hector,
the prince of Troy and the best warrior among the Trojans. He is the
elder son of Priam, brother of Paris, cousin of Briseis and husband of
Andromache.
Orlando Bloom as Paris,
the prince of Troy. He is the younger son of Priam, brother of Hector,
cousin of Briseis and brother-in-law of Andromache. He is the lover of
Helen.
Rose Byrne as Briseis,
the priestess of Apollo, niece of Priam and cousin of Hector and Paris,
cousin-in-law of Andromache. She is the lover of Achilles.
Saffron Burrows as Andromache, the princess of Troy and wife of Hector. She is the sister-in-law of Paris and daughter-in-law of Priam.
Nigel Terry as Archeptolemus, the Trojan high priest and adviser of Priam.
Frankie Fitzgerald as Aeneas,
a Trojan youth. As Troy is being sacked, Paris picks him at random to
take the Sword of Troy, carrying the future of the Trojans into Virgil's epic, The Aeneid.
Production
The city of Troy was built in the Mediterranean island of Malta at Fort Ricasoli from April to June 2003.[2] Other important scenes were shot in Mellieħa, 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.[3] Film production was disrupted for a period of time after Hurricane Marty affected filming areas.[4] The role of Helen was initially offered to Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai, but she refused it because of the lovemaking scenes she was not comfortable doing. The role eventually went to Kruger.
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 Carovska
provided vocals on various portions of the music, as she later would on
composer James Horner's version of the soundtrack. However, after
having screened the film with an early incomplete version of the score,
the reactions at test screenings were against it and in 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.[5] According to Yared, his score was removed due to a complaint by the screening audience that the score was too "old-fashioned".[6]
The replacement score was written by composer James Horner
in about four weeks. He used Carovska's vocals again, and also included
traditional Eastern Mediterranean music and brass instruments. Drums
are conspicuous in the most dramatic scenes; most notably, in the duel
between Achilles and Hector. Horner also collaborated with American
singer/songwriter Josh Groban and lyricist Cynthia Weil
to write an original song for the film's end credits. The product of
this collaboration, "Remember" was performed by Groban with additional
vocals by Tzarovska. The song is available on the film's original
soundtrack.
A commentator, Alex Ross, claims that large portions of the score
were essentially plagiarized from the pieces of which they are
reminiscent.[7]
Around the time of the film's release in theaters, Gabriel Yared
briefly made portions of his rejected score available on his personal
website, which was later removed at the request of Warner Brothers.
Bootleg versions exist on the Internet. Yared's score has since gained
much attention from the fans of film music. Several petitions were made
requesting the release of Yared's score either on a limited edition CD
or as a bonus feature or secondary audio track on the film's DVD. Those
requests however, have been denied by Warner Bros.
Director's cut
Troy: Director's Cut was screened at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival on February 17, 2007, and received a limited release in Germany in April 2007. Warner Home Video reportedly spent more than $1 million for the director's cut,
which includes "at least 1,000 new cuts" or almost 30 minutes extra
footage (with a new running time of 196 minutes). The DVD was released
on September 18, 2007 in the US. The score of the film was changed
dramatically, with many of the female vocals being cut. An addition to
the music is the use of Danny Elfman's theme for Planet of the Apes during the pivotal fight between Hector and Achilles in front of the Gates of Troy.
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 love scene between Achilles and Briseis is also extended.
Only one scene 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 rampage on the Trojans during the initial attack
by the Greek Army. Perhaps most significant was the sacking of Troy,
barely present in the theatrical cut, but shown 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 Mount Ida. In one of the commentary sequences, the film's writer, David Benioff, said that when it came to deciding whether to follow The Iliad or to do what was best for the film, they always decided with what was best for the film.
Reception
When the film was completed, total production costs were approximately $175,000,000. This made Troy one of the most expensive films produced in modern cinema. It was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[8] Troy screenings have earned US$133,378,256 in the United States.[9] Troy made more than 73%[9] of its revenues outside the U.S. Eventually, Troy made over US$497 million worldwide,[9] placing it in the #60 spot of top box office hits of all time. Troy met mixed reactions by reviewers. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an average approval rating of 55% from a base of 222 reviews,[10] while Yahoo! Movies gave it a critic rating of "B-" based on 15 reviews.[11]Roger Ebert, who disliked what he saw as an unfaithful adaptation of the Iliad, gave it two stars out of four. Ebert claimed that Troy
"sidesteps the existence of the Greek gods, turns its heroes into
action movie clichés and demonstrates that we're getting tired of
computer-generated armies."[12]
