"Braveheart" (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Icon Productions, The Ladd Company
When his secret bride is executed for assaulting an English soldier who tried to rape her, Sir William Wallace begins a revolt against King Edward I of England.
"Braveheart" is a 1995 American epic war film directed by Mel Gibson, who stars as William Wallace, a late 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's epic poem "The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace" (aka "The Wallace") and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.
Genre': Biography, Drama, History
Release date: May 24, 1995 (US)
Director: Mel Gibson
Screenplay by: Eric Roth
Inspired on: The poem, "The Wallace" by Blind Harry
Music by: James Horner
Cinematography: John Toll
Edited by: Steven Rosenblum
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson, Angus Macfadyen, David O'Hara, Ian Bannen
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
- Best Makeup
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Best Cinematography
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound
* © 1995 - Paramount Pictures
** © 1995 - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment