Every man dies, not every man really lives.
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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Earnest, epic, resolved and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Mel GibsonWilliam Wallace
- Catherine McCormackMurron MacClannough
- Sophie MarceauPrincess Isabelle
- Patrick McGoohanKing Edward
- Angus MacfadyenRobert the Bruce
- Brendan GleesonHamish Campbell
- James RobinsonYoung William Wallace
- James CosmoCampbell
- Sean McGinleyMacClannough
- Gerda StevensonMother MacClannough
Crew
- Mel GibsonDirector
- Randall WallaceWriter
- John TollDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Steven RosenblumEditor
- Bruce DaveyProducer
- Alan Ladd Jr.Producer
- Mel GibsonProducer
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