What do you want? Girl? Boy? - You sent for me. - Yes, I did. You're good, Spaniard, but you're not that good. You could be magnificent. I'm required to kill, so I kill. That is enough. That's enough for the provinces, but not for Rome. The young emperor has arranged a series of spectacles... to commemorate his father, Marcus Aurelius. I find that amusing... since it was Marcus Aurelius, the wise... the all-knowing Marcus Aurelius, that closed us down. So finally, after five years of scratching a living... in flea-infested villages... we're finally going back to where we belong: The Colosseum. You should see the Colosseum, Spaniard. Fifty-thousand Romans... watching every movement of your sword... willing you to make that killer blow. The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards. It rises. It rises up... like a storm. As if you were the thunder god himself. - You were a gladiator? - Yes, I was. You won your freedom? A long time ago, the Emperor... presented me with a rudius. It's just a wooden sword. The symbol of your freedom. He touched me on the shoulder, and I was free. You knew Marcus Aurelius? I did not say I knew him. I said he touched me on the shoulder once. You asked me what I want. I, too, want to stand in front of the Emperor... as you did. Then listen to me. Learn from me. I wasn't the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me.
Gladiator
42.5s
Win the crowd, and you'll win your freedom. I will win the crowd. I will give them something they've never seen before. So, Spaniard, we shall go to Rome together... and have bloody adventures. And the great whore will suckle us... until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. And then... when enough men have died... perhaps you will have your freedom. Here. Use this.
Gladiator
42.7s
Win the crowd, and you'll win your freedom. I will win the crowd. I will give them something they've never seen before. So, Spaniard, we shall go to Rome together... and have bloody adventures. And the great whore will suckle us... until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more. And then... when enough men have died... perhaps you will have your freedom. Here. Use this.
Gladiator
9.4s
Is this not why you're here? Spaniard!
Gladiator
9.2s
Is this not why you're here? Spaniard!
Gladiator
3.3s
It's somewhere out there, my country.
Gladiator
4.2s
Are you not entertained?
Gladiator
4s
Are you not entertained?
Gladiator
1.4s
So entertain!
Gladiator
41.8s
He's cleverer than I thought. Clever. The whole of Rome would be laughing at him... if they weren't so afraid of his Praetorians. Fear and wonder. A powerful combination. You really think the people are going to be seduced by that? I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. It's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death... and they will love him for it.
Gladiator
41.6s
He's cleverer than I thought. Clever. The whole of Rome would be laughing at him... if they weren't so afraid of his Praetorians. Fear and wonder. A powerful combination. You really think the people are going to be seduced by that? I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them, and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. It's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death... and they will love him for it.
Gladiator
11.1s
All you do is kill, kill, kill. The crowd don't want a butcher, they want a hero. We want them to keep coming back. So don't just hack them to pieces, remember you are an entertainer.
Gladiator
10.9s
All you do is kill, kill, kill. The crowd don't want a butcher, they want a hero. We want them to keep coming back. So don't just hack them to pieces, remember you are an entertainer.