Braveheart
Action, Drama, War
Paramount Pictures  (1995) 177 mins R

8.3 (194,707 votes) Top 250: #102
Every man dies, not every man really lives.

Mel Gibson stars on both sides of the camera, playing the lead role plus directing and producing this brawling, richly-detailed saga of fierce combat, tender love and the will to risk all that's precious for something more precious: freedom. In an emotionally charged performance, Gibson is William Wallace, a bold Scotsman who used the steel of his blade and the fire of his intellect to rally his countrymen to liberation. Filled with sword-clanging spectacle, Braveheart is a tumultuous tapestry of history come alive, "the most sumptuous and involving historical epic since Lawrence Of Arabia" (Rod Lurie, Los Angeles Magazine)....

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Cast and Crew
Mel Gibson  ......  William Wallace
Catherine McCormack  ...... 
Sophie Marceau  ...... 
Patrick McGoohan  ...... 
James Robinson  ......  Young William Wallace
Sean Lawlor  ......  Malcolm Wallace
Director  .....  Mel Gibson
Producer  .....  Mel Gibson; Bruce Davey
Writer  .....  Randall Wallace
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: At Murron's funeral, her father's hood is on his head in one shot. In the next shot, from another angle, his hood is on his shoulder, then on his head again. (more)

Trivia:
Princess Isabella did not set foot in England until 1308, therefore she could not have been in England to warn Wallace about the upcoming Battle of Falkirk. (more)

Filming Locations:
Aonach Eagach, Highlands, Scotland, UK (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes. The king of Scotland had died without a son, and the king of England, a cruel pagan known as Edward the Longshanks...
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 20 nominations (more)