Braveheart overview

Braveheart

Synopsis:

Mel Gibson, long-time heartthrob of the silver screen, came into his own as a director with Braveheart, an account of the life and times of medieval Scottish patriot William Wallace and, to a lesser degree, Robert the Bruce's struggle to unify his nation against its English oppressors. The story begins with young Wallace, whose father and brother have been killed fighting the English, being taken into the custody of his uncle, a nationalist and pre-Renaissance renaissance man. He returns twenty years later, a man educated both in the classics and in the art of war.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Mel Gibson
  • Studio: Paramount
  • Year: 1995
  • Run Time: 177 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for brutal medieval warfare)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Epic, Historical Film
  • Filmed in: Color

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