The Homeric epic "The Iliad" gets the star-studded
treatment, with Brad Pitt playing the legendary warrior Greek Achilles: When the
Trojan prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) seduces and steals Helen (Diane Kruger), the
beautiful wife of king Menelaus of Sparta (Brendan Gleeson), the Greeks launch a
thousand ships against Troy, under the leadership of Agamemnon (Brian Cox) the
king of Mycenae and brother of Menelaus. Also starring are Eric Bana as Hector,
Peter O'Toole as Priam, and Sean Bean as Odysseus. Directed by Wolfgang
Petersen. [2:42 - R]
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