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About 2001 film by Ridley Scott
Genres drama, action, adventure, war, thriller, suspense, historical, historical drama
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Ken Nolan
Starring Orlando Bloom, Ewan McGregor, Tom Hardy, Eric Bana, Josh Hartnett, Sam Shepard, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jason Isaacs
Music Hans Zimmer
Runtime 143 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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