After 22 years Russell Crowe returns to Malta. Malta is also where Oliver Reed died after a bout of drinking. Russell, thank you for your stunning portraits…now get off that roof…slowly )) 
David Franzoni first began to write the script in the 1970s based on tbe 1958 non-fiction book Those About to Die by Daniel Pratt Mannix IV a side show performer and exotic animal trainer. He also wrote African Bush Adventures which became this flick google.com/search?q=Kille…
But director Ridley Scott didn’t give a shit about the book. It was a historically accurate painting of the Coliseum that turned him on “I’ll do the movie. Wherever the script is, we’ll get it right. I’m doing this movie.” hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…
Russell thought the script was shit but signed on once he saw the vision of Romethat art design grad Scott had put together. cinemablend.com/news/2548958/h…
Ridley was a designer that created exquisitely designed commercials. He and his brother Tony produced some of the most beautiful and impactful films ever made.
Gladiator was a perfect balance of action, historical color and great acting. RIP Oliver Reed. denofgeek.com/movies/gladiat…
"On his last night, Oliver Reed downed over 8 pints of lager, twelve double rums and half a bottle of whiskey, won an arm-wrestling content against many members of the British Royal Navy crew, HMS Cumberland, and insisted on paying for the entire round." airmalta.com/en/blog/malta/…
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