Troy

Troy is a 2004 action film concerning the Trojan War. It is loosely based on Homer's Iliad, besides material from Virgil's Aeneid and other sources of the Epic Cycle. The film's actors include Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana as Hector, Orlando Bloom as Paris, Diane Kruger as Helen, Brian Cox as Agamemnon, Sean Bean as Odysseus, Rose Byrne as Briseis, Garrett Hedlund as Patroclus, Peter O'Toole as Priam, Brendan Gleeson as Menelaus, and Tyler Mane as Greater Ajax. Troy was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by David Benioff. It received an Oscar nomination for its costume design.

The movie of Troy is a story that begins in the year 1250 BC. It's about the fight between the Trojans and the Greeks, supposedly after Helen of Sparta left with Paris, one of the sons of Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he goes to his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon, wanting to take Troy for years but never having the ability to do so, sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. It's a story of the most talked about fight between Achilles and Hector. The movie shows the battles that went on during this time. Based on Homer's book The Iliad. Although there's parts in it that are different the basics are still the same. Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Diane Kruger.

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.