DRUIDS (2001)

MORGAN'S RATING

Christopher Lambert stars as strong but peace-loving Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix in the year 60 B.C. Vercingetorix's peaceful way of life with his fellow druids is disrupted when Julius Caesar and his army declare war. He is inspired just before battle by a reunion with his childhood love and then prepares his people for a battle that will change history.

Christopher Lambert (Vercingetorix), Klaus Maria Brandauer (Julius Ceasar), Max von Sydow (Guttuart), Ines Sastre (Epona), Denis Charvet (Cassivelaun), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (Dumnorix), Maria Kacardjikova (Rhia), Yannis Baraban (Litavic), Vincent Moscato (Moscatos), Jean-Pierre Rives (Teuton Chief), Jean Pierre Bergeron (Diviciac), Paraskeva Djukelova.

HIS PEOPLE MADE HIM A LEADER. THE EMPIRE MADE HIM A RENEGADE. HISTORY MADE HIM A HERO.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: December 11th, 2001 (USA) (VIDEO PREMIERE) SHOOTING DATES: August 1999 -- November 1999

DIRECTOR: Jacques Dorfmann. WRITERS: Anne de Leseleuc, Jacques Dorfmann, Rospo Pallenberg and Norman Spinrad. PRODUCERS: Jacques Dorfmann and Claude Leger. ASSISTANT PRODUCER: Denis Charvet. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Patrick Sandrin. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Pierre Charvet. DISTRIBUTOR: Columbia / Tri Star Home Video.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Hands down the worst movie of 2001. It's a shame considering the talent involved, but this is a poorly paced historical drama that tries too hard to be the next  Braveheart.."  -- Morgan Muscat, The Action Kings

QUOTES

"The main problems with Druids lie in the muddled script, particularly the succession of indistinguishable battles, and in the director's uninspired handling of them." -- Barrie Maxwell, DVD Verdict

Julius Ceasar: We have made an enemy, and it would have been much better to have him as a friend.

Vercingetorix: You want to fight? You want to live forever? Then I will lead you.

"Unfortunately for the creators of Druids, Braveheart came first; Mel Gibson's effort set the modern template and standard for the historic battle-filled epic that they would be held to. Druids is almost an exact copy, or worse: an uninspired copy." -- Dan Lopez, digitallyobsessed.com

Julius Ceasar: I offered to make you a king. Vercingetorix: So now, accept the surrender of a king.

Julius Ceasar: I will make you a king, appointed by Rome. Vercingetorix: Why not a king appointed by destiny?

Vercingetorix: I come to offer you the glory of your victory, which Rome will forever honor with inscriptions in stone and eternal flames. Julius Ceasar: The light of my victory will make my invisible past failures heavier.