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 GLADIATOR

 by

 David Franzoni

 FIRST DRAFT REVISED

 April 4, 1998

FADE IN:

EXT. NEAR THE GERMAN FRONT - 180 A.D. - DAWN

The rising sun unveils steep hills and luxuriant mountains

untouched by man. Snow flurries dart in the frigid air

and on the horizon CROWS gather.

EXT. DIRT ROAD

A column of Praetorian Cavalry flank two enclosed wagons

as they rattle along a rock and log accordion road. On

all sides a forest rises like some kind of primordial

soul: limitless and dark. With every step 'steam'

whooshes from the nostrils of the horses.

The first wagon halts as a Praetorian Guard jogs back. He

straightens his tunic and helmet and raps on the wooden

door as the second wagon stops behind. The door swings

aside and another Praetorian Guard leans out.

 1ST PRAETORIAN GUARD

 Sir, we must be getting near.

INT. FIRST WAGON

LUCIUS AELIUS AURELIUS COMMODUS huddles in the back of the

wagon: Dark hair, handsome, beard; as Commodus rises we

see he's a large, powerfully built young man and though

barely twenty years old he already has the caution and

arrogance of a Caesar.