The Eagle (2011)

Director:

Kevin Macdonald

Writers:

Jeremy Brock (screenplay)
Rosemary Sutcliff (novel)

Release Date:

11 February 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

The destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire.

Plot:

In Roman-ruled Britain, a young Roman soldier endeavors to honor his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem.

Plot Keywords:

Hadrian's Wall | Britain | Honor | Disappearance | Eagle

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Channing Tatum	...	Marcus Flavius Aquila
Jamie Bell	...	Esca
Donald Sutherland	...	Uncle Aquila
Mark Strong	...	Guern
Tahar Rahim	...	Seal Prince
Denis O'Hare	...	Lutorius
Dakin Matthews	...	Claudius Marcellus
Douglas Henshall	...	Cradoc
Paul Ritter	...	Galba
Pip Carter	...	Servius Placidus
Ned Dennehy	...	Seal Chief / The Horned One
István Göz	...	Cohort Centurion
Bence Gerö	...	Celt Boy / Young Marcus
Zsolt László	...	Paulus
Julian Lewis Jones	...	Cassius
Aladár Laklóth	...	Flavius Aquila
Marcell Miklós	...	Fort Legionary #1
Bálint Magyar	...	Fort Legionary #2
Ferenc Pataki	...	Fort Legionary #3
Bálint Antal	...	Young Legionary
Lukács Bicskey	...	Druid
James Hayes	...	Stephanos
András Faragó	...	Captain of the Gladiators
Simon Paisley Day	...	Surgeon
Ben O'Brien	...	Milecastle Guard
Róbert Bánlaki	...	Young Rogue Warrior
Brian Gleeson	...	Traveller #1
Jon Campling	...	Traveller #2
Thomas Henry	...	Seal Boy
Ralph Aiken	...	Patrician #1
Granville Saxton	...	Patrician #2
Walter Van Dyk	...	Patrician #3 (as Walter Van Dyke)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean-Marc Chautems	...	Seal Warrior (uncredited)
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Centurion (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Macdonald

Writing credits
Jeremy Brock		(screenplay)
Rosemary Sutcliff		(novel "The Eagle of the Ninth")

Produced by
Caroline Hewitt	....	co-producer
Duncan Kenworthy	....	producer
Miles Ketley	....	executive producer
Charles Moore	....	executive producer
Tessa Ross	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Atli Örvarsson

Cinematography by
Anthony Dod Mantle

Film Editing by
Justine Wright

Casting by
Des Hamilton
Jina Jay

Production Design by
Michael Carlin

Art Direction by
Neal Callow
Peter Francis		(supervising art director)
Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner

Set Decoration by
Rebecca Alleway

Costume Design by
Michael O'Connor

Makeup Department
Anita Anderson	....	crowd hair and makeup artist
Márta Antal	....	crowd makeup artist
Csilla Blake-Horváth	....	makeup artist (as Csilla Horváth)
Szandra Bíró	....	makeup artist
Hanna Canfor	....	makeup trainee
Sidony Etherton	....	crowd makeup artist
Krisztina Fehér	....	hair stylist
Krisztina Fehér	....	makeup artist
Wendy Kemp Forbes	....	makeup artist: crowd
Doone Forsyth	....	crowd makeup: dailies
Paul Hyett	....	prosthetic and animal effects designer
Graham Johnston	....	chief makeup/hair
Nóra Kapás	....	makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Lorna McGowan	....	makeup artist
Conal Palmer	....	makeup effects artist
Iván Pohárnok	....	special makeup effects designer
Rupert Simon	....	hair and makeup designer: re-shoots
Vivienne Simpson	....	assistant makeup artist: Scotland
Kerry Skelton	....	makeup artist
Sophie Slotover	....	make up artist: crowd

Production Management
Kálmán Antal	....	production manager
Tania Blunden	....	post-production supervisor
György Czutor	....	unit manager: second unit
Ildiko Kemeny	....	production executive: Hungary, Pioneer Pictures
Suzanne Reid	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joey Coughlin	....	third assistant director: Hungary
Ben Dixon	....	second assistant director
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon	....	second unit director
Alison Goring	....	second assistant director: Scotland
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director
Toby Hefferman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ray Kenny	....	third assistant director: Scotland
László Kádár	....	local second assistant director
Susie Lee	....	co-third assistant director
Alina Papp	....	third assistant director: Hungary
Judit Soltész	....	co-first assistant director
Réka Szabó	....	second assistant director
Jeff Taylor	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Csaba Bagossy	....	props interpreter
Andrea Balogh	....	buyer
Zsuzsanna Borvendég	....	stand-by art director: second unit
Dávid Breier	....	property master
Cara Brower	....	set decorating draughtsman
Tim Browning	....	concept artist
Zoltán Bus	....	armourer/modeller
Christopher Chandler	....	set dresser
Dean Coldham	....	plasterer: reshoots
Gary Crosby	....	painter: Hungary
Roddy Dolan	....	dressing prop daily
Jim Elliott	....	props
John Fisher	....	props
Colin H. Fraser	....	construction manager
Gordon Grant	....	assistant set decorator
Muffin Green	....	property master
Gyula Herjeczki	....	construction coordinator
Patrick Herzberg	....	art department assistant
Sándor Horváth	....	blacksmith
Sándor Horváth	....	propmaker
Zoltán Horváth	....	set dresser
Gergely Kajdi	....	greensman
Scott Keery	....	props
József Kiss	....	construction manager
Csaba Lodi	....	sculptor
Dan Maslen	....	storyboard artist
Jamie McCallum	....	carpenter
Jim McCallum	....	dressing propman
Nicki McCallum	....	assistant art director: Scotland
Adam McCreight	....	storeman
Alexandra Miklos	....	assistant art director
Steve Mitchell	....	scenic painter: Hungary
Ben Munro	....	stand-by art director
Tamas Ordodi	....	sculptor
Sandra Phillips	....	draughtsman
Neil Querns	....	carpenter: Scotland
Claire Nia Richards	....	buyer
Chris Rosewarne	....	concept artist
Gábor Sumicz	....	lead sculptor
Kinga Szabó	....	props interpreter
Marton Szalay	....	props
Dávid Szekeres	....	set dresser
László Szirmai	....	assistant art director
Sophie Tarver	....	propmaker
Kristin Theyers	....	dressing props
Kinga Trimmel	....	workshop coordinator
Villõ Turcsány	....	sculptor
Zoltán Tóth	....	construction coordinator
Miklós Weigert	....	storyboard artist
Thomas Jones	....	mold maker (uncredited)
Martin Kelly	....	prop maker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Niv Adiri	....	sound design editor
Niv Adiri	....	sound re-recording mixer: pre-mix
Ben Barker	....	sound design editor
Wade Barnett	....	adr recordist
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr recordist
Andrew Caller	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ed Colver	....	foley mixer
András Csernóczki	....	sound utility
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue adr editor
Samir Foco	....	sound effects editor
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound designer
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Glen Gathard	....	assistant foley mixer
Danny Hambrook	....	sound mixer
Mark Heslop	....	sound effects editor
Robert Ireland	....	sound effects editor
Andrea King	....	foley artist
Adam Laschinger	....	boom operator
Travis MacKay	....	adr mixer
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Emilie O'Connor	....	assistant dialogue editor
Jon Olive	....	sound effects editor
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Schulteisz	....	second boom operator
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Ian Tapp	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Walsh	....	sound assistant
Philip Young	....	adr recordist
Timothy Siddall	....	foley assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bence Arik	....	special effects
Barna Balázs	....	special effects technician
Dave Evans	....	special effects technician
Chris Fitzgerald	....	sculptor
Nick Jeffries	....	armourer
Rick Jotle	....	special effects: equipment
Mike Kelt	....	special effects supervisor
Gyula Krasnyánszky	....	pyro supervisor
Matt Loader	....	special effects technician
László Pintér	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Fiorenza Bagnariol	....	digital film bureau
Seb Barker	....	visual effects artist
Will Broadbent	....	visual effects artist
Felipe Canfora	....	visual effects artist
Barry Corcoran	....	title animation
Keith Devlin	....	digital composite supervisor
Bruno Fernandes	....	digital compositor
Vikas Gandhi	....	visual effects line producer
Adam Glasman	....	DI colourist
Neil Harrison	....	digital intermediate systems administrator
Timothy P. Jones	....	digital film bureau
Ashwin Joshi	....	cleanup artist
Darpan Kataria	....	digital compositor
Matthew Lawrence	....	title animation
Brad Le-Riche	....	title animator
John Lockwood	....	visual effects supervisor
Sherin Mahboob	....	digital compositor
Pranav Malasi	....	cleanup artist
Suchint Mandloi	....	cleanup artist
Standish Millennas	....	visual effects producer
John Palmer	....	digital film bureau manager
Ed Plant	....	visual effects artist
Suryapal Rawat	....	digital compositor
Aurora Shannon	....	digital intermediate assistant
Shyam Shrivastava	....	cleanup artist
Avdesh Shukla	....	digital compositor
David Sjodin	....	compositor
Steve Street	....	visual effects supervisor
Suryaji Suryavanshi	....	digital compositor
Anuj Upadhyay	....	digital compositor
Pat Wong	....	lead senior compositor
Lenka Zuckova	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Menyhért René Balog-Dutombé	....	stunt performer
Milan Bartha	....	stunt double
Ferenc Berecz	....	stunt performer
Gergely Bíró	....	stunts
Erika Cziráky	....	stunt performer
Alessandro D'Alessandro	....	stunts
Gábor Duck	....	stunt performer
Balázs Farkas	....	stunt performer
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	....	stunt double: Channing Tatum
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	....	stunt double: Mark Strong
Kinga Gavalda	....	stunt department assistant
Bela Gerner	....	stunt performer
László Imre	....	stunt performer
Orsányi Iván	....	stunt performer
Roman Jankovic	....	stunts
István Kiss	....	stunt performer
István Koleszár	....	stunts
Gergely Korpácsi	....	stunt performer
Géza Kovács	....	stunts
László Kósa	....	stunt double: Denis O'Hare
Balazs Lengyel	....	stunt performer
Akos Lenkei	....	stunts
Philippe Losson	....	stunts
Zsolt Viktor Magyari	....	stunt performer
Bence Makay	....	stunt performer
László Medriczky	....	stunts
Camilla Naprous	....	assistant horse master
Daniel Naprous	....	horse master
Béla Orsányi	....	stunts
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt coordinator
Ronnie Paul	....	stunt player
Gábor Pesta	....	stunts
Jan Petrina	....	stunt double: Channing Tatum
Florian Robin	....	stunt double: Jamie Bell
Richard Ryan	....	sword master
Walter Siccardi	....	stunts
Levente Tamási	....	stunt performer
Marzio Tomasini	....	stunts
Marek Toth	....	stunts
László Ujvári	....	stunts
Damien Walters	....	stunt performer
Reg Wayment	....	stunt performer
Stefano Zanola	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
László Angyal	....	best boy
Gábor Balda	....	electrician
Ádám Balogh	....	electrician
Csaba Bankhardt	....	best boy grip
Attila Barczay	....	camera trainee
Telfer Barnes	....	focus puller
Anna Benbow	....	focus puller: Scotland
Antal Berger	....	best boy: second unit
Keith Bernstein	....	still photographer: Scotland
Attila Bilik	....	gaffer: second unit
Julie Bills	....	camera operator: dailies
Phil Brookes	....	gaffer
Stuart Bunting	....	key grip scotland
John Cartwright	....	electrician
Marc Cole	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Stevie Cook	....	lighting technician
Vinny Cowper	....	electrician
Tim Critchell	....	grip: "b" camera, Scotland
Polgár Csaba	....	video assist trainee
Tim Dean	....	libra head technician
Zoltán Dzsupin	....	central loader
Tobias Eedy	....	additional focus puller
István Faragó	....	electrician
Attila Hevesi	....	electrician
Gábor Hevesi	....	gaffer
György Horváth	....	focus puller:
Cameron Howatson	....	assistant camera
Joe Judge	....	best boy electrical
Tamás Jánossa	....	focus puller
János Kiss	....	camera car supervisor
Henry Landgrebe	....	b camera clapper loader: Scotland
Attila Major	....	grip
Tobias Marshall	....	additional clapper loader
László Mihály	....	grip
György Mohácsi	....	grip
Paul Molloy	....	best boy: pick-up shots
István Ménkü	....	electrician
Thomas Neivelt	....	gaffer
Matt Nettheim	....	still photographer (as Matthew Nettheim)
Andy Nutt	....	camera trainee
Péter Pozsonyi	....	auto grip assistant
András Pozsár	....	grip
Alastair Rae	....	Steadicam operator
Alastair Rae	....	camera operator: "b" camera
György Réder	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Imre Sisa	....	key grip
Dave Staton	....	electrician
Chris Summers	....	second assistant camera
Gabor Szucs	....	auto grip assistant
Masanobu Takayanagi	....	director of photography: second unit
Simon Tindall	....	b camera focus puller
István Török	....	auto grip
János Varga	....	electrician
Alan Walker	....	electrician
Jack Warrender	....	video assist
Jonathan Wright	....	camera trainee dailies
Viktor Zsámbék	....	electrician
Alan Maxwell	....	camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Lucinda Johnston	....	casting assistant
Sorcha McIlvride	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brigitta Barkó	....	principal costume assistant
Klara Beke	....	wardrobe assistant
Anthony Brookman	....	assistant costume designer
Imre Béres	....	dresser
Imre Béres	....	tailor
Sue Coates	....	key costume assistant
Péter Donáth	....	costume breakdown artist
Harriet Edmonds	....	costume assistant
Ildikó Virág Erdei	....	milliner
Zsófia Federits	....	key costume breakdown artist
Mónika Frankl	....	leather master
April Gilchrist	....	costume assistant
Georgina Gunner	....	costume supervisor
Zsuzsa Kanovics	....	leather worker
Márton Kis-Várday	....	costume breakdown artist
Anikó Kovalcsik	....	wardrobe buyer
Anna Kulcsár	....	main cutter
Anna Kulcsár	....	wardrobe assistant
Éva Kuzma	....	principal dresser
John Laurie	....	key set costumer
Zsuzsa Malatinszky	....	furrier
Fin McClay	....	wardrobe assistant
Maja Meschede	....	costume design assistant
Éva Molnár	....	goldsmith
Neil Murphy	....	wardrobe master: second unit
Péter Palotás	....	dresser
Anna Robbins	....	costume assistant
Orsolya Sallai	....	costumer
Lisa Shanley	....	key costume assistant
Gábor Simkó	....	wardrobe assistant
Móni Simkó	....	wardrobe assistant
Polly Smyth	....	costume assistant
Zsuzsa Stenger	....	costume supervisor
Laszlo Taht	....	wardrobe assistant
Kate Thomson	....	costume breakdown supervisor
Katalin Ujvari	....	wardrobe assistant
Emma Walker	....	costume assistant
John Fisher	....	specialty costumes (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Fiorenza Bagnariol	....	digital film bureau
Mark Bankhead	....	dailies assistant
Andrew Cave	....	dailies assistant
Kate Denning	....	trainee assistant editor
Richard Ellis	....	dailies assistant
Rob Farris	....	digital intermediate producer
Adam Glasman	....	di colorist
Emily Greenwood	....	digital film editor
Stephen Haren	....	first assistant editor
Mark Keady	....	assistant editor: Avid
Patrick Malone	....	digital intermediate head of department
Faye Morgan	....	post-production coordinator
Nick Timms	....	technical operator
Laurent Treherne	....	digital film technical supervisor
Leroy Wolf	....	color timer
Darren Rae	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
John Barrett	....	score pro tools recordist
Andy Brown	....	conductor
Andy Brown	....	contractor
Dave Fleming	....	composer: additional music
Elisa Kustow	....	music production coordinator
Stephen McLaughlin	....	music mixer
Eoghan Neff	....	musician: violin
Vladimir Podgoretsky	....	musician
Paul Pritchard	....	assistant scoring engineer
Satnam Ramgotra	....	musician
Gillian Tinglay	....	musician: harp and Celtic harp
John Warhurst	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Martin Auld	....	driver: cast
Soma Benke	....	transportation captain
Alan Buckle	....	driver
Pat Daecy	....	driver: Scotland
Alex Devine	....	unit driver: Scotland
Russell Dunsmore	....	driver: cast
Russell D. Equi	....	transportation captain
Andy Finnie	....	driver: cast
Andy Finnie	....	unit driver: Scotland
Mihály Gáspár	....	driver: production office
Steve Haines	....	driver: Scotland
István Ivanov	....	driver
Attila Kiss	....	unit driver
Craig Paterson	....	driver: cast
Richard Paxon	....	driver: Scotland
Jason Rush	....	driver: Scotland
Zsolt Somogyi	....	transportation coordinator
János Spák	....	unit driver
Bohdan Stoklasa	....	facilities driver
Abby Zeman	....	driver

Other crew
Chick Allan	....	team leader
Lindsay Allason-Jones	....	historical advisor
Reka Angyalosy	....	assistant accountant
Bea Beliczai	....	location manager
Roland Birtha	....	unit assistant
James Blythe	....	stand-in
Jamie Bolton	....	asset manager
Peter Boothby	....	runner
Duncan Broadfoot	....	assistant location manager
David Burt	....	location assistant: Scotland
Andy Butcher	....	groom
Dougal Cadiou	....	first assistant accountant
Jo Cameron Brown	....	dialogue coach: Gaelic
Chris Cameron	....	assistant location manager
Greg Corke	....	armorer: preparation
Miglet Crichton	....	location scout: Scotland
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Michael Davis	....	dailies assistant
Jim Elliott	....	armorer
Dave Evans	....	supervising armorer: second unit
Stuart Ewen	....	production runner
Rachel Fiddes	....	traineee crowd assistant
Hugh Gourlay	....	location scout: Scotland
David Hancock	....	assistant location manager
Laura Hardy	....	asset manager
Glynn Henderson	....	safety consultant
Nils Hognestad	....	adr voice artist
Zoltan Horkai	....	head animal wrangler
Paul Hornsby	....	military and technical advisor
Márton Ivanov	....	production assistant
Peter Ivanyi	....	animal wrangler
Vera Janisch	....	production assistant
Polly Jefferies	....	production coordinator
Matt Jones	....	location manager: Scotland
Veronika Kara	....	cashier
Eszter Kerekes	....	production coordinator
Alex Kerr	....	accounts trainee
Viktoria Koreny	....	armoury modelmaker
Viktoria Koreny	....	armoury sculpter
Ágnes Kun	....	first assistant accountant
Naomi Liston	....	assistant location manager
Imre Légmán	....	location manager
Michael Mann	....	assistant coordinator
Michael Mann	....	assistant coordinator: london
Jacqui McBride	....	assistant accountant
Jacqui McBride	....	assistant accountant: Scotland
Katherine McCormack	....	unit publicist
Alex McKay	....	base runner
Zoe Morgan	....	script supervisor
Duncan Muggoch	....	supervising location manager
Amy Munro	....	assistant coordinator: Scotland
Claire Murray	....	production secretary: scotland
Camilla Naprous	....	assistant horse master
Lisa Neeley	....	assistant accountant: Scotland
Zsofi Oblath	....	assistant production coordinator
Christian Otty	....	additional set production assistant: Scotland
János Papp	....	health & safety advisor
Szabolos Pataky	....	assistant: Mr. Tatum
Ed Perkins	....	epk cameraman
Norman Campbell Rees	....	stand-in: Channing Tatum
Morven Reid	....	production runner: Scotland
Dan Roberts	....	food stylist
Rohit Sharma	....	production coordinator
Dora Simko	....	script supervisor: second unit
Nora Somogyvari	....	production assistant
Morag Stewart	....	advisor: Gaelic
Richard Szabó	....	unit manager
Roxana Szarisz	....	interpreter to horse master
Istvan Szori	....	stand-in
Ben Urquhart	....	post production executive
Béla Vaszary	....	medical coordinator
Norbert Vilonya	....	set production assistant
Ben A. Williams	....	assistant: Kevin Macdonald and Duncan Kenworthy (as Ben Williams)
Nathan Woods	....	financial controller
Eva Yates	....	assistant: Tessa Ross
Vaszary Ádám	....	medical coordinator
Matt Cooper	....	floor runner: dailies (uncredited)
Warwick Hewett	....	titles producer: Rushes (uncredited)
Viktória Jaross	....	choreographer (uncredited)
András Kopházi	....	security (uncredited)
Christopher Mullen	....	production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)

Thanks
Matthew Jenkins	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Focus Features (presents)
• Film4 (presents)
• Toledo Productions (as Duncan Kenworthy)
• Twins Financing (as Twins Financing, LLC) (produced in association with)

Distributors

• Alliance Films (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• BIM Distribuzione (2011) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2011) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Garsu Pasaulio Irasai (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2011) (Finland) (theatrical) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
• Starway Film Distribution (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Twin Co. Ltd. (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Bolivia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Ecuador) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Uzumasa (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2011) (Switzerland) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2011) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2011) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2011) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Italia Film (2011) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Monolith Films (2011) (Poland) (all media)
• Nordisk Film (2011) (Denmark) (all media) (Scandinavia)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (all media)
• PVR Pictures (2011) (India) (all media)
• Paradise Group (2011) (Russia) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2011) (Bulgaria) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2011) (Hungary) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2011) (Romania) (all media)
• Queen Film (2011) (Indonesia) (all media)
• Shani (2011) (Israel) (all media)
• Shaw Organisation (2011) (Singapore) (all media)
• Ssamzie Entertainment (2011) (South Korea) (all media)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Argentina) (all media)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Filmefex Studio
• Rushes Post Production (titles)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  camera and grip equipment provided by
• Abacus Consult  accounting: audit
• Ascent 142 Features  digital intermediate
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Eastwood (Sound and Vision)  additional Pro Tools Systems supplied by
• Film4  funding
• Fugitive Studios  end roller
• HireWorks  Avid Nitris DX rental
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Kodak  motion picture film supplier
• Light Odyssey  technocrane rental
• MGFX Studio  titles
• Palmbrokers  greenery (uncredited)
• Pioneer Pictures  production services
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Scottish Screen  funding
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack
• Vision Team  camera and lighting equipment
• Wildfire Studios  ADR recording facility

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for battle sequences and some disturbing images

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Gaelic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46050) | Malaysia:18 | Ireland:12A | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-15 | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Achiltibuie, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, UK

Company:

Focus Features

Trivia:

The statue that Marcus glances at at the fort before the first Celt attack is a bust of Antoninus Pius, who was emperor of Rome at the time this film is set, AD 140. His reign is considered one of the calmest in Rome's history.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: As Marcus and Esca ride across the countryside, they use stirrups, which are not known in Europe until the 7th century AD.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marcus Aquila:Marcus Flavius Aquila, Fourth Cohort of Gaul, Second Legion, come to relieve the command.
Lutorius:Lutorius Drusillus Salinator, acting senior officer.
Marcus Aquila:Where's the garrison commander?
Lutorius:He left this morning, sir. Couldn't wait to get away.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Return of the Eagle

A Nutshell Review: The Eagle

I guess stories about Centurions and Legionaries never go out of fashion along with its themes of valour, honour, camaraderie and the likes, and The Eagle adapts from the book The Eagle of the Ninth written by Rosemary Sutcliff published about a half century ago, set in the 2nd Century just after Hadrian's Wall went up in Britain. I suppose given director's Kevin Macdonald's success with yet another historically based drama The Last King of Scotland that he decides to take another crack at it, albeit this time with a little bit more swords and sandals violence.

In recent years we've already seen a number of such films with the likes of Neil Marshall's Centurion and The Last Legion starring Colin Firth and Aishwarya Rai, but this one had a little narrative boost with its historical reference involving the mysterious disappearance of the Ninth Legion weaved into the narrative and forming the back story of its protagonist Marcus Flavius Aquila (Channing Tatum), who had asked for the Britain post in order to seek the lost honour of his father, leader of the Ninth who had reputedly surrendered cowardly to the enemy.

For starters, Channing Tatum isn't really your character actor, but looked totally in place with brawn over brains leading his men into battle and convincing peers that his family name isn't as tainted as it should be. But for a moment of bravado he gets himself injured and discharged honourably, living at his uncle's place until word came that the eagle standard of the 9th Legion had been found to be in the hands of some indigenous tribe outside of their safe haven. To lead a team into hostile territory will be suicide, but Marcus seeks out that sole opportunity to reclaim his father's name, and coming in tow is the slave Esca (Jamie Bell) with whom he forms a love-hate relationship.

It's a standard action adventure where you put together two misfits who are as serious as can be in seeking out the objective of their quest, containing all the usual formation of a strong friendship cliché made more difficult when the master-slave role got reversed when they're held captive. And you also can't put aside some of the homoerotic undertones between the two men in Batman and Robin fashion, with constant longing gazes at times reflective of threats to get back at each other given the flip=flopping master-slave roles they have to play. The screenplay by Jeremy Brock chooses to focus primarily on the friendship of the men, putting aside the politics of the occasion other than to paint the politicians and bureaucrats as fat cats who talk a lot and sit on their bums.

The battle sequences though were a different cup of tea altogether, with Kevin Macdonald opting for very a very visual treatment that didn't flinch from the bloodier and gorier aspects of close combat. Rarely do you see a decapitation happen on screen, but The Eagle does just that without cutting away. Sure it's movie magic, but the effect is nothing but startling, in addition to slit throats and dismembered limbs. If you're craving for standard period action- adventure fare, then The Eagle will be that film for you this weekend. Look out for that Mark Strong cameo.