In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
Acting
Brad Pitt's Achilles is pure arrogant magnetism.
Practical Effects
Real armies, real sand, real sweaty authenticity.
Production
That beach set? Built. Then actually destroyed.
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon during filming—while playing Achilles. The universe has jokes.
Homer's Iliad took place over weeks; this film crams years in and kills Menelaus early because who needs accuracy when you have Brad Pitt's abs.
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