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In its day, the genre was as popular as the Western.

But it's his friendship with Paul Bettany's surgeon, Maturin, that makes up the real meat of the movie, and director Peter Weir perfectly captures both the humanity of the crew and exhilaration of battle.

Dalton Trumbo's screenplay brilliantly captures the motivations of the men and women of the time and the battle scenes are expertly executed, the most famous being the fight in the arena between Douglas and Woody Strode.

The film was a commercial success and even won four Academy Awards.