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Maximus!
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COMMODUS: They call for you.
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COMMODUS: The general
who became a slave.
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The slave who became a gladiator.
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The gladiator who defied an emperor.
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A striking story.
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COMMODUS: Now the people want to know
how the story ends.
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Only a famous death will do.
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And what could be more glorious...
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than to challenge the Emperor himself
in the great arena?
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MAXIMUS: You would fight me?
COMMODUS: Why not?
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Do you think I'm afraid?
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I think you have been afraid all your life.
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Unlike Maximus the Invincible,
who knows no fear?
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[Chuckles]
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I knew a man who once said,
"Death smiles at us all.
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"All a man can do is smile back."
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I wonder...
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did your friend smile at his own death?
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You must know.
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[Solemn instrumental music]
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He was your father.
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You loved my father, I know...
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but so did I.
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That makes us brothers, doesn't it?