1995. Directed by MEL GIBSON. TAGLINES : "The story of a man with a free soul...and with the courage to follow it" "What would drive a man to revolt against a king...and a country to fight at the side of such a man?""Who does history remember? Those who beg for mercy? Or those who bleed for freedom?" - Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England. William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler Edward the Longshanks, who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William Wallace's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace begins his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce. When asked by a local why the Battle of Stirling Bridge was filmed on an open plain, Gibson answered that "the bridge got in the way." "Aye," the local answered. "That's what the English found." Nominated for TEN Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Musical Score. WON FIVE OSCARs including BEST PICTURE and Best Director and Best Cinematography. CAST includes Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen, Brian Cox, Catharine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson, Tommy Flanagan, Ian Bannen, Alun Armstrong, David O'Hara, Sean Lawlor, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Alan Tall, Michael Byrne, Gerda Stevenson, James Robinson, Sean McGinley, Andrew Weir