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The Eagle

The Eagle

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 8, 2011

Runtime

1h 54m

Genres

Adventure, Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Eagle

Production Companies

Prime Focus, Toledo Productions, Focus Features, Twins Financing, Film4 Productions

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$27,122,040

Description

In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.