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The Eagle Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Apr. 25, 2011

The Eagle

Release Date: Friday, February 11, 2011 Nationwide

Channing Tatum, Mark Strong, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Macdonald, Jeremy Brock, Duncan Kenworthy, Paul Ritter

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 54 m

  • 3.8

85%

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Plot

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Plot
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Tatum) 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 (Bell), 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.
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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Kevin Macdonald last directed The Mauritanian and Whitney. The film's writer Jeremy Brock last wrote Dark Crimes and Brideshead Revisited.

Screenwriter
Producer
Duncan Kenworthy

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for battle sequences and some disturbing images
Runtime
1 hr, 54 m
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
The Eagle of the Ninth

Language
English

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Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

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Production

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Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Set to shoot in August 2009

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Eagle was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, February 11, 2011. in around 2,296 theaters There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Just Go With It, Gnomeo and Juliet and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.



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