Troy is a 2004 American epic war film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Brad Pitt as Achilles, with Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, and Diane Kruger. Written by David Benioff, and loosely based on Homer's Iliad, the film is about a feud within the Greek camp during the siege of the city of Troy and how the feud must be resolved before the Greeks can triumph. The conflict centers on the hero Achilles and how his decision on whether to assist the Greeks will ultimately decide the outcome of the war. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Costume Design. During a peace negotiation between Troy and Sparta, the Trojan Paris elopes with Helen, the wife of Spartan King Menelaus. As a result, Menelaus recruits his brother King Agamemnon of Mycenae—and through him, many of the great heroes of Greece—for an assault on Troy. Agamemnon welcomes this pretext, as he has long contemplated a war against the Trojans. Upon arrival, Achilles and the Myrmidons kill many Trojans and desecr...