A Knight's Tale (Special Edition)
by Brian Helgeland
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Actor: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn SossamonDirector: Brian Helgeland
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Richard Greatrex
Producer: Brian Helgeland
Writer: Brian Helgeland
Editor: Kevin Stitt
Producer: Tim Van Rellim
Producer: Todd Black
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of A Knight's Tale (Special Edition)
DVD Review: best movie ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie so much, i own the regular edition dvd, extended dvd, and now the blu-ray. Such a good movie deserves more credibility. This is by far the best movie i ever saw. I left the military and as I sat there flipping through channels, this movie came on hbo. Quite frankly, the best movie i've ever seen. I hold every to this standard. Its entertaining. Now 7 years later its still an amazing movie.
It's my favorite movie of all time.
one word: Gelderland!!!!!!!!!!
Watch this movie, it's a good one.
DVD Review: Worst movie ever.
Summary: 1 Stars
I consider myself to be a pretty open movie watcher. I enjoy watching period style movies. I even thought the movie Black Night was pretty entertaining. This movie was just a bad movie. Not even bad in a funny way. If you make a movie about people in the Renaissance period, you don't have crowds singing "we will rock you", and doing ghetto dances. The story, in itself, is hard to digest on it's own... and has been done before... many times over... and better. It's your standard happy-feely random kid goes from rags to riches doing what he loves to do with the help of a couple other down-and-out characters who end up being miracle workers with ingenuity. There is absolutely no historical truth in this movie, and apparently no research done at all to even make it seem somewhat believable.
Bottom line is, save your money. This movie is not worth the time it takes to watch it.
DVD Review: A Knight's Tale
Summary: 5 Stars
Great movie! My sixteen yr old loves this movie and had to have it. This type of movie enlightens a young to believe a dream can come true. 16yr Granddaughter loved the adventure, loves the actor, the romance and comedy. DVD Review: A lighthearted romp through the middle ages
Summary: 3 Stars
I didn't have much interest in this when it first arrived in theaters. Back then Heath Ledger was, to my mind, just another young handsome face and this seemed like a sappy star vehicle designed to further his career. Of course, he turned out to be much more than a handsome face and if I'd bothered to see this film I would have known it then. Not only does he give a charismatic and compelling early performance, the film itself is a lot of fun: a very clever and entertaining update of the old knight in shining armor swashbuckling saga, that turns it into a comical version of the classic sports success story, such as Rocky or The Karate Kid.
Heath's not the only one that makes this worth seeing; Rufus Sewell is the villian you love to hate, and Paul Bettany (as Chaucer, whose story of the same name in The Canterbury Tales this is loosely based on) and Alan Tudyk as a comic and loyal sidekick, are fun to watch and give engaging performances. Very entertaining and well worth watching. The musical score, drawing on classic rock icons like David Bowie and Quiet Riot, somehow works, making it all feel less like a period piece and more like an entertaining adventure. Lots of fun. I like.
DVD Review: Heath Ledger was, indeed, a Knight
Summary: 4 Stars
As always, Ledger shines. He plays the role of William Thatcher; a peasant who earns the title of a Knight. Subtlety disguised amidst all the semi funny movie scenes, is a message of love, friendship and loyalty. Today, as rarely as these values are displayed, it is satisfyingly refreshing to at least dream of them.
In one of the final scenes, Thatcher says: "My pride is the only thing that they can't take from me", which most of us can relate to. It turns out that he has true, loyal friends, and true love, which is an anachronism in today's world, but why not dream?
The promise of this movie infused with Ledger's passion and charisma, will plant in your mind beautiful dreams that you will forever cherish.
Description of A Knight's Tale (Special Edition)
A ROUSING STORY OF LOWBORN WILLIAM THATCHER'S QUEST TO CHANGE HIS STARS, WIN THE HEART OF AN EXCEEDINGLY FAIR MAIDEN AND ROCK HIS MEDIEVAL WORLD. FOLLOW THIS FEARLESS SQUIRE AND HIS BAND OF MEDIEVAL MISFITS AS THEY CAREEN THEIR WAY TOWARD IMPOSSIBLE GLORY THAT'S PART ROMANCE, PART ROAD TRIP & PART SWASHBUCKLER.There's no rule against rock anthems from the 1970s in the soundtrack for a movie about a medieval jousting champion, but if you're going to attempt such jarring anachronisms, you'd better establish acceptable ground rules. Writer-director Brian Helgeland does precisely that in A Knight's Tale and pulls off this trick with such giddy aplomb that you can't help but play along. (Upon witnessing a crowd of peasants at a jousting match, singing and clapping to the beat of Queen's "We Will Rock You," you're either going to love this movie or dismiss it altogether.) Other vintage rock hits will follow, but Helgeland--the Oscar?-winning cowriter of L.A. Confidential--handles this ploy with judicious goodwill, in what is an otherwise honest period piece about a peasant named William (Heath Ledger) who rises by grit and determination to the hallowed status of knighthood.
As if the soundtrack weren't audacious enough, Helgeland (recovering from the sour experience of his directorial debut, Payback) casts none other than Geoffrey Chaucer (wonderfully played by Paul Bettany) as William's cohort and match announcer, along with William's pals Roland (Mark Addy) and Wat (Alan Tudyk), and feisty blacksmith Kate (Laura Fraser). Of course there must be a fair maiden, and she is Jocelyn (newcomer Shannyn Sossamon), with whom William falls in love while battling the nefarious Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell) on the European jousting circuit. Add to this an inspiring father-son reunion, Ledger's undeniable charisma, a perfect supporting cast, and enough joyful energy to rejuvenate the film's formulaic plot, and A Knight's Tale becomes that most pleasant of movie surprises--an unlikely winner that rises up, like its hero, to exceed all expectations. --Jeff Shannon
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