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2001 pic by Brian Helgeland

A Knight's Tale
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Helgeland
Written by	Brian Helgeland
Based on	"The Knight's Tale" past Geoffrey Chaucer
Produced past	Todd Blackness Brian Helgeland Tim Van Rellim
Starring	Heath Ledger Mark Addy Shannyn Sossamon Rufus Sewell Paul Bettany Alan Tudyk
Cinematography	Richard Greatrex
Edited by	Kevin Stitt^[1]
Music past	Carter Burwell
Production companies	Columbia Pictures^[ane] Escape Artists^[2] Finestkind Productions
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing^[1]
Release date	May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)
Running time	132 minutes^[iii]
State	U.s.a.
Linguistic communication	English
Budget	$65 1000000^[4]
Box part	$117.5 one thousand thousand

A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American medieval hazard one-act flick written, co-produced and directed past Brian Helgeland. The movie stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures equally Edward the Blackness Prince (James Purefoy) and Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany). Its 14th-century story is intentionally anachronistic, with many modern pop civilization references and a soundtrack featuring 1970s music.^[5] The film takes its name from Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" in his Canterbury Tales, and also draws several plot points from Chaucer'south work.

A Knight's Tale was released by Columbia Pictures in the The states on May 11, 2001. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $117.5 million against a budget of $65 million.

Plot [edit]

At a jousting tournament in 14th century Europe, several years after the Blackness Plague, squires William Thatcher, Roland, and Wat discover that their master, Sir Ector, has died. With just one more pass, he could have won the tournament. Destitute, William wears Sir Ector'south armour to impersonate him, taking the prize.

Although simply nobles are allowed in tournaments, William is inspired to compete and win more prizes. Roland and Wat would rather have their winnings and leave, only William convinces them to stay and help him train. While traveling, the trio encounters a young Geoffrey Chaucer, who is as well destitute and agrees to forge a patent of nobility so William can enter, assuming the name of "Sir Ulrich von Principality of liechtenstein" from Gelderland. But William is brought before Simon the Summoner and Peter the Pardoner: Chaucer has a gambling problem and is in their debt. William demands Chaucer be released and promises payment.

During the competition, William'south armor is desperately damaged; he goads Kate, a female blacksmith, into repairing it without payment. He wins the tournament's sword event, enabling him to pay Chaucer's debt. In the joust, he faces Sir Thomas Colville, who withdraws from the tournament afterwards being injured past William, though they substitution a formalism laissez passer so that Colville can retain the honor of never having failed to complete a match. The proceedings are observed by Jocelyn, a noblewoman with whom William has get infatuated, and Count Adhemar of Anjou, a rival both in the joust and for Jocelyn'due south heart. In the final joust, Adhemar defeats William. At the prize anniversary, William vows revenge on Adhemar, who then taunts William, "Y'all accept been weighed, you lot have been measured, and you have been found wanting."

Kate joins William's party and forges new lightweight armor. In the following tournament, Adhemar and William are both assigned to tilt confronting Sir Thomas Colville, but they learn that he is actually Prince Edward. Unwilling to risk harming the hereafter King of England, Adhemar immediately withdraws prior to their match. William, despite his friends' objections, chooses to joust confronting Edward anyway and then addresses him past name, further earning his respect.

Adhemar is called away to the Battle of Poitiers, and William achieves several victories in his absenteeism. William proves his love for Jocelyn by complying when she commencement asks him to deliberately lose (in contrast to knights who promise to win "in her name"), and then, only before he would be eliminated, to win the tournament after all.

The grouping travels to London for the World Championship. William recalls leaving his father to squire for Sir Ector and learn to become a knight, hoping to "change his stars". Adhemar has also arrived in London and announces that he is in negotiations with Jocelyn's male parent for her hand in matrimony. William dominates at the tournament, only when he visits and is seen patching his now-blind father'southward leaky roof, Adhemar discovers his true identity and alerts the authorities.

William is arrested and placed in the pillory, but is defended from the hostile oversupply by his friends. Just every bit the mob reaches its frenzy, Prince Edward reveals himself. He acknowledges William'south honor and an ability to inspire his friends' dedication that is in the best traditions of knighthood. Edward and then announces that William is in fact descended from an ancient noble family, and knights him "Sir William Thatcher". He asserts that as Prince-regal, his announcement is "beyond contestation".

William returns to the tournament to confront Adhemar in the final friction match, but Adhemar cheats with an illegally sharpened lance, seriously injuring William. Entering the concluding pass, William is losing by two lances and must unhorse Adhemar to win. He demands to be stripped of his armor while Chaucer buys time by performing the introduction of William that he omitted earlier. William, unable to agree the lance due to his injuries, asks Wat to strap it to his arm. Finally, he tilts against Adhemar, with his begetter and Jocelyn in attendance. Bellowing his truthful name equally he charges, he knocks Adhemar to the ground with a crushing blow. On the ground, Adhemar experiences a vision of William and his friends mockingly telling him that he has been "weighed, measured, and found wanting". With this concluding blow, William wins the earth championship tournament. In the ensuing commemoration, as Jocelyn and William embrace, Chaucer remarks that he should write an account of these events.

Cast [edit]

Heath Ledger every bit William Thatcher, the protagonist who is a brave and loyal peasant who has dreamt of being a knight since babyhood.
- Leagh Conwell as Immature William Thatcher
Shannyn Sossamon as Jocelyn, a lady of noble birth, bound to the church and encouraged to be true-blue to God but enjoys the fun and tricks in life.
Rufus Sewell as Count Adhemar, the antagonist who is a wealthy, battle hardened knight. Thatcher offends Adhemar by intruding upon a conversation betwixt Adhemar and Jocelyn, leading to their rivalry and antagonism. Adhemar believes Sir Ulrich (Thatcher) would be a "lesser" knight, "not worth more than a peasant", and starts taunting Thatcher in front of Jocelyn and the public.
Marking Addy as Roland, a squire to the late Sir Hector and a loyal friend of William.
Alan Tudyk every bit Wat, a tearing, young squire who is obsessed with the greater things in life. He grows desperate but is a good friend of William.
Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, who is portrayed as a big-headed writer and ring announcer. He believes he is very clever and more intelligent than others. He has a terrible gambling habit, losing everything from his money to his clothes.
Laura Fraser as Kate, a difficult-working widowed blacksmith who joins William to prove that her armor is as good, if not ameliorate, than her competitors. She pioneers a process for a lighter, stronger armor only also provides feminine insight for William's pursuit of Jocelyn.
Bérénice Bejo equally Christiana, Jocelyn's loyal friend and lady-in-waiting.
James Purefoy equally Sir Thomas Colville (Edward the Black Prince)
Christopher Cazenove as John Thatcher
Steven O'Donnell as Simon
Nick Brimble as Sir Ector
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Old Bishop
David Schneider equally Relic Seller
Alice Connor as Solitary Daughter
Berwick Kaler as Man in Stocks
Jonathan Slinger as Peter the Pardoner

Production [edit]

A Knight'due south Tale was "filmed entirely on location in the Czechia at Barrandov Studios, Prague" during the summer of 2000.^[6]

Lances were created that would convincingly explode upon impact without injuring the stunt riders. The body of each lance was scored so it would break hands, and the tips were made of balsa wood. Each was as well hollowed out, with the holes filled with balsa splinters and uncooked linguine.^[seven]

Managing director Brian Helgeland says in the DVD Special Edition'south commentary that he had intended to show what Geoffrey Chaucer might have been doing that inspired him to write The Canterbury Tales during the vi months in which Chaucer seems to accept gone missing in 1372.^[8]

Heath Ledger'southward chief suit of armour was made in steel by UK-based Armordillo Ltd. They also created several stunt replicas of this armour, Count Adhemar'due south armour, and all the jousting armours for men and horses in lightweight, flexible, and nearly unbreakable polyurethane resin.

Music [edit]

The film, which notionally took place during the Heart Ages, is notable for its deliberate utilize of archetype stone songs in its soundtrack. The x that were credited in the film are listed in club of advent:^[ix]

"We Will Rock You" – Queen
"Low Passenger" – War
"Takin' Intendance of Business" – Bachman–Turner Overdrive
"Gold Years" – David Bowie
"Further on Upward the Road" – Eric Clapton
"Go Gear up" – Rare World
"I Want to Take You Higher" – Sly and the Family unit Stone
"The Boys Are Back in Boondocks" – Thin Lizzy
"You lot Shook Me All Nighttime Long" – AC/DC
"We Are the Champions" – Robbie Williams & Queen

In addition, the film's score makes use of the work of Estonian composer Arvo Part, his composition Fratres (Brothers), heard within the scene in which William is knighted by Prince Edward.

Year-finish charts [edit]

Reception [edit]

Critical reception [edit]

Review assemblage website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 58% based on reviews from 148 critics. The website'south disquisitional consensus says, "In one case you get past the anachronism, A Knight'southward Tale becomes a predictable, if spirited, Rocky on horseback."^[eleven] On Metacritic, the picture show holds a score of 54 out of 100, sampled from 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[12]

Roger Ebert gave the film iii stars out of four and argued that the anachronisms made little difference, writing that the manager himself "pointed out that an orchestral score would be equally anachronistic, since orchestras hadn't been invented in the 1400s."^[13] ^[14] In an obituary for David Bowie, civilisation critic Anthony Lane referred to the moving picture's apply of the song "Golden Years" as "the best and most honest utilize of anachronism that I know of."^[15]

Newsweek revealed in June 2001 that print ads contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not exist for at least iv films released by Columbia Pictures, including A Knight's Tale and The Animal (2001).^[sixteen] The simulated critic was named David Manning and was created by a Columbia employee who worked in the advertising section.^[xvi] "Manning" was fraudulently presented as a reviewer for The Ridgefield Press, a small Connecticut weekly.^[16]

Box office [edit]

The motion-picture show earned $56.vi one thousand thousand at the North American box function and an additional $60.9 meg internationally, for a worldwide total of $117.v meg.^[4]

Awards [edit]

The picture show was nominated for three awards at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. Shannyn Sossamon was nominated for Quantum Female performance, losing to Mandy Moore in A Walk to Think. ^[17] The film was too nominated for Best Kiss, and Best Musical Sequence, losing to American Pie 2 and Moulin Rouge!, respectively. ^[eighteen]

References [edit]

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