A Knight's Tale (2001)

Regisseur:

Brian Helgeland

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Brian Helgeland (written by)

Premierendatum:

11. Mai 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

From peasant to knight; one man can change his stars

Plot:

After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.

Plot Keywords:

Surprise After End Credits | Blacksmith | Anachronistic | Beautiful Woman | Sword Fight

Filmpreise:

4 wins & 10 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Jousting With A Modern Take

Besetzung

Heath Ledger	...	Sir William Thatcher / Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland
Rufus Sewell	...	Count Adhemar of Anjou
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Lady Jocelyn
Paul Bettany	...	Geoffrey Chaucer
Laura Fraser	...	Kate the Farrier
Mark Addy	...	Roland
Alan Tudyk	...	Wat Falhurst
Bérénice Bejo	...	Christiana
Scott Handy	...	Germaine
James Purefoy	...	Sir Thomas Colville / Edward, the Black Prince of Wales
Leagh Conwell	...	Young William Thacher
Christopher Cazenove	...	John Thatcher
Steve O'Donnell	...	Simon, the Summoner of Rouen
Jonathan Slinger	...	Peter, the Pardoner of Rouen
Nick Brimble	...	Sir Ector

Alternativ:

Ritter aus Leidenschaft (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence, some nudity and brief sex-related dialogue.

Länge:

132 Min | 144 Min (extended version)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

SDDS (8 channels) | DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37532) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | USA:Unrated (extended version) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Hungary:14 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Drehorte:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Firma:

Black and Blu Entertainment

Dies und das:

Newsweek revealed in June 2001 that print ads for at least four movies released by Columbia Pictures, including this film and The Animal (2001), contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not actually exist. The fake critic, "David Manning," was created by a Columbia employee who worked in the advertising department. "Manning" was misrepresented as a reviewer for a newspaper in a small Connecticut town.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The film claims that it was not acceptable for a peasant to become a knight. While it is true that knights were eventually considered to be a position of high social standing, in the middle ages it had always been perfectly possible for a man of any class to become a knight, however, less and less peasants became knights over time because of the cost of equipping oneself to do this.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
William: Should we help him?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in "A Current Affair: Heath Ledger Special" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Takin' Care Of Business

Jousting With A Modern Take

A story about jousting but this old knight's tale is anything but old because it mixes in satire of today's modern sports-audience age with some funny bits. Those include the overly dramatic public address announcer (boy, that's even more so since this film came out), rock music blaring out as the contestants do battle, etc.

The main characters are nicely varied with distinct personalities. Shannon Sossamon, however, was not quite up to leading-lady status and hasn't had a choice role like this since, either. I would have rather seen her "assistant" in this film, or the blacksmith woman, be the lead. Anyway, even though it's a bit long at 132 minutes, it's still entertaining most of the way, with some of the funniest bits at the beginning. However, it's just as much a romance (with Heath Ledger as the male lead) than a comedy.

What also is good is the sound and visuals in here: all high-class. The lance hitting an opponent made an interesting sound each time. The surround sound in here was good, too.

As entertaining and slick-looking as this was, I didn't find myself caring if I saw this twice, frankly, which I why I didn't rate it higher than '7' stars. However, it's a film most people would like, and I recommend seeing it.