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King Arthur
on DVD (2004)
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| Starring: |
Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, Ray Winstone |
| Director: |
Antoine Fuqua |
| Studio: |
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
126 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Collections: |
100 Big Adventures |
| User collections: |
Damning Klio, Films You Must Die Before You See, My DVD Collection, my 100 random dvds must see, over and over agains, Public Safety Announcement: Cinematic Torture, All of my favourites!, Myths and Legends - films for the pagans amongst us. |
| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
| Languages: |
English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Released: |
29/11/2004
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| Also Available on: |
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Brief synopsis of King Arthur
Combining the historical appeal and epic sequences of films like GLADIATOR and BRAVEHEART, director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer provide a sleek twist on the King Arthur legend. Arthur (Clive Owen), a brave Roman/British Christian warrior who leads his band of pagan knights on missions for the Empire, must complete one final mission before the knights can earn their freedom from servitude and Arthur can return to Rome. Along the way, however, Arthur realizes that the pullout of the Romans will open the door for a crushing invasion of Britain by the Saxons, and he takes it upon himself to fight with Merlin (Stephen Dillane) and Guinevere (Keira Knightley) for the freedom of the British people. Stunning battle scenes with extensive attention to historical detail rely very little on computer graphics and instead use intricately realistic props, costumes, and scenery. Featuring the largest film set ever built in Ireland, KING ARTHUR features a scale replica of Hadrian's Wall and two complete villages. Haunting music by composer Hans Zimmer completes this story of unselfish heroism, which ultimately provides a satisfying completion to the legend of Arthur and his knights.
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
Less a “re-imagining” of the Arthurian legend and more a Dark Ages-set remake of The Magnificent Seven, this Jerry Bruckheimer production still manages to be an occasionally exciting adventure with convincingly staged battle scenes. Most of the traditional elements are missing — there's no wizardry, no Camelot and no love triangle — so instead we get Arthur (a subdued Clive Owen) recast as a soldier with British lineage serving in the Roman army, and Guinevere (Keira Knightley) as a woad-wearing warrior. With the mystical nature of the original myth dismissed, what remains is a mud-splattered western-style standoff, with Arthur and his six loyal knights posted to Hadrian's Wall to repel a Saxon invasion. The knights all look the part — particularly Ray Winstone, who almost steals the film as the hard-fighting father of numerous illegitimate children — but the would-be rousing speeches and obligatory love scene fall flat.
Halliwell's Film Guide
A deconstruction of the usual Arthurian legends, putting in their place a darker story of betrayal in a savage Britain.
News Of The World
Just about the best battle scenes ever
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