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First Knight is a 1995 American adventure drama based on Arthurian romance, featuring the characters King Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere and Maleagant. Directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by William Nicholson, it was filmed at Pinewood Studios and set in the United Kingdom, starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond and Ben Cross, with cinematography by Adam Greenberg, editing by Walter Murch, a score by Jerry Goldsmith, and production design by John Box, for Columbia Pictures.
Running 134 minutes on a budget of $55 million, it earned $127,600,435 at the box office.
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6.1The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love.
Cast
- Sean Connery as Arthur
- Richard Gere as Lancelot
- Julia Ormond as Guinevere
- Ben Cross as Malagant
- Liam Cunningham as Sir Agravaine
- Christopher Villiers as Sir Kay
Themes
- camelot
- betrayal
- knight
- king arthur
- love affair
- excalibur
- knights of the round table
- lancelot
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
81,247 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
45%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jerry Zucker
- Screenplay by
- William Nicholson
- Story by
- Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton , William Nicholson
- Produced by
- Hunt Lowry , Jerry Zucker
- Starring
- Sean Connery Richard Gere Julia Ormond Ben Cross
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Walter Murch
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures , Zucker Brothers Productions
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- July 7, 1995 ( 1995-07-07 )
- Running time
- 134 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $127.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Arthurian romance
- Director
- Jerry Zucker
- Screenwriter
- William Nicholson
- Cast member
- Valentine Pelka
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Narrative location
- United Kingdom
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 129
- FilmAffinity ID
- 610062
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-07-07
- film editor
- Walter Murch
- title
- First Knight
- production designer
- John Box
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 45%
- characters
- Gaheris
- capital cost
- 55000000
- box office
- 127600435
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Encyclopedic overview
First Knight is a 1995 medieval historical drama film based on Arthurian legend, directed by Jerry Zucker. It stars Sean Connery as King Arthur, Richard Gere as Lancelot, Julia Ormond as Guinevere and Ben Cross as Malagant.
The film follows the rogue Lancelot's romance with Lady Guinevere of Leonesse, who is to marry King Arthur of Camelot, while the land is threatened by the renegade knight Malagant. The film is noteworthy within Arthurian cinema for its absence of magical elements, its drawing on the material of Chrétien de Troyes for plot elements and the substantial age difference between Arthur and Guinevere.
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