King Arthur

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MacGuffin

December 23, 2003, 11:09:02 AM


Trailer here:







Release Date: July 7th, 2004 (wide)

Cast: Clive Owen (Arthur, AKA Arturius), Stephen Dillane (Merlin), Keira Knightley (Guinevere), Hugh Dancy (Galahad), Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), Stellan Skarsgaard (Cedric), Ray Winstone (Bors), Valeria Cavalli (Fulcinia), Charlie Creed-Miles (Ganis), Joel Edgerton (Gawain), Sean Gilder (Jols), Pat Kinevane (Horton), Ivano Marescotti (Bishop Germanius), Mads Mikkelsen (Tristram), Til Schweiger (Cynric), Ray Stevenson (Dagonet), Ken Stott (Marius Honorius)

Director: Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Replacement Killers, Bait, Tears of the Sun)

Screenwriter: David Franzoni (Amistad; cowriter of Gladiator, Jumpin' Jack Flash)

Premise: As the Roman Empire crumbles (circa 450 A.D.), the British Isles are thrown into a loose anarchy as errant knights are entrenched in years of territorial battle. Then, one king emerges to unite them, Arthur, with his concept of a Round Table of united knights. This film aims to tie the legend of Arthur into the realities of the time in which he would have ruled. The details of the plot aren't known, but this film will likely depict the battles that led to Arthur's reign, and the issues that he would have dealt with (the traditional "pulling Excalibur out of the stone" origin story will probably not be used).
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Kal

#1
December 23, 2003, 11:46:57 AM
Looks interesting... I dont know if this will be good... but I will see it for Keira Knightley  :oops:

Gloria

#2
December 23, 2003, 08:27:15 PM
Quote from: andykLooks interesting... I dont know if this will be good... but I will see it for Keira Knightley  :oops:

And I'll see it for Clive Owen.......dang he looks good in that pic

The Perineum Falcon

#3
December 24, 2003, 03:21:35 PM
I fear this will be the bastard love-child of Braveheart and Gladiator, and I expect nothing more of it. Of course, I will see it if only for the fact that I have always been alittle interested in King Arthur and the like.
However, I do not recall Guinevere EVER fighting. Could just be me though, but that's my only real complaint as of now.
We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Filmfan-2

#4
December 26, 2003, 08:22:50 AM
This looks very bad indeed, and Owen looks as if he's phoned in his performance.

There have been rumours that there was a very bad vibe on set, and apparantly there have been lots of injuries, someone even losing an eye. :shock:
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Vile5

#5
December 26, 2003, 04:40:22 PM
Quote from: MacGuffinScreenwriter: David Franzoni (... cowriter of Gladiator...)
hmmm..bad sign...
even so, maybe i'll watch it just for Clive Owen
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Pas

#6
December 26, 2003, 04:46:15 PM
This will most definietly suck, but I'll be there first day of the release for sure.

I loved Jack Whyte's books Camulod Chronicles, that depicts the events leading to Arthur's reign.

Ghostboy

#7
December 26, 2003, 05:10:10 PM
I'll watch it just for Keira.

I like the idea of doing an authentic, de-Mallory'd King Arthur story, but I'm not a huge Antoine Fuqua fan. I'm neutral on this.

Although I haven't actually seen the trailer yet.

The Perineum Falcon

#8
December 26, 2003, 05:31:27 PM
Quote from: GhostboyI'll watch it just for Keira.

I like the idea of doing an authentic, de-Mallory'd King Arthur story, but I'm not a huge Antoine Fuqua fan. I'm neutral on this.

Although I haven't actually seen the trailer yet.
From IGN:
"SciFi Wire claims King Arthur has drawn inspiration from 'Le Morte d'Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory's 15th-century romance, which distilled many of the earlier Arthur legends into one narrative and formed the basis of subsequent retellings of the myth.'"
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/427/427725p1.html

Sure, it's just inspiration and doesn't equate to "Le Morte d'Arthur: The Movie," but I think saying 'de-Mallory'd' wouldn't be accurate.

And Keira also compares it to Gladiator. Yipp-ee!
We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

modage

#9
January 28, 2004, 10:27:08 PM
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

modage

#10
January 28, 2004, 10:39:41 PM
yeah sorry.  i didnt know if the ones going up at apple were different or not.  i just thought they'd be more accessible there (if other sites hosting them take them down since apple usually leaves em up FORever), but maybe not.
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Pwaybloe

#11
January 29, 2004, 10:23:12 AM
Yeah, I liked it... when it was called "Excalibur."

Pas

#12
January 29, 2004, 08:12:58 PM
It doesn't look like Excalibur at all ... cause Excalibur was great.

MacGuffin

#13
February 13, 2004, 06:31:43 PM
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Kal

#14
February 13, 2004, 09:40:53 PM
Hmm... poster is not very original
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