King Arthur
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6.3The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Released: 2004-07-07126 minDir: Antoine FuquaAdventure, War, History, Action, Drama
Cast
- Clive Owen as Arthur
- Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot
- Keira Knightley as Guinevere
- Mads Mikkelsen as Tristan
- Joel Edgerton as Gawain
- Hugh Dancy as Galahad
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.3/10
182,290 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
46/100
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Antoine Fuqua
- Written by
- David Franzoni
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Starring
- Clive Owen Keira Knightley Stellan Skarsgård Stephen Dillane Ray Winstone Hugh Dancy Til Schweiger Ioan Gruffudd
- Cinematography
- Slawomir Idziak
- Edited by
- Conrad Buff , Jamie Pearson
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures , Jerry Bruckheimer Films , World 2000 Entertainment, Green Hills Productions
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- 7 July 2004 ( 2004-07-07 )
- Running time
- 126 minutes, 142 minutes (Director's cut)
- Countries
- United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
Key dates
- Published
- 30 July 2004
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- King Arthur
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- Republic of Ireland
- Original language
- Scottish Gaelic
- Based on
- Arthurian romance
- Main subject
- King Arthur
- Director
- Antoine Fuqua
- Screenwriter
- David Franzoni
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
Article
King Arthur is a 2004 epic historical adventure film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It features an ensemble cast with Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot and Keira Knightley as Guinevere, along with Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton, Hugh Dancy, Ray Winstone, Ray Stevenson, Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsgård and Til Schweiger.
The film is unusual in reinterpreting Arthur as a Roman officer rather than the typical medieval knight. Several literary works have also done so, including David Gemmell's Ghost King, Jack Whyte's Camulod Chronicles, and perhaps the strongest influence on this film, Bernard Cornwell's Warlord series. The producers of the film attempted to market it as a more historically accurate version of the Arthurian legends, supposedly inspired by new archaeological findings. The film was shot in Ireland, England, and Wales.