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King Arthur
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King Arthur is a 2004 action, drama, and war film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. The cast includes Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, and Joel Edgerton. Hans Zimmer composed the score, while Sławomir Idziak served as director of photography. The film was produced by Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, World 2000 Entertainment, and Green Hills Productions. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios and distributed by Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 126 minutes and is rated PG-13. Its original languages are English and Scottish Gaelic, and it is based on Arthurian romance. Production costs are listed as 90,000,000 in one source and 120,000,000 in another. Box office revenue is reported as 203,877,963 or 203,567,857. The film received a Metascore of 46 and an IMDb rating of 6.3. It has won 4 awards and received 8 nominations.
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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.
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
Themes
- roman empire
- king arthur
- battle
- 5th century
- northumbria
- hadrian’s wall
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
182,290 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- 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
- Languages
- English, Scottish Gaelic
- Budget
- $120 million
- Box office
- $203.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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