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King Arthur [Widescreen & Extended Unrated Version]

Actor(s): Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsg�rd
Director(s): Antoine Fuqua
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2004
DVD Release: 12/21/2004
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Edition: Director's Cut,Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 19 mins
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Total Copies: 12
Genres: Adventure, Historical Film, Costume Adventure
See Also: King Arthur [Fullscreen], King Arthur [UMD for PSP], King Arthur [Director's Cut] [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

An ambitious attempt to wed the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with known historical facts of the era, this action adventure drama begins with the fall of the Roman Empire in 450 A.D. as Roman armies flee the British Isles. Arthur (Clive Owen), a heroic knight and devoted Christian, is torn between his desire to travel to Rome to serve his faith and his loyalty to the land of his birth. As England falls into lawlessness, Arthur throws in his lot with a band of knights who hope to restore order to their fair and pleasant land and hopes to win freedom for his comrades, among them Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd), Galahad (Hugh Dancy), Tristan (Mads Mikkelsen), Gawain (Joel Edgerton), Bors (Ray Winstone), and Dagonet (Ray Stevenson). In time, Arthur and his men join forces with Merlin (Stephen Dillane), a shaman whose band of renegade knights were often pitched in battle against Roman forces. Forming a united front as loyal Englishmen against the invading Saxon armies, Arthur, Merlin, and the brave and beautiful Guinevere (Keira Knightley) are determined to unite a sovereign Britain under one army and one king. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Clive Owen - Artorious Castus
Keira Knightley - Guinevere
Ioan Gruffudd - Lancelot
Stephen Dillane - Merlin
Stellan Skarsg�rd - Cerdic

Member Movie Reviews

Kyle T. (KingKong) from KINSTON, NC wrote on 11/12/2008...

4 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

Superb filmmaking! Sure, it's cliche, it's at most times unoriginal, and basically just another midevil war movie. So what! It is loads of fun. The special effects during the ice cracking scene were spectacular. And, Antoine Fuqua proves once again that he is a great action director. King Arthur, and what remains of his knights must perform one last duty before being given their release papers. That's basically the plot, but they do a lot with it, including a hidden love triange, great batte sequences, and a lot of fun humor thrown in. The movie is not all magical fantasy, which is what the other critics are complaining about. That's the point! This movie is trying to suggest the idea, that many historians have come to, that the legend of King Arthur is in some way based on an actual brave knight. So, for instance, rather than being an all-powerful wizard, Merlin is depicted as being the leader of a savage warrior tribe. He is rumored by those that fear him to be a wizard, which makes perfect sense, historically, because as we all know, many tribes back then practiced different forms of spiritism. So, it could be concluded/exaggerated that merlin was possibly a wizard or sorceror. I like this take on King Arthur, and I loved the action, which is expected to be good since it is directed by Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "Tears of The Sun") and is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer ("Bad Boys," Pirates of The Caribbean," "Pearl Harbor").

BJ W. (BJ) from LILBURN, GA wrote on 12/15/2007...

6 of 7 member(s) found this review helpful.

If you're a fan of King Arthur and Camelot, you'll love this movie! I enjoyed the history behind the legend, the battle scenes and the discussions about the church at Rome. Wonderful movie!

John C. (bookwheelboy) wrote on 12/6/2007...

0 of 9 member(s) found this review helpful.

I'm going to own this some day.