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Product Description After serving a number of years as a
squire, an earnest young commoner poses as a knight and
establishes himself in the jousting tournaments of Europe. He and
a princess fall in love, but she is unaware of his deceit and
common roots. The false knight is estranged from the princess
once his true roots are revealed. He struggles to amend their
relationship. 15th Anniversary synopsis: The 14th century takes a
rocking new twist in A Knight’s Tale, a stylish, music driven,
action packed adventure starring Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight,
The Patriot), with heroic performances from Mark Addy (The Full
Monty, Down to Earth) and Rufus Sewell (Dangerous Beauty, Dark
City). Ledger plays William Thatcher, a peasant squire who breaks
all the rules when he passes himself off as a nobleman and takes
the jousting world by storm. The only thing that stands between
William and his dream of becoming the World Champion of the
extremest of sports is the bad boy of the sport Count Adhemar.
And when the two Amazon.co.uk Review There's no rule
against rock anthems from the 1970s in the soundtrack for a movie
about a medieval jousting champion, but if you're going to
attempt such jarring anachronisms, you'd better establish
acceptable ground rules. Writer-director Brian Helgeland does
precisely that in A Knight's Tale and pulls off this trick with
such giddy aplomb that you can't help but play along (upon
witnessing a crowd of peasants at a jousting match, singing and
clapping to the beat of Queen's "We Will Rock You," you're either
going to love this movie or dismiss it altogether). Other vintage
rock hits will follow, but Helgeland--the Oscar®-winning
co-writer of L.A. Confidential --handles this ploy with judicious
goodwill, in what is an otherwise honest period piece about a
peasant named William (Heath Ledger) who rises by grit and
determination to the hallowed status of knighthood.As if the
soundtrack weren't audacious enough, Helgeland (recovering from
the sour experience of his directorial debut, Payback) casts none
other than Geoffrey Chaucer (wonderfully played by Paul Bettany)
as William's cohort and match announcer, along with William's
pals Roland (Mark Addy) and Wat (Alan Tudyk), and feisty
blacksmith Kate (Laura Fraser). Of course there must be a fair
maiden, and she is Jocelyn (newcomer Shannyn Sossamon), with whom
William falls in love while battling the nefarious Count Adhemar
(Rufus Sewell) on the European jousting circuit. Add to this an
inspiring father-son reunion, Ledger's undeniable charisma, a
perfect supporting cast and enough joyful energy to rejuvenate
the film's formulaic plot and A Knight's Tale becomes that most
pleasant of movie surprises--an unlikely winner that rises up,
like its hero, to exceed all expectations. --Jeff Shannon
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