First Knight (1995)

Director:

Jerry Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Lorne Cameron (story) &
David Hoselton (story) ...
(más)

Release Date:

7 julio 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Their greatest battle would be for her love.

Plot:

Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | King Arthur | Legend | Sword Fight | Adultery

Comentarios de los usuarios:

King Arthur's tale made into uninteresting film.

Cast

Sean Connery	...	King Arthur
Richard Gere	...	Lancelot
Julia Ormond	...	Guinevere
Ben Cross	...	Prince Malagant
Liam Cunningham	...	Agravaine
Christopher Villiers	...	Sir Kay
Valentine Pelka	...	Sir Patrise
Colin McCormack	...	Sir Mador
Ralph Ineson	...	Ralf
John Gielgud	...	Oswald
Stuart Bunce	...	Peter, King's Stableman
Jane Robbins	...	Elise
Jean Marie Coffey	...	Petronella
Paul Kynman	...	Mark
Tom Lucy	...	Sir Sagramore
John Blakey	...	Sir Tor
Robert Gwyn Davin	...	Sir Gawaine
Sean Blowers	...	Sir Carados
Alexis Denisof	...	Sir Gaheris
Daniel Naprous	...	Sir Amant
Jonathan Cake	...	Sir Gareth
Paul Bentall	...	Jacob
Jonty Miller	...	Gauntlet Man
Rose Keegan	...	Mark's Wife
Mark Ryan	...	Challenger
Jeffery Dench	...	Elder
Neville Phillips	...	Elder
Oliver Lewis	...	Marauder
Wolf Christian	...	Marauder
Angus Wright	...	Marauder
Jonathan Jaynes	...	Guard
Eric Stone	...	Guard
Ryan Todd	...	Young Lancelot
Albie Woodington	...	Scout
Richard Claxton	...	Child
Dido Miles	...	Grateful Woman
Michael Hodgson	...	Young Man in Crowd
Susannah Corbett	...	Young Woman in Crowd
Susan Breslau	...	Wedding Guest
Kate Zucker	...	Flower Girl
Bob Zucker	...	Little Boy with Birds
Charlotte Zucker	...	Bread Vendor
Burton Zucker	...	Bread Vendor (as Burt Zucker)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Sacha Bennett	...	Unidentified Role (uncredited)
Rob Brydon	...	Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Tony Rycyk	...	Action Knight in Opening Sequence (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Jerry Zucker

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Lorne Cameron		(story) &
David Hoselton		(story) and
William Nicholson		(story)
William Nicholson		(screenplay)

Producida por
Hunt Lowry	....	producer
Kathryn J. McDermott	....	associate producer
Gil Netter	....	executive producer
Eric Rattray	....	executive producer
Janet Zucker	....	executive producer
Jerry Zucker	....	producer

Música original por
Jerry Goldsmith

Fotografía por
Adam Greenberg

Montaje por
Walter Murch

Casting
Mary Selway

Diseño de producción por
John Box

Dirección artística
Robert W. Laing		(supervising art director) (as Bob Laing)
Giles Masters
Stephen Scott
Michael White		(supervising art director)

Decorados
Malcolm Stone

Diseño de vestuario por
Nanà Cecchi

Departamento de maquillaje
Peter Robb-King	....	makeup artist
Elaine Short	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Hunt Lowry	....	unit production manager
Chantal Feghali	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Chris Carreras	....	assistant director
Jamie Christopher	....	second assistant director
Robert Grayson	....	third assistant director
Cliff Lanning	....	key second assistant director
Mark Layton	....	second assistant director: second unit
Terry Madden	....	first assistant director: second unit
Josh Robertson	....	second second assistant director
Richard Whelan	....	second assistant director
Arthur Wooster	....	second unit director

Art Department
Steven Michael	....	scenic artist
Pierre Bohanna	....	supervising modeler (uncredited)
Peter Dorme	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
Darren Holland	....	construction stagehand (uncredited)
Peter Mann	....	constructor (uncredited)
Ron Nicholls	....	stagehand (uncredited)
Steve Payne	....	stand-by props (uncredited)
Bryn Siddall	....	property buyer (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Ulrika Akander	....	adr editor
Colin Charles	....	sound editor
Gary Gegan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Iadarola	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cindy Marty	....	sound effects editor
John Morris	....	supervising sound editor
Walter Murch	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
John Hughes	....	sound (uncredited)
Ian MacGregor-Scott	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Thomas P. McNamara	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
George Gibbs	....	special effects
Jason Chalmers	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Simon Cockren	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Jim Davey	....	scanning and recording (uncredited)
Dan Frye	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Alan Hedgcock	....	special effects makeup (uncredited)
Matthew Horton	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup (uncredited)
David Watkins	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Alan Church	....	optical cameraman
Mitchell S. Drain	....	supervising digital artist: CRC
Dennis Lowe	....	visual effects supervisor
Mark Nettleton	....	senior compositor
Nicholas Brooks	....	visual effects (uncredited)
John Decker	....	blue screen unit (uncredited)
José Granell	....	model unit supervisor (uncredited)
Ed Hawkins	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Antony Hunt	....	executive producer: The Magic Camera Company (uncredited)
Sharon Lark	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Kim Libreri	....	chief technology officer (uncredited)
Sue Rowe	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Marc Scott	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Joseph Thomas	....	digital tracking (uncredited)
Courtney Vanderslice	....	head of production: Cinesite (uncredited)
Pete Williams	....	scanning and recording manager (uncredited)
Aviv Yaron	....	data operator: Cinesite (uncredited)
Craig Zerouni	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Especialistas
Kim Billings	....	stunts
Georges Branche	....	stunts
Ken Buckle	....	stunts
Graeme Crowther	....	stunts
Steve Dent	....	stunts
Jamie Edgell	....	stunts
Sarah Franzl	....	stunts
Joss Gower	....	stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunts
Paul Heasman	....	stunts
Lyndon S. Hellewell	....	stunts (as Lyndon Stuart Hellewell)
Paul Herbert	....	stunts
Nick Hobbs	....	stunts
Sy Hollands	....	stunts
Billy Horrigan	....	stunts
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Paul Jennings	....	stunts
Jazzer Jeyes	....	stunts
Vincent Keane	....	stunts
Dianne Kelly	....	stunts
Eddie Kidd	....	stunts
Simone Le Lievre	....	stunts
Les Maryon	....	stunts
Peter Miles	....	stunts
Gerard Naprous	....	stunts
Nigel Oliver	....	stunts
Adrian O'Neil	....	stunts
Miguel Pedregosa	....	stunts
Eric Petch	....	stunts
Andreas Petrides	....	stunts
Dinny Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Powell	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Nosher Powell	....	stunts
Dane Rawlins	....	stunts
José María Serrano	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunts
Mark Southworth	....	stunts
Terry Walsh	....	stunts
David Ware	....	stunts
Peter White	....	stunts
Nick Wilkinson	....	stunts
Riky Ash	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chris Carey	....	stunt rider (uncredited)
Marc Cass	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ray De-Haan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tom Delmar	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nrinder Dhudwar	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mark Henson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sy Hollands	....	stunt double: Julia Ormond (uncredited)
Sean McCabe	....	stunts (uncredited)
Phillip Van Dyke	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Gordon Hayman	....	camera operator
Martin Hume	....	camera operator: second unit
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Tim Ross	....	camera operator
Micky Wilson	....	gaffer: second unit
Robert Binnall	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Paul Borg	....	electrician (uncredited)
Mark Evans	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kenny Groom	....	focus puller (uncredited)
Gifford Hooper	....	aerial camera operator (uncredited)
John Lake	....	electrician (uncredited)
Dean Morrish	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Ian Murray	....	rigger (uncredited)
Sophia Wellington	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Animation Department
Marianne I. van Abbe	....	background artist (uncredited)

Casting Department
Suzy Freeman	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ken Crouch	....	costume supervisor (uncredited)
Stephen Kill	....	costume maker (uncredited)
Jo Korer	....	costumer (uncredited)
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Daniel Farrell	....	first assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Joe Woo Jr.	....	associate film editor
Tom Barrett	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Catherine Chase	....	first assistant editor (uncredited)
Kim Jorgensen	....	apprentice editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrator
Kelly Mahan-Jaramillo	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Hector Salomon	....	driver
Mark Davies	....	driver: Hunt Lowry (uncredited)
'Chico' Hernandez	....	driver (uncredited)
Gerry Turner	....	driver (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Angela Allen	....	script supervisor
Bob Anderson	....	sword master
Susan d'Arcy	....	unit publicist
Steve Dent	....	horse master
Simon Downes	....	floor runner
Allan James	....	location manager: Wales
June Randall	....	script supervisor
Mark Ryan	....	assistant sword master
Caroline Sax	....	script supervisor: second unit
Charles Bodycomb	....	armorer (uncredited)
Aron Clayton	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Bill Darby	....	location manager: Wales (uncredited)
Teresa Darby	....	location manager: second unit, Wales (uncredited)
Laurence Edwards	....	trainee crane technician (uncredited)
Mark Ivie	....	assistant swordmaster: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Marianne Jenkins	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Abbe Lanning	....	stand-in: Julia Ormond (uncredited)
David Lanphier Jr.	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Chris Warren	....	video coordinator (uncredited)
Pam Weaver	....	animal handler (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• First Knight Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (1995) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (video)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Efectos especiales

• Available Light Productions (animation visual effects)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Cinema Research  titles (as Cinema Research Corporation)
• Cinesite  digital film services
• Epic Soundtrax  soundtrack
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Nina Saxon Film Design  title design
• Pacific Title  opticals

También conocida como:

Lancelot, el primer caballero (Argentina) [es]
Primer caballero, El (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some brutal medieval battles.

Duración:

134 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby | SDDS

Clasificación:

South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | France:Unrated | Philippines:PG-13 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33590) | Iceland:12 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 (w) | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Former James Bond director Terence Young was supposed to direct this film but died during early pre-production. It would have reunited him with his James Bond actor Sean Connery after 30 years. Their last movie together was Thunderball (1965) in 1965.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Evidence of lawnmowers visible when Arthur's knights charge Maligant's forces after they attack the fake camp.

Quotes:

Lancelot: Do you know how to win a sword fight?
John: How?
Lancelot: Be the only one with a sword!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game K N B: (2006-11-28)" (2006)

King Arthur's tale made into uninteresting film.

This is a painfully bad retelling of the Arthurian Legend. The bad guys use crossbow pistols and wear black leather ala Road Warrior, The good guys look like a high school production of Camelot. Camelot itself looks like part of Disneyland.

The story centers around Richard Gere as an unappealing Lancelot, Sean Connery as a doddering Arthur and Julia Ormond (Guenevere) who, despite being the high point of the film, is completely unable to convince us that she has any affection for the wizened Arthur.

Bad guys grimace, music sweeps heroically, rousing speaches and predictability ensue, followed by a forgettable conclusion.

Not worth it even for fans of the genre.