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First Knight

Plot

The tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is always ripe for retelling. In this rendition, the sexy Richard Gere is Sir Lancelot, threatening to supersede the aging King Arthur (Sean Connery) by winning the love of his young wife Guinivere (Julia Ormond). This update of the age-old legend succeeds on the strength of Gere's happy-go-lucky sex appeal, Ormond's gorgeous period costuming, and Connery's unbeatable wry nobility. The script focuses on the triangle of the three principals: the older man's reluctance to relinquish his love and power to the younger man destined to supplant him; the young woman torn between her loyalty to her aged husband and her love for his rival; the young man balancing the demands of loyalty to his sovereign with the rewards of true love. This beautiful production forgoes the legend's usual elements of magic and fantasy, leaving Merlin the Magician completely out of the picture. ~ Laura Abraham, Rovi

Cast

Sean Connery - King Arthur
Richard Gere - Lancelot
Julia Ormond - Guinevere
Ben Cross - Malagant
Liam Cunningham - Sir Agravaine

Christopher Villiers - Sir Kay; Susan Breslau - Wedding Guest; Susannah Corbett - Young Woman in Crowd; John Gielgud - Oswald; Tom Lucy - Sir Sagramore; Valentine Pelka - Sir Patrise; Neville Phillips - Elder; Eric Stone - Guard; Ryan Todd - Young Lancelot; Charlotte Zucker - Bread Vendor; Mark Ryan - Challenger; Albie Woodington - Scout; Colin McCormack - Sir Mador

Credit

Stephen Scott - Art Director, Giles Masters - Art Director, Mary Selway - Casting, Nana Cecchi - Costume Designer, Arthur Wooster - First Assistant Director, Chris Carreras - First Assistant Director, Jerry Zucker - Director, Walter Murch - Editor, Gil Netter - Executive Producer, Eric Rattray - Executive Producer, Janet Zucker - Executive Producer, Jerry Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score), Colin Charles - Musical Direction/Supervision, Peter Robb-King - Makeup, John Box - Production Designer, Bob Laing - Production Designer, Adam Greenberg - Cinematographer, Hunt Lowry - Producer, Jerry Zucker - Producer, Malcolm Stone - Set Designer, Dinny Powell - Special Effects, George Gibbs - Special Effects, Greg Powell - Stunts, Terry English - Stunts, Bob Anderson - Stunts, Michael White - Supervisor/Manager, Bob Laing - Supervisor/Manager, Lorne Cameron - Screen Story, William Nicholson - Screen Story, David Hoselton - Screen Story, Lorne Cameron - Screenwriter, William Nicholson - Screenwriter

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