King Arthur (2004 film)
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King Arthur is a 2004 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.
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Directed by | Antoine Fuqua |
Written by | David Franzoni |
Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
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Cinematography | Slawomir Idziak |
Edited by | Conrad Buff Jamie Pearson |
Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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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 |
The film is unusual in reinterpreting Arthur as a Roman officer rather than the typical medieval knight. There have been several literary works that 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 also replaces the sword in the stone story with a more dark and tragic backstory of how Arthur claimed his sword Excalibur. The film was shot in Ireland, England, and Wales.[1]