A Knight's Tale
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Overview
Queen Involvement
Cast
Storyline & Chapters
DVD Extras
Written, produced and directed by Brian Helgeland
Produced by Tim Van Rellim & Todd Black
First released in 2001
Length 127 minutes
Filmed on location in the Czech Republic and at Barrandov
Studios, Prague.
The film revolves around Medieval jousting tournaments, and the
soundtrack features a number of classic rock tracks, including
songs by Queen, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC,
amongst others.
'A Knight's Tale' features two classic Queen tracks, one
re-edited and one re-recorded.
We Will Rock You
is featured at the start of the film (at 3:00), at the first
jousting tournament. This track is similar to the album version,
but has been re-edited to repeat a verse and chorus, and runs
slightly faster. This version is only in the film, while the
standard album version appears on the soundtrack album.
We Are The Champions
is featured over the credits at the end of the film (at 2:03:25),
and is a new version re-recorded with Robbie Williams. The
version in the film is an edited version, with the full length
version on the soundtrack album. Despite what the sleeve says,
the music video on the DVD does not feature Queen.
William Thatcher (Heath Ledger)
Roland (Mark Addy)
Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell)
Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon)
Wat (Alan Tudyk)
Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany)
Kate (Laura Fraser)
Christiana (Berenice Bejo)
Colville (James Purefoy)
John Thatcher (Christopher Cazenove)
The chapters below refer to the 2002 UK DVD release.
Roland, Wat & William's knight, Sir Ector, dies
shortly before a joust, so William decides to joust in
his place. Start titles ('We Will Rock You').
William jousts Lord Phillip of Arragon and wins a golden
feather, which they sell for 15 silver pieces. William
challenges Roland & Wat that if they cannot take the
money off him, he will joust again, lying about his
nobility.
Roland and Wat train William as a jouster.
William, Wat and Roland meet Geoffrey Chaucer, walking
naked through the woods. Geoff will provide a Patent Of
Nobility, in the name of Sir Ulric von Liechtenstein, in
return for food and clothing.
William first sees Jocelyn and asks her name. He follows
her into a church, where William, on horseback, is thrown
out. Jocelyn is criticised by the priest for laughing and
not weeping.
William wins his first joust.
Geoff incurs a debt of 10 florins by gambling. William
has the chance to see him executed or pay up, so agrees
to pay to save Geoff.
William battles and wins in the swordfight.
William wins more swordfights and jousts.
William needs new armour, but has no money. He gets Kate,
a blacksmith, to do it for free by insinuating she cannot
do it being a woman.
Count Adhemar, the tournament favourite, is presented to
Jocelyn. Adhemar taunts William about his armour in front
of Jocelyn.
Geoff introduces William to the crowd.
William battles against Colville. Colville asks to
withdraw through injury by drawing the joust. William
wins the battle. Jocelyn sends a message to William via
Christiana.
William jousts against Count Adhemar. We see William as a
boy wanting to be Knight. William loses the battle, but
wins the prize for swordfighting. He gives his prize, a
golden horse, to pay off Geoff's debts. Jocelyn asks
Christiana to ask the colour of William's tunic for the
dance.
Roland, Wat and Geoff attempt to teach William to dance.
Kate agrees to teach them in exchange for a trip to
Paris. At the banquet, William talks to Jocelyn.
Adhemar asks William to show a dance from his country, so
William improvises. Kate produces a new set of armour for
William, and Wat and Roland test it. William wins his
first battle of the new tournament, but Adhemar withdraws
his joust against Colville, as Colville is royalty.
Geoff discovers that William's next opponent, Colville,
is the future king of England in disguise, and who has
never lost a joust. They joust and draw, and William
reveals to Colville that he knew his true identity.
William wins the tournament.
William writes a letter to Jocelyn, declaring his love,
and Wat takes it to her. She 'sends' a kiss to William.
Geoff bets some Frenchmen 50 Florins that William will
win the next tournament.
William visits Jocelyn, she tells him that she must lose
the tournament.
William loses his first few matches, before Jocelyn sends
a message via Christiana that he must now win all matches
to prove his love. William wins the tournament, and they
win the 50 Florins from the bet.
Jocelyn presents herself to William as his prize for
winning the tournament.
William, Roland, Kate, Wat & Geoff return to England.
We see William as a boy with his father leaving England,
taking him to Sir Ector. In London, William wins his
first jousts of the new tournament.
William visits his now blind father in London. Adhemar
follows William to his father's house.
Geoff reveals that William will be arrested for lying
about his nobility. William decides to hand himself over
rather than run away. William is arrested.
In prison, Adhemar visits William and beats him.
William is put in the stocks. Colville lies to the crowd
about William's nobility to rescue William from the
crowd. Colville knights William Sir William. William
progresses to the final of the tournament.
William faces Adhemar in the final of the tournament.
Adhemar cheats by using a solid lance, badly wounding
William. William continues in the joust and loses another
lance. He must de-horse him to win the tournament, in
front of his father and Jocelyn.
William defeats Adhemar by knocking him off the horse, to
become the World Champion.
- 'We Are The Champions' music video (featuring Robbie
Williams only, not Queen)
- Film Commentary by director Brian Helgeland and Paul
Bettany
- 'Making Of' Featurette
- 'Behind The Scenes' Featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Filmographies
- Screensaver & Weblink
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