Posts Tagged ‘middle-ages’

13th Warrior, The (1999)

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Venora, Diane | Banderas, Antonio | Kulich, Vladimir | Dennis Storhoi | Southern, Daniel | Maffin, Neil | DeSantis, John | Russell, Clive | Hausserman, Mischa | Sveinall, Oliver | Riis, Asbjørn 'Bear' | Bremmer, Richard | Curran, Tony | Woodington, Albie | Sharif, Omar | Avari, Erick
Directors: McTiernan, John | Crichton, Michael
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In AD 922, an important emissary who is banished from his homeland. The nomadic outcast comes across a band of Norse warriors who coerce him into joining them when they are summoned to fight mysterious creatures legendary for consuming every living thing in their path. Eventually surrounded by the frightening and ferocious foe, Ibn must conquer his personal fears and help battle the illusive invaders—who emerge out of the shroud of fog in the black of the night.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Pfeiffer, Michelle | Fiennes, Joseph | Haysbert, Dennis | West, Timothy | Giannini, Adriano | Hui, Raman | Chan, Chung | Cummings, Jim | Vernon, Conrad | Birch, Andrew | Miller, Chris
Directors: Gilmore, Patrick
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Sinbad, the most daring and notorious rogue ever to sail the seven seas, has spent his life asking for trouble, and trouble has finally answered in a big way. Framed for stealing one of the world’s most priceless and powerful treasures—the Book of Peace—Sinbad has one chance to find and return the precious book, or his best friend Proteus will die. Sinbad decides not to take that chance and instead sets a course for the fun and sun of the Fiji Islands. However, Proteus’ beautiful betrothed, Marina, has stowed away on Sinbad’s ship, determined to make sure that Sinbad fulfills his mission and saves Proteus’ life. Now the man who put the “bad” in Sinbad is about to find out how bad bad can be.

Robin Hood (1973)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Bedford, Brian | Ustinov, Peter | Harris, Phil | Terry-Thomas | Evans, Monica | Shelley, Carole | Devine, Andy | Miller, Roger | Buttram, Pat | Lindsey, George | Curtis, Ken | Whitaker, Billy | Laurita, Dana | Whitaker, Dora | Sanders, Richie
Directors: Reitherman, Wolfgang
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Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who levies unpayable taxes upon the people.

Knight’s Tale, A (2001)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ledger, Heath | Sewell, Rufus | Sossamon, Shannyn | Bettany, Paul | Fraser, Laura | Addy, Mark | Tudyk, Alan | Bejo, Bérénice | Handy, Scott | Purefoy, James | Conwell, Leagh | Cazenove, Christopher | O'Donnell, Steve | Slinger, Jonathan | Brimble, Nick
Directors: Helgeland, Brian
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Inspired by “The Canterbury Tales,” as well as the story of Ulrich von Lichtenstein, this is the story of William, a young squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, the squire hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat. On the journey, they stumble across an unknown writer, Chaucer. William, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces Chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. With his newly-minted history in hand, the young man sets out to prove himself a worthy knight at the country’s jousting competition, and finds romance along the way.

Braveheart (1995)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Gibson, Mel | Robinson, James | Nelson, Sandy | Cosmo, James | Lawlor, Sean | Tall, Alan | Weir, Andrew | Stevenson, Gerda | Riach, Ralph | Calvey, Mhairi | Cox, Brian | McGoohan, Patrick | Hanly, Peter | Marceau, Sophie
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The movie begins in the small town of Elerslie, Scotland. William lives with his father, who is not named in the film, and his older brother Malcolm. William’s father and older brother are called to a meeting a few miles from their home where they find the entire nobility of Scotland hanging. Malcolm and his father then go to a battle between the British and their clan, both die tragically. At the funeral William meets his uncle Argyle who fought in the battle with Malcolm and his father. He takes him away to live with him. The scene then cuts to an adult William on his horse. William later runs into a girl he knew before he went to live with Argyle, her name, Murron, we discover that Lords have the right to sleep with brides on their wedding night, so William marries Murron in secret. Murron is the assaulted by a British guard, the guard is killed by William, a fight ensues, and eventually Murron is killed by the lord. This enrages Wallace who then build himself a fine army entering city’s and killing all Englishman within. Wallace prepares to move on to Sterling where he prepared for his greatest battle yet, in the forest he realises that he must find a way to beat the heavy cavalry from the ground, he decided to create spears twice as long as men. These were used in the battle to kill the entire heavy cavalry raised at the last minute to kill the on coming horses. Eventually Wallace reaches York, the most important military city he gains control. Williams final battle at Falkirk ends in his betrayal by two nobles, whom he later kills. William is betrayed by the leper father of Robert the Bruce, is captured and refuses to bow down as a loyal subject of the king Edward I, Longshanks. Therefore, instead of mere beheading William Wallace is subject to being Hung, hung within an inch of death. Drawn, being stretched by his ankles and wrists and then having his insides shown to him before he died. Then Quartered, he was beheaded and his head was put on the London Bridge his body was torn into for pieces one sent to each corner of Britain as a warning to the citizens. After Wallace’s death we see Robert the Bruce led the battle of Bannockburn the last battle for Scotland’s freedom.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Monday, February 12th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Costner, Kevin | Freeman, Morgan | Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth | Slater, Christian | Rickman, Alan | McShane, Michael | Blessed, Brian | Wincott, Michael | Brimble, Nick | Drouet, Soo | Newman, Daniel | Peacock, Daniel | Sparrow, Walter | Innocent, Harold | Wild, Jack
Directors: Reynolds, Kevin
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After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin’s father has been murdered by the Sheriff of Nottingham and when Robin returns home he vows to avenge his father’s death. Even though Marian, his childhood friend, cannot help him, he escapes to the Forest of Sherwood where he joins a band of exiled villagers and becomes their leader. With their help he attempts to cleanse the land of the evil that the Sheriff has spread.