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Cast

Sean Connery
as King Arthur

Richard Gere
as Sir Lancelot

Julia Ormond
as Guinevere

Ben Cross
as Malagant

Liam Cunningham
as Sir Agravaine

Christopher Villiers
as Sir Kay

Valentine Pelka
as Sir Patrise

Colin McCormack
as Sir Mador

Ralph Ineson
as Ralf

John Gielgud
as Oswald

Stuart Bunce
as Peter

Jane Marla Robbins
as Elise

Jean Marie Coffey
as Petronella

Paul Kynman
as Mark

Tom Lucy
as Sir Sagramore

John Blakey
as Sir Tor

Robert Gwyn Davin
as Sir Gawaine

Sean Blowers
as Sir Carados

Alexis Denisof
as Sir Gaheris

Daniel Naprous
as Sir Amant

Jonathan Cake
as Sir Gareth

Paul Bentall
as Jacob

Jonty Miller
as Gauntlet Man

Rose Keegan
as Mark's Wife

Mark Ryan
as Challenger

Jeffery Dench
as First Elder

Neville Phillips
as Second Elder

Oliver Lewis
as First Marauder

Wolf Christian
as Second Marauder

Angus Wright
as Third Marauder

Jonathan Jaynes
as First Guard

Eric Stone
as Second Guard

Ryan Todd
as Young Lancelot

Albie Woodington
as Scout

Richard Claxton
as Child

Dido Miles
as Grateful Woman

Michael Hodgson
as Young Man in Crowd

Susannah Corbett
as Young Woman in Crowd

Susan Breslau
as Wedding Guest

Kate Zucker
as Flower Girl

Bob Zucker
as Little Boy With Birds

Charlotte Zucker
as Bread Vendor

Burt Zucker
as Bread Vendor

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Audience Reviews for First Knight

• May 08, 2017

  Arthurian lore is deep with fascinating mythology that has been explored many times in many different ways. First Knight uses that lore and twists it into a romantic drama of sorts, to mostly mixed results. With the new King Arthur film just around the corner I thought it'd be interesting to take a look at some of the many adaptions of the lore that we have gotten in film and television. First Knight is an okay film if it were some random medieval story with different settings and characters, but it rarely lives up to the deep mythology it's based on. In First Knight we find Lancelot, a wanderer who's struggling to find a place in the world for his skills with a sword and with women. After Guinevere, soon-to-be bride of King Arthur, is nearly kidnapped, Lancelot steps in and saves her life. Naturally, he falls in love with Guinevere, and there you have the central plot thread of the film. Richard Gere plays Lancelot about as well as you could imagine he would. It's a similar character to that of Sean Connery's James Bond from the 60's, mostly just showing off his looks and skills, rather than doing something of significance. Of course, I bring that up because Connery plays Arthur, albeit a much, much older King Arthur than we usually get, especially considering Guinevere is around 25 years younger. A lot of the film's plot is pushed forward by the romance. Not dissimilar to Braveheart being centered around William Wallace's love for two women, First Knight is clearly a romance first and foremost. The main difference is that Braveheart chooses to have the romance inspire a remarkable story, where First Knight is solely focused on Lancelot's strive for Guinevere's heart. It's not necessarily the wrong way to tell a story with Lancelot & Arthur butting heads, but it's certainly not the most interesting one. It's hard not to fall for Richard Gere's charm as Lancelot and Julia Ormond's innocent and beautiful Guinevere, but it's far from a great medieval war film. There really isn't much war to this film anyway. The main conflict comes by way of Prince Malagant, someone from Arthur's side who went Rogue for reasons that typically influence someone to go Rogue, power, greed, among other things. These battle sequences are trivial at best, even when they try to be big and bold. It all just seems silly in the end. I think to sum it up best is to say that King Arthur doesn't use his sword, not once. +Solid romance -But there's no reason to have that swallow the story -Silly 5.4/10
  

  Thomas D Super Reviewer
• Mar 23, 2012

  Not a serious historical piece (and what do we really know of Pendragon anyway?) but a children's fable extolling virtue, the Zuckers take a chance with this glittering fairy tale. Connery is the Arthur the story wants, or is it that we want Connery to be Arthur, its hard to tell. Gere supplies the dashing derring-do as Lancelot, and Ormond fills the difficult position of being torn between two lovers fetchingly.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• May 23, 2010

  Another terrible rendition of King Arthur. Turning the story into nothing more than a romantic threesome is just pure slander. To change the story to fit a movie is one thing, but this should've just left Arthur's name all together. The acting is terrible, quite possibly Sean Connery's worst performance and the usual Richard Gere treatment.
  Conner R Super Reviewer
• Sep 16, 2009

  I saw this one in the theatre and can't quite remember the whole film, but I do remember enjoying it.
  Jon L Super Reviewer

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