King Arthur - The Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition)

King Arthur - The Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition)
by Antoine Fuqua

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Actor: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen, Stephen Dillane
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Brand: KNIGHTLEY,KEIRA
Producer: Bruce Moriarty
Producer: Chad Oman
Producer: James Flynn
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer: Mike Stenson
Producer: Morgan O'Sullivan
Writer: David Franzoni
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Latin (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Touchstone / Disney

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Movie Review: King Arthur
Summary: 5 Stars

The movie is a great one. You have to make sure to get the Director's Cut rather than the theatrical version, as the director originally shot the movie as an R movie and 2 weeks or so before release, the studio got cold feet and wanted him to edit it down to a PG-13 movie, possibly hoping to cash in on young boys wanting to see Keira Knightly, who, by the way, is really, REALLY HOT! As the director pointed out, if he had known the studio was only going to do PG-13, he would have shot the movie completely different than he had as an R. The result was that there was an awful lot of film that was cut and unable to be edited in some fashion for the newer PG-13. The Director's Cut is not only the original director's movie, but it is also far superior to what was finally released in the theater.

The blu-ray is absolutely incredible. I owned the regular DVD and could not believe the difference in quality. It is amazing.

I highly recommend this movie and in the blu-ray.

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Summary of King Arthur - The Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition)

King Arthur the Extended Unrated Director's Cut contains fourteen minutes of never-before-seen footage, including more intense battle sequences and the scenes "Rain and Snow" and "Saxons Surrounded." Bonus Features

. Alternate Ending "Badon Hill" With Optional Director Commentary
. Blood On The Land: Forging King Arthur
. Cast And Filmmaker Round Table
. Director Commentary
. "Knight Vision" Trivia Track
. Producer's Photo Gallery
. Konami's King Arthur Playable Xbox Demo

It's got a round table, some knights, and a noble warrior who rises to become King Arthur, but everything else about this revisionist legend is pure Hollywood. That's not such a bad thing if you enjoyed Rob Roy, Braveheart, Gladiator, and Troy, and there's some intriguing potential in presenting the "real" Arthur (played by Clive Owen) as a 5th-century soldier of Rome, assigned to defend Roman-imperial England against a hoard of invading Saxons (led by Stellan Skarsg?rd in hairy villain mode). As revamped history and "archaeological findings" would have us believe, Guinevere (Keira Knightley) is a warrior babe in face-paint and Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd) is a nonentity who fades into the woodwork. Never mind! Best to enjoy the harsh, gloomy atmosphere of Irish locations, the ruggedness of Owen and his hearty supporting cast, and the entertaining nonsense of a Jerry Bruckheimer production that strips battle-ready Guinevere down to leather-strap S&M gear while all the men sport full-body armor. Hail to the queen, indeed! --Jeff Shannon

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