Prince Valiant (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Anthony Hickox |
| Produced by | Tom Rosenberg James Gorman Bernd Eichinger |
| Screenplay by | Michael Frost Beckner Anthony Hickox Carsten H.W. Lorenz |
| Story by | Michael Frost Beckner |
| Based on | Prince Valiant by Hal Foster |
| Starring | Stephen Moyer Katherine Heigl Thomas Kretschmann Edward Fox Joanna Lumley |
| Music by | David Bergeaud |
| Cinematography | Roger Lanser |
| Edited by | Alexander Berner |
| Distributed by | Fox Video |
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119 minutes |
| Country | Ireland United Kingdom Germany |
| Language | English |
Prince Valiant is a 1997 Irish-British independent sword and sorcery film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann, Edward Fox and Ron Perlman. It is based on the long-running Prince Valiant comic strip of Hal Foster, some panels of which were used in the movie.[1][2]
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Plot
The story is based on the myth of King Arthur. A young, inexperienced squire Valiant, masquerading as Sir Gawain, is sent to accompany the Welsh princess Lady Ilene, a guest at Camelot, on her way back home. Little he knows that, meanwhile, the evil sorceress Morgan le Fay has convinced the Viking warlord Sligon, ruler of the kingdom of Thule, to steal the magical sword Excalibur during a joust tournament. Valiant and the princess become part of the struggle of "he who holds the sword rules the world" which leads them both to love and Valiant to his princely destiny, as it turns out he is the rightful heir to the throne of Thule. The usurper is eventually killed by his brother Thagnar, who also captures Ilene. In a final confrontation, the villains are killed and Valiant rescues the princess and recovers Excalibur.[1][2]
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Stephen Moyer | Prince Valiant |
| Katherine Heigl | Princess Ilene |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Thagnar |
| Edward Fox | King Arthur |
| Udo Kier | Sligon |
| Joanna Lumley | Morgan le Fay |
| Ron Perlman | Boltar |
| Warwick Davis | Pechet |
| Gavan O'Herlihy | King Thane |
| Anthony Hickox | Prince Gawain |
| Marcus Schenkenberg | Tiny |
| Francois Patrick Le-Hoang | Claw |
Reception
Empire gave Prince Valiant two stars out of five and stated " a promising, swashbuckly romp is entirely scuppered by some indiscriminate broadsword editing, thereby removing any fun the name cast might have had, and leaving a poorly dubbed, effects-lacking film disappointingly limp".[3] The editor took his name off after the German producers fired the director and recut picture taking out two main story lines and most of the humor.
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Prince Valiant at IMDb
- Prince Valiant at Rotten Tomatoes
- Prince Valiant at AllMovie
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