The King's Guard (2000)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Jonathan Tydor

Writer:

Jonathan Tydor (writer)

Release Date:

1 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

What is romance and adventure without a little swordplay?

Plot:

A princess falls in love with her father's swordsman. |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Eric Roberts	...	Augustus Talbert
Ron Perlman	...	Lord Morton
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Queen Beatrice
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Beecroft	...	Sgt. Drummond
Brian Cousins	...	Otto
Gerald Patrick Cox	...	Sir Gerald
Kit Davlin	...	Ardon DeAvalon
Abba Elfman	...	Adam
Jason Faulske	...	Bandit / Swordsman
Delia Ford	...	Peasant Woman
Casie Fox	...	Katie McDear
Mark Gadbois	...	White Flag Bandit
Robert G. Goodwin	...	Master Robert
Khrystyne Haje	...	Roxanne
Matthias Hues	...	Angus
Chase Jazzborne	...	Bandit / Swordsman
Ashley Jones	...	Princess Gwendolyn
Monty Jordan	...	White Flag Bandit
Rebecca Kirkland	...	Lady-in-Waiting
Jason Lewis	...	William
Eric J. Long	...	Giant Swordsmen
Jon Napier	...	Jonathan Poselwaite
Earl Robinson	...	Singbe-Donald
Trevor St. John	...	Capt. John Reynolds
Chris Torres	...	De La Cruz
Alex Van Amburg	...	David Thorpe
Skip Wilder	...	Lt. Thomas Blackwell

Directed by
Jonathan Tydor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jonathan Tydor		writer

Produced by
Eileen Craft	....	producer
Darren M. Demetre	....	producer
David DiGilio	....	associate producer
Michael Markopoulos	....	producer
Vicky Pike	....	executive producer
Vicky Pike	....	producer
Morris Ruskin	....	executive producer
Jonathan Tydor	....	producer

Original Music by
Ray Colcord

Cinematography by
Don E. FauntLeRoy

Film Editing by
Robert Pergament

Casting by
Roe Baker
Robin Piscatello

Production Design by
Narbeh Nazarian

Art Direction by
Skip Wilder

Costume Design by
Lorrie Blackard

Makeup Department
Anthony D. Castillo	....	hair assistant
Anthony D. Castillo	....	makeup assistant
Liz Fitzgerald	....	hair stylist
Liz Fitzgerald	....	key makeup artist
Hivet Flores	....	makeup intern
Peter Herman	....	wig master
Ruthann Lentz	....	makeup intern
Joanne Martella	....	makeup intern
Teresa Vest	....	makeup artist: Eric Roberts

Production Management
David DiGilio	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lori Altenbern	....	assistant director
Dennis Hadley	....	second second assistant director
Monty Jordan	....	second unit director
Brian Murphy	....	additional second assistant director
Aaron Penn	....	second assistant director
David Rimer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sevag Aivazian	....	construction coordinator
J.R. Hudson	....	concept art
Kristina Low	....	set carpenter
Andrea Marvan	....	art intern
Alida Ross	....	art intern

Sound Department
Robert Clamage	....	boom operator
Jacqueline Forester	....	sound intern
Geof Gibson	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Steve Johnson	....	stunt consultant
Monty Jordan	....	stunt coordinator
George Ye	....	assistant swordmaster
George Ye	....	duel choreographer: Sarcenian

Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Andolsek	....	additional camera operator
Dean Andolsek	....	gaffer
Season FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera
Rebecca Roberts	....	grip
Al Satterwhite	....	director of photography: second unit
Grant Yellen	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Robert Clamage	....	additional photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Andolsek	....	costume supervisor
Nicole Bointy	....	costume intern
Kristi Heckman	....	associate costume designer
Karina Ross	....	costume intern
Joanna Sjoberg	....	set costumer

Other crew
Laurie Altenbern	....	assistant to director
Jamie Boone	....	production assistant
Devan Carey	....	production assistant
Christiane Covington	....	script supervisor
Margaret Downing	....	production assistant
Juliana FauntLeRoy	....	production assistant
Robert G. Goodwin	....	sword master
Rebecca Kirkland	....	production assistant
Jack Maxfield	....	production assistant
Leslie Ridgeway	....	production assistant
Ryan Samuels	....	production coordinator
Teri Thomas	....	production assistant
George Ye	....	assistant sword master

Distributors

• Avalanche Home Entertainment
• Shoreline Entertainment
• Starmedia Home Entertainment

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

Australia:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Trivia:

Although Eric Roberts received top billing for the movie, he first appears 25 minutes into the film and has less than 30 lines of dialogue.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the first guard in the blue outfit is killed, the killing thrust clearly goes between his arm and torso.

Quotes:

Sir Gerald: Like death, in the matter of the heart, no man knows how he'll react until the time comes.

Soundtrack:

You Are My Heart

Movies need a budget for a reason (Possible Spoilers)

Not the worst movie I have ever seen, but still in the same general vicinity. The King's Guard is a fumbling attempt to merge adventure and comedy. The humour often came off as really badly overacted nonsense and the action scenes were overlong and poorly choreographed. There was no grandeur in what should have been a grand adventure. It seemed as if all of the sweeping shots of wonderful vistas had been left out because they couldn't afford the extras to fill the spaces. The costuming looked hastily thrown together and this was explained by introducing the idea that the king's guardsmen were all acting undercover. It would have made as much sense if there was a scene where the king gathered his men together and said, 'Tomorrow is mufti day boys, so you can wear whatever you like.' The lack of extras/money was again shown when not very far into the movie, the narrator comes on to explain that the situation had become dire, due to an attack of overwhelming numbers of bandits and that during the fight, the allies of the king's guard had run off. The next scene shows some of the men of the king's guard pulling one of the carts that had formed part of the caravan that had been attacked…they couldn't even afford horses! The four or five thousand dollars that went into making the movie could have been used to do some good in the world, instead of stealing 92 minutes of my life.