One Night with the King (2006)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Michael O. Sajbel

Writers:

Stephan Blinn (screenplay)
Mark Andrew Olsen (novel)

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Feel The Touch Of Destiny

Plot:

"One Night With The King" chronicles the life of the young Jewish girl, Hadassah, who goes on to become the Biblical Esther...

Plot Keywords:

Persia | Queen | Esther | Reference To Proverbs 25 2 | Purim

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Tiffany Dupont	...	Hadassah / Esther
Luke Goss	...	King Xerxes
John Noble	...	Prince Admantha
Omar Sharif	...	Prince Memucan
John Rhys-Davies	...	Mordecai
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	Hegai, the Royal Eunuch
James Callis	...	Haman, the Agagite
Peter O'Toole	...	Samuel, the Prophet
Javen Campbell	...	Prince Tarshish
Jyoti Dogra	...	Queen Vashti
Neal Bhattacharya	...	Bigthan
Jonah Lotan	...	Jesse
Dilshad Patel	...	Hannah ) (as Dilshad (I)
Nimrat Kaur	...	Sarah
Takesh Singh	...	Harbona, the Eunuch

Also Known As:

One Night with the King: The Call of Destiny (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence, some sensuality and thematic elements.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Gener8Xion Entertainment

Trivia:

Originally scheduled for release in March 2005.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Esther is running to see the king to plead for the Jews the scene switches back and forth between Xerxes, indoors, and Esther, outdoors. Esther is running through pouring rain yet when Xerxes is shown sunlight can be seen shinning through the windows onto the floor and across the faces of those in the room.

Quotes:

Queen Esther: Will you not join me in the palace? I could have you be named in any post you desire...
Mordecai: My Lord will take care of me... Do you take care... of your Lord ?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 2007 Camie Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Kingdom of Love

What a satisfying movie

At first I thought it was going to be a disaster. I was not impressed with Tiffany Dupont early on. She was more of a 21st century character than a woman of 2500 years ago. She seemed silly and frivolous, and her dialog was ludicrous -- but only in the first 10 minutes or so. She definitely matured and grew gracefully into the role of Queen Esther as the movie progressed -- and fortunately her dialog improved as well.

I was very drawn into scenes that featured other actors from the beginning however. Each scene with Luke Goss was mesmerizing. He is a very charismatic actor and was perfectly cast as King Xerxes. I confess that I fell in love with this character and this actor. Another favorite was Tommy "Tiny" Lister, who stole scene after scene. There were some very funny, touching, and powerful scenes built around this mighty actor. What a wonderful performance. My next personal favorite was James Callis. He probably turned in the most stunning performance of all, and I truly think he deserves a best supporting Oscar for this captivating role. That won't happen of course. No way that secular Hollywood will endorse this movie or praise this movie in any way -- even though it's deserved. So far, at least 75% of the reviews that I've read from the "professional" critics dish this movie. I think their reviews are being filtered though their bias and intolerance.

I'm a Christian, and I'm not a supporter or fan of Gen8x or TBN -- but they finally got a movie right. Really right. And I hope it's a huge success for them.

I loved this movie. It has everything...a beautiful love story, humor, intrigue, great acting, noble characters, dastardly villains. Plus the locale, costumes, and music are magnificent. I'll go see it again...and again. I'm also going to buy the DVD as soon as it's released. I'll be thinking about this movie for some time to come. Doralynn