One Night with the King (2006)

"One Night With The King" chronicles the life of the young Jewish girl, Hadassah, who goes on to become the Biblical Esther, the Queen of Persia, and saves the Jewish nation from ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael O. Sajbel

Writers:

Stephan Blinn (screenplay), Mark Andrew Olsen (novel),

Stars:

Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Noble

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Indraneel Bhattacharya	...	Bigthan (as Neal Bhattacharya)
Jonah Lotan	...	Jesse
Dilshad Patel	...	Hannah (as Dilshad)
Nimrat Kaur	...	Sarah
Takesh Singh	...	Harbona, the Eunuch

Storyline

"One Night With The King" chronicles the life of the young Jewish girl, Hadassah, who goes on to become the Biblical Esther, the Queen of Persia, and saves the Jewish nation from annihilation at the hands of its arch enemy while winning the heart of the fiercely handsome King Xerxes.

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Plot Keywords:

esther | queen | persia | historic drama | reference to proverbs 25 2 | 

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Taglines:

Feel The Touch Of Destiny

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for violence, some sensuality and thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Gener8Xion Entertainment Inc. Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

One Night with the King: The Call of Destiny

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,106,862 (USA) (13 October 2006)

Gross:

$13,391,174 (USA) (1 December 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gener8Xion Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's UK DVD release was titled "Princess of Persia" (despite Esther being a queen, not a princess) in an attempt to capitalize on the unrelated film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which was released three days earlier.

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Goofs

The entire use of the Star of David. The Star of David was not used as a symbol of Judaism until the Ottoman era of the Middle Ages. Esther lived during the 5th century BC.

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Quotes

King Xerxes: [quite amused, watching Misgath attempt to mount her horse] By the looks of it, I must be allowing the candidates to keep their jewelry.
Hagai: [cringing] Perhaps a horse ride is not the best idea, my lord.

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Connections

Version of Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Story of Esther (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Kingdom of Love"
Written by J.A.C. Redford, Paksima Zakipour
Performed by Shani Rigsbee

User Reviews

The tale had potential, but it was not realized.

This story had all the elements that should make a movie attractive... action, intrigue, romance, a little suspense... but it was wasted on this film. The production was uneven, hopping from one seemingly unrelated scene to another, many of them making our leading lady appear at best adolescent and at worst delusional. The music was not well chosen for the action, and the directing was obvious (thunder crashes as Esther delivers what was supposed to be a dramatic line). The acting was mostly disappointing, with fine performances by John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif and a few others, but pretty amateur efforts from the rest of the cast. In all, the only thing I really enjoyed were the period costumes.