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Title: A Knight's Tale (2001)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Heath Ledger | ... | William Thatcher | |
| Rufus Sewell | ... | Count Adhemar | |
| Shannyn Sossamon | ... | Jocelyn | |
| Paul Bettany | ... | Geoffrey Chaucer | |
| Laura Fraser | ... | Kate | |
| Mark Addy | ... | Roland | |
| Alan Tudyk | ... | Wat | |
| Bérénice Bejo | ... | Christiana (as Berenice Bejo) | |
| Scott Handy | ... | Germaine | |
| James Purefoy | ... | Colville | |
| Leagh Conwell | ... | Young William Thatcher | |
| Christopher Cazenove | ... | John Thatcher | |
| Steven O'Donnell | ... | Simon the Summoner (as Steve O'Donnell) | |
| Jonathan Slinger | ... | Peter the Pardoner | |
| Nick Brimble | ... | Sir Ector | |
Inspired by "The Canterbury Tales," as well as the early life of William Marshall (later First Earl of Pembroke), this is the story of William, a young squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, the squire hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat. On the journey, they stumble across an unknown writer, Chaucer. William, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces Chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. With his newly-minted history in hand, the young man sets out to prove himself a worthy knight at the country's jousting competition, and finds romance along the way. Written by Anonymous
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"A Knight's Tale" is a subtle film by an eccentric director and screenwriter, Brian Helgeland. This interesting film has an ambitious plot, which is written just for a simple story about a knight, who tries to win a game, or better, a championship. However, the director has transformed an ancient tale into a current story. This long-run plot is passed in a period of the "Middle Age", which is focused on the War of the 100 Years, 14th Century. It is adapted to a new environment from Medieval Ocidental Europe, and shows some real characters like Black Prince and the writer Geoffrey Chaucer. The main character is a countryman or a peasant, whose father gets him to be a squire. After the death of his boss, he becomes a knight. Legally, a squire could not be a knight, but he dressed his boss' clothes and went to the championship, without anyone knowing who he was under the clothes.
From my perspective, Helgeland's view about championship in the "Middle Age" needs to be considered very creative, because he presents a plot in that period comparing with nowadays, and shows this conclusion inside the long-run, including his perception, which sometimes some aspects of life keep the same. Talking about the crew, every actor and actress was selected carefully, you can see this, during the movie. Each of them has the perfect character and their performance are impressive. One of the actors, Paul Bettany, in particular, has an audacious performance. Another one, the main actor, Heath Ledge, is wonderful in his acting, he shows, at the same time, determination, dedication, courage and funny atmosphere in some scenes. Everyone needs to see this film, you will feel good and satisfied. However, there are some points of the film, that it is not so perfect, but surely, they do not affect the film. Concluding, I invite you to see the film. It is a kind of movie that you will not forget easily – it is forever. Don't miss it!!!
Inessa Maria