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Thread ID: 19108 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2005-07-12
2005-07-12 01:29 | User Profile
Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I rather liked this film, I know it does not follow the poem too closely.. It is far from perfect but fun to watch.
[QUOTE]Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Fans of Sean Connery who are curious to see him explore roles outside of his usual heroic characters may enjoy his robust turn as the mythic Green Knight in this 1982 British-made fantasy. Based loosely on the classic epic poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Connery is quite a sight as the glittering green figure, who challenges young Gawain (Miles O'Keefe of Tarzan the Ape Man infamy), a squire in King Arthur's court, to solve his riddle or lose his head. O'Keefe is a stiff Gawain, and the film suffers under its low budget and awkward comic moments, but Connery and the rest of the cast (which includes Trevor Howard as Arthur, John Rhys-Davies, Lila Kedrova, and Peter Cushing) are game and provide sufficient star power to keep fantasy-adventure fans distracted from the film's shortcomings. Writer-director Weeks also directed a version of this story in 1973, with Murray Head of Jesus Christ Superstar fame as Gawain. --Paul Gaita[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001BKBGG[/url]
Here is an article on the 14th century poem.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight[/url]
2005-07-12 18:14 | User Profile
I remember seeing that film as a teenager. I thought Miles O'Keefe was an excellent Sir Garwin. Very handsome. But the show was stolen by Sean Connery as in his witty performance of the Green Knight. Good popcorn movie.
2005-07-12 22:54 | User Profile
skemper
Yes I always did like this movie too. I first saw it on TV as a child. [QUOTE]I remember seeing that film as a teenager. I thought Miles O'Keefe was an excellent Sir Garwin. Very handsome. But the show was stolen by Sean Connery as in his witty performance of the Green Knight. Good popcorn movie.[/QUOTE]
I think it would be a great film for children too. It is a cleam movie no four letter words or Afros in it.
2005-07-12 23:11 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Faust]skemper
Yes I always did like this movie too. I first saw it on TV as a child.
I think it would be a great film for children too. It is a cleam movie no four letter words or Afros in it.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, Faust. If a black could be brought into Robin Hood, a black certainly could brought in a remake of The Green Knight. I bet they will have a version with Morgan Freeman as the Green Knight in the not so distant future.
2005-07-13 00:27 | User Profile
skemper,
I saying it would be a great film for people buy the DVD of the 1984 Miles O'Keefe/Sean Connery for their children to see not that any one should make a new film.
You know I was thinking the very same thing! [QUOTE]I bet they will have a version with Morgan Freeman as the Green Knight in the not so distant future.[/QUOTE]