This crowd-pleasing medieval adventure tale is very loosely inspired by
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and mixes the anachronistic
elements of modern-day rock music and colloquialisms with a period
setting and characters. Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a
low-born 14th century squire who, in a fit of inspired spontaneity,
replaces his deceased employer as the competitor at a jousting
competition. Jousting is a pastime only permitted to knights, who are of
noble birth, but
Thatcher
wins and decides to continue his new pursuits. With the help of his two
fellow squire friends Wat and Roland (Alan Tudyk and Mark Addy) and none
other than the gambling-addicted Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany),
Thatcher has soon adopted a false identity and is winning one joust
after another on his way to a championship in London. His victories
inspire the affection of a female fan, Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon), and
the ire of a competitor, Count Adehmar (Rufus Sewell), but Thatcher's
ruse is threatened with exposure. A Knight's Tale is the sophomore
directorial effort of acclaimed screenwriter Brian Helgeland, who won an
Oscar for his work on L.A. Confidential (1997) and debuted behind the
camera with the troubled production of Payback (1999).
Directed By:
Brian Helgeland
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