A Knight's Tale (DVD 2002)

Remembering a great actor. This film is excellent, its fun from start to finish, even the film after the credits will have you in stitches.

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.

Luight hearted bantor good cast and i wanted to replace my video with the dvd as i enjoyed it so much, especially the late Heath Ledger

It's the story of a low born servant of a noble who poses as a Knight to compete in jousting touraments. Lots of action and, of course, a romantic interest. Basically, it's jousting to a rock music sound track.

I watched this as I wanted to get more of a handle on the tragically truncated career of Heath Ledger. Sadly is shed no light at all. I was also tempted by it being one of Chaucer's tales. - Yes a tale, a vignette not a padded out film of two hours long. Stylistically it is also challenging as it suddenly overlays a medieval courante with contemporary rock music from the lies of Queen & Robbie Williams. And quite frankly seeing big ensemble numbers supposedly at the court of Edward the Black Prince jigging like stoned tarts at Glastonbury just doesn't inspire or elevate the mind and stretches the realms of plausibility! And it is clearly set in its contemporary medieval setting (difficult to stick a film about jousting somewhere else), it's not like it's a modern interpolation. The female lead and object of Mr Ledger's passion is dressed like a Beaton model at Ascot, except far more and far too tarty.
And that's basic all the film is a dreary boring long-winded heterosexual romp. Ugh! Tedious! I think I'll try and sell my copy on e.bay

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Great story line running thought this funny and action packed film. A must for all Heath Ledger fans.

I have a vhs but since we have moved from that era I had to get a dvd, one of my fav.one of the brilliant movies ever made I think.Love it

It's a great film - the storyline draws you in what with the loveable charaters and fantastic soundtrack, as well as the stunts and great scripts, and so grips you till the conclusion. A must see film for all the family! Highly recommended.

excellent dvd, a must for any heath ledger fan as this is a really good film and the soundtrack on it is fab, a1 dvd and ebayer.

have always liked this film,it is funny,witty and a love story.All i can say its every girls dream to find there knight and full in love.So this is perfect for common boy to full in love with a princess.There are some real funny parts and bits that make you think.So if you want to curl up with a good dvd or vid why not buy one.

This film is a comical film based on the medieval times during the Kings reign very funny in parts and Heath Lambert played a very good role in this film i would watch it over and over again Would differently recommend to anyone to watch and it can be watched by all the family

Excellent film, my hubbies fav. we can watch the film over and over again, & still laugh at it, great story line, never get tired of it, Shame about Heath Ledger, he had great talent as an actor.

This is a really good, easy to watch film about one man's quest to become a knight. There is an excellent soundtrack, including Queen's 'We Will Rock You' and some fantastic dialogue, especially from 'Chaucer'. Whilst there are elements of the film that are not strictly true to the era of the film, these in no way detract from its brilliance. Superb acting all round. I'd recommend it to everyone!

This is a great film, although Heath Ledger really has the whole film stolen from under his nose the moment Paul Bettany walks onto the screen. Completely naked. So a bit of an entrance really.

This film is really lovely all over. Very very funny, with unashamedly inappropriate costumes, music and scenery which just works brilliantly because they don't care.

Watch out for the fantastic dance sequence, where stately medieval gradually fuses into ..well... basically a bit of a contemporary dance moment I suppose.

Far too many other good moments to describe, but highly recommended overall. The plot is ludicrously thin but the film is so enjoyable it's quite easy to suspend disbelief and be thoroughly delighted by the ending.

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THIS FILM IS GREAT FROM START TO FINISH. IT HAS SOMETING FOR EVERY ONE ACTION , ONE LINERS A PLEANTY, ROMANCE, 10/10 A GREAT FAMILY FILM.

A very good film I was thrilled to find a gem like this it is full on from start to the end start,well done to all and god rest him.AAAAA++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This is a wonderful film with something for everyone in the family. When I bought it my daughter was 13 and my son 7. The action and adventure, excellent jousting and swordfighting scenes thrilled my son, whilst not being too graphic or glorifying fighting. My daughter and I loved the romance and historical aspects, the costumes and pageantry, and the humour, especially Chaucer, played by Paul Bettony, the bloke from the film "Wimbledon". My husband loved the soundtrack with music from Queen, David Bowie, and Thin Lizzy.
Starring the sadly recently deceased Heath Leger at his most gorgeous, this is a medievil action packed romance, with humour, adventure and masses of action. Heath plays William Thatcher, a poor steward to an innefectual knight, who takes up jousting when his master dies by creating the new persona of a none existant knight called Ulrick. With help from his friends, a female blacksmith, and the obligatory comedy duo of one plump and one thin friend, plus Chaucer, of all people, he sets off to win fame and fortune, and the hand of the beautiful heroine. At every turn he is beset by the baddy, played by Rufus Sewell, who plays the opposite of Leger by being dark, rich, swarthy and sophisticated although equally hansome, who is jealous of William's sucess, both in the jousting field and with the heroine, Lady Jocelyn.
We bought this DVD back in 2003 and have watched it many, many times since. We have recommended it to all our friends with children and they all loved it as much as we did. If you liked Pirates of the Carribean or Harry Potter you will really enjoy it, and so will children of all ages from about 5 upwards, when they can follow the plot. It is rated PG.
We most recently on Tuesday 22nd Jan 2008 when we learned that Heath Leger had died, and cried. A fabulous family film and a fitting tribute to Heath Leger.

excellent family film with music everyone can enjoy, romantic yet full of action and very funny at times i got this for my bf and he cant stop watching it

The 14th Century takes on a new look in A Knights Tale, an exciting, action-packed comedic adventure.
Starring Heath Ledger with hilarious performances from Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Alan Tudyk and introducing the sensational Shannyn Sossamon.

Heath Ledger is William Thatcher, a peasant who breaks all the rules when he passes himself off as a knight and takes the jousting world by storm. The only thing that stands between William and his dream of becoming the world champion is the bad boy of the sport, Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell).

Packed with action, comedy, romance and treachery and with a sensational soundtrack including music from Robbie Williams and Queen, this action packed comedic adventure of medieval gallantry and contest is guaranteed to rock you.

A fantastic film, very funny.
One of Heath Ledger's best film's to date.
A must see movie!

i brought this dvd for my daughter as she had asked for it it was packeged and sent in excellent condition

The DVD was good because the characters of the movie were excellent and it also contains good music. The storyline very good and an interesting film. I saw a clip of the movie at school and wanted to see the whole film. There was nothing in the film that I disliked.

Heath Ledger is a fab actor but backed up by Paul Bettany - Could it be any better??
Love this film, as does my daughter.
Good old fashioned tale of good triumphing over evil; with a bit of hanky panky and lots of humour thrown in besides.
Highly recommended.

excellent family film with music everyone can enjoy, romantic yet full of action, a story full of hopes and dreams set in period, but not an outdated film, this will continue to be a classic for the years to come.

Hi,
Are you looking for Comedy? Great Soundtrack? Quality actors? A Different theme of movie?
If so, this is the movie....A Knights tale stars Heath ledger, who is a up and coming actor...
This movie has it all....Its got a great soundtrack and a really good storyline....Its very fun to watch and will keep you glued to the tv and laughing till the end...
Its clean fun, which means the kids can watch it....Big family movie all round....
Its nice to watch a good movie that does not have tons of swearing, sex scenes and violence.....You can watch it any time, and to be honest it does cheer you up.....have a laugh....