Major Cast Members

King Arthur (2004) Directed by Antoine Fuqua; Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Touchstone Pictures. DVD : Widescreen Director’s Cut, Touchstone Pictures/Disney, 21 Dec. 2004.

Major Cast Members: Clive Owen .... Arthur Ioan Gruffudd .... Lancelot Mads Mikkelsen .... Tristan Joel Edgerton .... Gawain Hugh Dancy .... Galahad Ray Winstone .... Bors Ray Stevenson .... Dagonet Keira Knightley .... Guinevere Stephen Dillane .... Merlin

Script: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/king-arthur-script-transcript.html

IMDB reference page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/

IMDB Memorable quotes: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/quotes

MovieWeb (image and trailer links): http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/16/1016/summary.php

Major Reviews (available thru Dacus databases—start with Lexis/Nexus:

Charles McGrath, NYTimes, 4 July 2004

A.O. Scott, NYTimes, 7 July 2004

Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post, 9 July 2004

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 7 July 2004

Richard Schickel, Time, 19 July 2004: 77.

Alex Burghart. TLS: Times Literary Supplement (August 27, 2004): 17. (Dacus has on microfilm)

Peter Rainer. New York; 7/12/2004: 48-49. Dacus has on microfilm

Stephanie Zacharek, www.salon.com, http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/review/2004/07/07/king_arthur/index.html? CP=IMD&DN=110

Supplemental Reading

Wheeler, Bonnie. “King Arthur and the Seductions of Chivalry.” Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 12.1 (Spring 2005): 7-22. (Dr. K has a .pdf she can e-mail to you) 2

Houston, Julia. “Bruckheimer Does King Arthur One More Time.” About.com. http://scifi.about.com/cs/scifimoviesaz/a/aa071703_p.htm.

------. “Knowing Your Limits: Why Good Sci-Fi/Fantasy Avoids Stinking.” About.com. http://scifi.about.com/library/weekly/aa041902.htm.

Questions to Consider:

1. To what extent is the claim that this is a movie about the “real, historical Arthur” true?

2. How is the Arthur/Lancelot/Guinevere triangle portrayed?

3. How are women portrayed?

4. When were stirrups invented?

5. Did this film make you think of any other military conflicts? Why?