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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend
of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [1982]
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1982
Running Times: 102 mins
Format: colour 35mm
J-D-C Scope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Producers: Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan
SCRIPT
Script: Philip M. Breen, Howard C. Penn, Stephen Weeks
DIRECTION
Director: Stephen Weeks
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Freddie Young
EDITING AND POST
PRODUCTION
Editors: Richard Marden, Barry Peters
MUSIC
Music: Ron Geesin
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Shuna Harwood
Wardrobe Master: Alan Flyng
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Cliff Culley
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Maurice Fowler
Property Master: John Chisholm
LOCATIONS
Locations: Avignon, France
CAST
Thomas Heathcote [armourer]
Miles O'Keeffe [Sir Gawain]
Leigh Lawson [Humphrey]
Trevor Howard [King Arthur]
Sean Connery [The Green Knight]
Emma Sutton [Morgan Le Fay]
Douglas Wilmer [The Black Knight]
Cyrielle Claire [Linet]
Lila Kedrova [Lady of Lyonesse]
John Serret [Priest]
Brian Coburn [Friar Vosper]
Mike Edmonds [Tiny Man]
David Rappaport [Sage]
Ronald Lacey [Oswald]
Peter Cushing [Seneschal]
John Pierce Jones [Sergeant]
James Windsor [1st recruit]
Ric Morgan [2nd recruit]
Peter Mackriel [3rd recruit]
Jerold Wells [1st torturer]
Harry Jones [2nd torturer]
John Rhys-Davies [Baron Fortinbras]
John J. Carney [messenger]
Bruce Lidington [Sir Bertilak]
Wilfrid Brambell [Porter]
SUMMARY
Gawain, a squire at
Camelot, is the only man who will accept the challenge of
the Green Knight to play his strange games. King Arthur
quickly knights Gawain who is duped by the Green Knight
and loses. The Green Knight offers Gawain the chance to
live for one more year before facing the consequences and
Gawain uses the time to explore the kingdom, trying to
solve a life-saving riddle set by Green Knight's.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Weeks attempts to remake
his own Gawain and the Green Knight
[1973] and makes a complete hash of it. Casting Miles
O'Keefe was a major mistake to begin with, but Weeks
compounds his error with lacklustre direction, a muddled
script and one of the worst scores ever recorded. Not
even Sean Connery is enough to save this disaster.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Cannon Film Distributors
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: PG
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: PG
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
El caballero verde -
Spanish title
Camelot - Der Fluch des goldenen Schwertes -
German title
A espada do valente - Spanish title
Legenden om den gröne riddaren -
Swedish title
Rohkea ritari - Finnish title
Sword of the Valiant
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Gawain and the Green
Knight
LINKS
REMAKE OF
Gawain and
the Green Knight [1973]
KEYWORDS
arthurian, castles, decapitations, duels, knights, magic, recapitation,
remakes, riddles, servants, the supernatural, swords, sword and sorcery,
sword fights
Last Updated:
6 March, 2007
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