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First Knight is a 1995 film based on Arthurian legend. The main characters are Lancelot (played by Richard Gere), King Arthur (played by Sean Connery) and Guinevere (played by Julia Ormond).

The film follows the rogue Lancelot's romance with Lady Guinevere of Leonesse, who is to marry King Arthur of Camelot. Ben Cross appears as the villain Malagant. The film is notable for its absence of magical elements (like Merlin and Morgan Le Fay), its drawing on the Arthurian material of Chrétien de Troyes rather than Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur for plot elements (Malagant appears in Chrétien's Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart) and the rather large age difference between Arthur and Guinevere.

Cast

Sean Connery
(King Arthur)
Richard Gere
(Lancelot)
Julia Ormond
(Guinevere)
Ben Cross
(Prince Malagant)
Liam Cunningham (Agravaine)
Christopher Villiers (Sir Kay)
Valentine Pelka (Sir Patrise)
Colin McCormack (Sir Mador)
Ralph Ineson
(Ralf)
John Gielgud
(Oswald)

Crew

Script: William Nicholson
Director: Jerry Zucker
Producers: Hunt Lowry, Jerry Zucker
Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg
Production Designer: John Box
Editor: Walter Murch
Music composed by Jerry Goldsmith

Box office

US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 37,600,435 :+ Other International Takings: $90,000,000 = Gross Worldwide Takings: $127,600,435

Trivia

Crossbows play a major role in the film, since Malagant's men use pistol-like ones to kill Arthur. In the 2004 film, King Arthur
, the Saxons use crossbows as well (anachronistically, one might add).
The majority of armor and weapons used in the film were of such low quality that the majority of the time they appeared to wobble and dent with the slightest of movements by the actors.

Sean Connery who plays King Arthur in this film also plays the Green Knight in Sword of The Valiant.

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