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FilmPG-131995
First Knight
Directed by Jerry Zucker
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love. From TMDB
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First Knight is a 1995 action adventure drama film, directed by Jerry Zucker, starring Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond.
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60 of 68 · most liked firstWednesday movie: First Knight (1995) ****
positive · AI labelView post →Status report, Apropos of Nothing dep't: Doing cover work and watching / listening with half an ear to FIRST KNIGHT and Jerry Goldsmith's score for it. Two main thoughts: (a) *Jeez* but this sounds like a lost Star Trek movie, and (b) I'd give real money if he'd stop quoting TRISTAN UND ISOLDE.
neutral · AI labelView post →I always think of the time in 6th grade, during a unit on the Middle Ages, when they meant to show us Dragonheart, the movie where Sean Connery voices a dragon, but instead someone mixed it up with First Knight, the 'sexy' King Arthur movie with Richard Gere, Julia Ormond (and also Sean Connery) lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinking about the time my middle school had an assembly in the auditorium and meant to show us Dragonheart, the film in which Sean Connery voices a dragon, but accidentally showed us First Knight, the fucky Camelot movie, also with Sean Connery.
neutral · AI labelView post →FIRST KNIGHT: I’m extremely stoned and very receptive to a movie with tons of Dramatic Staring against a medieval backdrop. The score truly believes this is the grandest, most epic tale ever to blaze across the screen and honestly that goes a long way. Ormond hive rise up. Put me in a great mood.
positive · AI labelView post →Meghan, you better not be watching FIRST KNIGHT, that terrible ‘90s film you loved as a kid, again. Meghan?
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally, all time fave -- dad takes us to see First Knight (Sean Connery as King Arthur) & goes to get tickets. Can't remember name of movie & just says, "For the film." Staff member asks, "First Knight" & absolutely innocently dad says, "No I've been here before." We pretended not to be with him.
neutral · AI labelView post →arguably a little worse than “mid” but my comfort medieval movie is First Knight, a guinevere/ lancelot adaptation in which richard gere and his 90s equivalent of iphone face is hopelessly miscast as lancelot and sean connery is a silver fox king arthur. the romantic tropes!! the silly costumes!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I peed next to @stephenking.bsky.social after seeing “First Knight” at a theater in Maine in 1995. He’d observed that they burned Sean Connery coming out of the film, which was true. Lame movie, memorable moment. I said nothing, because Pop said gentlemen don’t strike up conversations at urinals.
negative · AI labelView post →Ooh, that's lovely. I'm sure they've probably been mentioned already & you know film, obv, but EVER AFTER & FIRST KNIGHT are great.
positive · AI labelView post →we had movie days sometimes & one of the movies he showed was First Knight & he taught us a light class on Arthurian legend while we watched. I grew up in a wasteland for that stuff, he was there to make up for it
neutral · AI labelView post →Tried to search for “First Knight movie,” the 1995 Sean Connery Richard Gere 2-hander Arthurian legend #film, but accidentally searched for “Fist Knight movie,” and sister, let me tell you, those are two VERY different sets of search results 😳 #FilmSky 🎥 #Google #SERPs
neutral · AI labelView post →All I can ever think about when I see Spock's dad in this movie is Ben Cross as Malagant in First Knight. "Last night, men from this village crossed the border and killed 3 of my people. In reprisal, I have destroyed this village. The borderlands have been lawless long enough. I am the law now."
neutral · AI labelView post →I know it’s cheesy, & maybe it’s just 90s nostalgia, but the movie First Knight still gets me in many ways.
positive · AI labelView post →First Knight. On what I think was the third or fourth all too predictable ambush the entire cinema audience started shouting "he's behind you!" Pantomime style. It was the only good thing about the film.
negative · AI labelView post →Stuff That Ruins Films For Me: “Actors who don’t attempt an accent tho everyone else does” 3️⃣ First Knight - Richard Gere. You’re Lancelot for God’s sake! 2️⃣ Man in the Iron Mask - DiCaprio & Malkovich can’t be bothered. 3️⃣ Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Costner fumbles…but Rickman saves the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The pilgrimage continues My ★★★ review of First Knight (1995) boxd.it/diVnmz
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's Movie I've Never Seen Before™️ is: First Knight I've seen Rob Roy and Braveheart hundreds of times, which also came out that year. I guess I thought First Knight was a boring romance instead of a cool action movie...and it turns out I was right, it was pretty boring
negative · AI labelView post →But probably, and surprisingly, not influence on film & TV makers, if you look at Excalibur, First Knight and Merlin for instance. An almost exception being King Arthur. At least it’s in the Dark Ages, even if Clive Owen’s running around in Roman armour beating up Picts.
neutral · AI labelView post →Okayyyyy I found a movie on Tubi with Richard Gere. It’s called First Knight. Damn he fine
neutral · AI labelView post →Sword in the Stone RULES. One of my very favorite animated films. Haven’t seen First Knight in decades. I remember being disappointed that they entirely eschewed magic/fantasy in the film. I’ll give it another look.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ruin a movie by reminding us it exists! I'll go first... First Knight.
negative · AI labelView post →The only film I ever walked out on was First Knight, my friend had insisted we see it to the point where he paid for both tickets. Unfathomably dull.
negative · AI labelView post →In an alternate timeline, the film "First Knight" got a whole franchise. The Knight Before Last The Friday Knights A Knight to Remember The Fort Knight Knight Fall #PunBard #Dadjokes
neutral · AI labelView post →I assume in this scenario they are specifically the cast of the movie First Knight?
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember going to see that at the cinema on release, but a friend talking us out of it due to a negative review. We saw First Knight instead. Y'know, the Richard Gere Camalot movie everyone knows and loves. Yeesh.
negative · AI labelView post →First Knight the film centers on Lancelot and the affair with Guenevere; starring Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, and Sean Connery. T.H. White's The Ill-Made Knight (part of the Once And Future King series) is the biography of Lancelot from childhood till just before the fall of Camelot.
neutral · AI labelView post →First Knight (1995) Director: Jerry Zucker Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, John Gielgud, Julia Ormond, Alexis Denisof Watch Review wp / wd
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh King Arthur, Sean Connery and Richard Gere made a film about him... First Knight... Not that bad, feet up film, popcorn 😁
neutral · AI labelView post →From the movie First Knight with Sean Connery as King Arthur and Richard Gere as Lancelot. Arthur responds after Lancelot tells him, “If you knew me better, you would not say such things.” My tip in writing genuine characters is they must have flaws. Readers hate perfect people!
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you have that film as a kid you watched so many times the VHS broke and you needed a 2nd copy? That was First Knight for me. Excalibur is superior, but the way this film was done did action and design in a way I hadn't seen in a fantasy film before. #film #fantasy www.cbr.com/sean-connery...
positive · AI labelView post →Coming soon to the I Hate Critics 1995 Podcast, we will be talking about the 1995 movie, First Knight, starring Richard Gere and Sean Connery. Spoiler Alert, we hated it. But there will be plenty of show lore to enjoy nonetheless. Until that drops, here's my review. vocal.media/geeks/first-...
neutral · AI labelView post →⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ╱ I know when Guinevere is in a movie it’s gonna be betrayal. I just found it weird her kingdom was Lyonnesse. That was Tristan’s home. and Guinevere was from Cameliard not Lyonnesse like said in the “First Knight” movie. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀
neutral · AI labelView post →They're available for rent. We rented a bunch of costumes from Sony pictures for a production of Camelot that we did. We used the armor from the movie "First Knight" (Richard Gere, Sean Connery) for the show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wanted to watch First Knight because I'm in my whimsy era and I love medieval/high fantasy media. Found out it's streaming on pluto. Bet. Get on pluto. First thing I see is The Exorcism of Emily Rose. As a lifelong spooky bitch, this is still the only movie to 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 me. It's midnight.
neutral · AI labelView post →First Knight. Everything is wrong in this one. Home Alone. Moulin Rouge (I don't even start a Baz Lurmann film any more) Nosferatu (2024) I sat through, but stopped caring around the 20 minute mark. Back to the Future II I fell asleep 20 minutes in.
negative · AI labelView post →11 March 1950 – Jerry Zucker, 75, US filmmaker. With Jim Abrahams (1944–2024) & David Zucker Writer: Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) The Naked Gun: Files of Police Squad! * The Naked Gun 2½ Director: Airplane! (1980) Police Squad * Top Secret! * Ruthless People * Ghost * First Knight * Rat Race (2001)
neutral · AI labelView post →Spear is a queer retelling by Nicola Griffith that’s like a longer version of Sir Dinadan’s story in Bright Sword. Kiersten White’s The Guinevere Deception is told from Guin’s POV and reminds me of that movie First Knight at times. Sword Stone Table is a wonderful anthology of short stories
neutral · AI labelView post →Now reading: The Bat-Man: First Knight (DC) by Dan Jurgens, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer, and Simon Bowland. Great concept, keeping to 1939 trappings and a movie serial plot, but with more historical context and a modern tone. Perkins draws Bruce as a different Golden Age actor every scene.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched The First Knight and man that movie is exactly what you expect it would be and I forgot how enjoyable films like that are. No unexpected twists, nothing new. Just a traditionally told story with the requisite amount of action scenes.
positive · AI labelView post →A guy on the bus with me once told me about the legend of King Arthur in great detail. He was describing the plot of First Knight, the Richard Gere movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →First Knight is on Film4 and I'm giving its costume design a LOOK for these...disco doublets? Cosy Sunday knightwear? Sorta fancy, wholly not stopping someone stabbing you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Current movie list: - Excalibur (1981) - The Fisher King (1991) - First Knight (1995) - The Sword in the Stone (1963)
neutral · AI labelView post →Honorable mention: First Knight, which we MST3Ked through its entirety because there was no one else in the theater. I had a great time, but only because the movie sucked.
negative · AI labelView post →The (movie) First Knight 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £2.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 6.2 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) First Knight 1080p (iTunes)(CA) C$4.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 6.2 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson
neutral · AI labelView post →After Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Excalibur, a movie like First Knight simply would not do.
negative · AI labelView post →6:20pm TODAY on @Film4 1995 #Historical #Action film🎥 “FIRST KNIGHT” directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by William Nicholson & based on a story by Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton + William Nicholson 🌟 Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Christopher Villiers
neutral · AI labelView post →I was going to put First Knight but no gifs of that movie exist
neutral · AI labelView post →I was looking for “First Knight” without a title and came across a non-exhaustive list of recent movies. Apparently Shrek 3 has Arthur in it, too? screenrant.com/king-arthur-...
neutral · AI labelView post →I like the movie First Knight. It takes a lot of liberties but it’s worth it for the acting and directing Sean Connery is Arthur and Richard Gere is Lancelot
positive · AI labelView post →First Knight is a great movie!
positive · AI labelView post →Basically yes. It was also where the premiere of 90s film First Knight took place as it was filmed in the area. Sadly Connery and Gere didn’t show up but Julia Ormond did. My mum took me to see Return To Oz there when I was 4 years old. If you’ve seen it you’ll know why that wasn’t her best idea!
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) First Knight is available today on (Google Play) for $4.99 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson
neutral · AI labelView post →⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ╱ Arthur was furious in this “First Knight” movie, I can imagine even FGO Arthur be the same. and I mean Arthur, not Artoria. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀
neutral · AI labelView post →The Bat-Man: First Knight by Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins is getting a sequel!! Return to 1940’s Gotham, a rougher Bat-Man, and a grimey city haunted by a theatrical serial killer. Also, fresh reporter Lois Lane arrives in Gotham just to report on a movie but soon gets roped into this mess as well
neutral · AI labelView post →I think it was also used in the movie '' First Knight''
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice! First Knight in the pic is bad. It’s not strictly the worst Arthurian movie i’ve seen, but it’s the one I turned off 2/3 through b/c it bored me and was bad
negative · AI labelView post →I vote First Knight, mainly because my best friend and I watched that movie hmmm probably an indecent number of times during our teen years.
positive · AI labelView post →5) Film Soundtracks (the best films can have a great soundtrack - so can the worst): Chocolate First Knight The American President Porgy and Bess Urban Cowboy Forest Gump Composers/arrangers Tchaikovsky Debussy Tim Janis David Huntsinger
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