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A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American medieval action comedy film [5] [6] written, co-produced and directed by Brian Helgeland.The film stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward the Black Prince (James Purefoy) and Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany).
Title page of the 1634 quarto. The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare.Its plot derives from "The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1387–1400), which had already been dramatised at least twice before, and itself was a shortened version of Boccaccio's epic poem Teseida.
“A Knight’s Tale” director Brian Helgeland revealed in a career retrospective interview with Inverse that his efforts to make a sequel to his 2001 medieval action-comedy classic were ...
An instrumental version of Bowie's original played during the closing credits of the American limited series Stephen King's Golden Years (1991), [3] while the standard track was featured on the original soundtrack of Brian Helgeland's 2001 film A Knight's Tale. The song appeared in a new remix by Bowie's longtime collaborator Tony Visconti ...
Heath Ledger in ‘A Knight’s Tale.’ Cover Images A Knight’s Tale almost got a sequel on Netflix, but without the late Heath Ledger — at least according to screenwriter Brian Helgeland.
"The Knight's Tale" (Middle English: The Knightes Tale) is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight is described by Chaucer in the " General Prologue " as the person of highest social standing amongst the pilgrims, though his manners and clothes are unpretentious.
"The Miller's Tale" (Middle English: The Milleres Tale) is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin to "quite" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways) "The Knight's Tale". The Miller's Prologue is the first "quite" that occurs in the tales.
Alice Rose Connor (born 2 August 1990) is a British actress, born in Buckinghamshire, England. [citation needed] She is best known for her roles in the television adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's novel The Illustrated Mum, [1] in the children's television series The New Worst Witch (a spin-off from The Worst Witch), [2] and in the film The Thief Lord as Hornet. [3]