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Mon, Apr 13 at 8:00pm

A KNIGHT’S TALE

  • Dir. Brian Helgeland
  • USA
  • 2001
  • 132 min.
  • PG-13
  • 4K DCP
  • Assistive Listening
  • Hearing Loop
A KNIGHT’S TALE
Mon, Apr 13 at 8:00pm: Staff pick introduction from Ellen | BUY TICKETS

Part of Music City Mondays and Staff Picks and programmed by Ellen, who says: “A KNIGHT’S TALE has always stood out in my mind as an instant classic. Not only is the dreamy Heath Ledger the protagonist, but every character is perfectly cast, the one-liners rattle around in your head and always solicit a giggle, and the soundtrack is banger after banger!”

After serving a number of years as a squire, an earnest young commoner poses as a knight and establishes himself in the jousting tournaments of Europe. He and a princess fall in love, but she is unaware of his deceit and common roots. The false knight is estranged from the princess once his true roots are revealed — and he struggles to mend their relationship. A KNIGHT’S TALE stars a young Heath Ledger and blends its medieval settings with a soundtrack of 1970s classic rock heavyweights.

“Savvy without being smug, cute without being saccharin, and funny without slipping into over-the-top goofiness, this is a 14th-century good time.” —Desson Howe, Washington Post (May 11, 2001)

“I smiled…all through Brian Helgeland’s A KNIGHT’S TALE…. The movie has an innocence and charm that grow on you. It’s a reminder of the days before films got so cynical and unrelentingly violent.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times (May 11, 2001)

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