Lionheart (1987 film)

Infobox Film
name = Lionheart


image_size= 175px
director = Franklin J. Schaffner
producer = Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Schwartzman (executive producers),
Talia Shire and Stanley O'Toole (producers)
writer = Menno Meyjes (story),
Menno Meyjes and Richard Outten (screenplay)
starring = Eric Stoltz
Gabriel Byrne
music = Jerry Goldsmith
cinematography = Alec Mills
distributor = Orion Pictures, Warner Bros.
runtime = 104 min.
language = English
imdb_id = 0093424

Lionheart is a 1987 film directed by Academy Award-winner Franklin J. Schaffner. Loosely based on the historical Children's Crusade, the story follows an exiled young knight, played by Eric Stoltz, who leads a band of orphans to join the Crusade of Richard the Lionheart while protecting the children from the Black Prince (Gabriel Byrne), a disillusioned crusader turned child slave trader. Francis Ford Coppola, who had initially planned to direct the film, is credited as Executive Producer. The screenplay was written by Menno Meyjes and Richard Outten from a story by Menno Meyjes. Oscar-winning composer Jerry Goldsmith wrote the score.