Black Knight (film)

Infobox_Film
name=Black Knight


caption = The movie poster for "Black Knight".
imdb_id=0265087
writer=Darryl Quarles
Peter Gaulke
Gerry Swallow
starring=Martin Lawrence
Tom Wilkinson
director=Gil Junger
music=Randy Edelman | distributor=20th Century Fox
released=November 21 2001
runtime=95 min.
language=English
movie_series=
amg_id = 1:255990
producer=Jack Brodsky,
Martin Lawrence,
Peaches Davis,
Jeff Kwatinetz
budget=$50,000,000 (estimated)Fact|date=February 2008|

"Black Knight" (2001) is a comedy film starring Martin Lawrence. The film was directed by Gil Junger who has more famously directed television sitcoms. In addition to Lawrence, "Black Knight" had an additional cast of Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, Kevin Conway, and others.

The film was released in November 2001 and went on to gross over thirty million dollars at the North American box office. It was one of Lawrence's poorer performing films at the box office in terms of revenue made.

The film was shot at various locations in North Carolina. The two prime spots used in North Carolina were Wilmington, North Carolina and Carolina Beach, NC.

Plot

Jamal Walker (Lawrence) is an everyday slacker with a job at a crummy theme park called Medieval World, which is receiving big competition from another theme park, Castle World. Jamal's life is dramatically altered while cleaning a moat surrounding the park. He finds a medallion in the moat and while trying to pull it from its spot he gets sucked into a past world. Awakening in England, 1328, he bungles his way through this strange new world. Armed with his modern-day lifestyle, he quickly learns he is sort of a fish out of water. The citizens of England believe him to be a French Moor, from Normandy more specifically, because of his skin color, odd dress, language, and manner.

Jamal is soon taken in by the reigning king, King Leo (Conway). He is assumed to be a messenger from Normandy who the king believes to be bringing news of an alliance between England and Normandy. He soon nicknames himself "Sky Walker" and, after gaining trust from the king, Jamal is made head of security for the king. While all of this is going on, Jamal finds out about the ruthless way the king came to power by overthrowing the former queen. He finds out this information from Victoria (Thomason), a chambermaid, and Sir Knolte (Wilkinson), a former knight of the queen who has become an alcoholic. Through their help and his own realization of the situation Jamal soon understands he must help overthrow King Leo and help restore the queen to power.

Critical Reaction

The film was garnered almost entirely poor reviews, receiving only 13% on Rotten Tomatoes [http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_knight/] , where the "critical consensus" was stated as "Black Knight feels like a lazily constructed movie, filled with lame gags and constant mugging from Lawrence."

Taglines

*He's About To Get Medieval On You.

*A Comedy About a Man Out of His Time and Out of His Mind

*An Adventure To The Past.

Awards & Nominations

*Motion Picture Sound Editors
**nominated for Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing - Music - Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign

Trivia

*Paula Abdul choreographed one of the dance numbers in this movie.
*The Hungarian flag with coat of arms can be seen on several occasions in the film.
*The idea that the king expects an alliance between England and Normandy is historically false, because in 1328 England was already ruled by a line of Norman kings (following their conquest of England in 1066).

External links

*imdb title|id=0265087|title=Black Knight
* [http://www.blackknightmovie.com/ 20th Century Fox's official "Black Knight" site]
* [http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id=1805535145&cf=info/ Yahoo! Movies]