Phim Kị Sĩ Bàn Tròn

Truyện phim phỏng theo một phần tác phẩm Cái chết vua Arthur (Le Morte Darthur) của Sir Thomas Malory.

• Phần 1: Arthur rút kiếm khỏi đe
• Phần 2: Lancelot gặp Elaine, Arthur, Modred và Guinevere
• Phần 3: Morgan và Modred lập mưu chống Arthur và Lancelot
• Phần 4: Nội chiến, cái chết Arthur và Modred, tiên tri về Thánh Tước

Bộ phim được quay tại Dublin, Cornwall, Devon, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire năm 1953.

Sản xuất

• Tuyển lựa: Irene Howard
• Điều phối: Roy Parkinson, Dora Wright
• Phục trang: Roger K. Furse
• Hóa trang: Charles E. Parker, John Truwe, Joan Johnstone
• Phụ tá: Yakima Canutt, Jack Martin, Peter Price
• Âm nhạc: Alex Alexander, Victor Arno, Jakob Gimpel, Johnny Green, Virginia Majewski, Uan Rasey, Milton Raskin, Miklós Rózsa, Eugene Zador, Si Zentner

Diễn xuất

A number of notable performers - the first two here appearing in several scenes and with several lines to speak - were uncredited. These include: Ralph Truman as King Marr of the Picts, Henry Oscar as King Mark of Cornwall, Desmond Llewelyn as a herald, and Patricia Owens as Lady Vivien. Valentine Dyall spoke the opening narration. Laurence Harvey was included as a cast member in an early edit of this article - and also on IMDb - but his participation in this film remains unconfirmed.

The film had some sequences shot near lâu đài Tintagel, Cornwall, with local people as extras. Scenes for the first battle were shot at Luttrellstown Castle Estate in Co. Dublin, Ireland. Woodland scenes and the hawking scenes were shot at Ashridge Forest, Herts. The Torquilstone Castle set designed by Alfred Junge for Ivanhoe (1952) was expanded and re-dressed as Camelot. Most of the indoor filming was at MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood, Herts.

George Sanders was originally cast as Modred but fell ill prior to shooting and was replaced by Stanley Baker, who had just made an impression in The Cruel Sea (1953).

The film was apparently shot on Eastmancolor stock, like Quentin Durward (1955), but it was advertised only as being 'in COLOR magnificence'. [See poster on Infobox above.] The film itself credits no color process. IMDb attributes the prints to Technicolor's laboratory, but it is not listed as one of the corporation's film prints in Fred E Basten's book Glorious Technicolor.

Ảnh hưởng

• Dell Four Color #540 (March 1954). Full-color photo-cover • 34 pages, 33 in full-color • Drawn by Dick Rockwell • Copyright 1954 by Loew's Incorporated [Authorised movie tie-in]

Công chiếu

According to MGM records, the film earned $4,518,000 in the US and Canada and $3,578,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,641,000. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, gives Knights of the Round Table reports that 67% of six surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 6/10.

Moreover, Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn has received mixed reviews from the majority of critics. The New York Times' Bosley Crowther found Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn to be a refreshing, enjoyable film that resembled "a spectacular, richly costumed Western film", stating that the new CinemaScope technology brought the film to life. Decent Films Guide reviewer Steven D. Greydanus gave the film a "B", stating, "a solid adaptation of the King Arthur legend, Knights of the Round Table benefits from its colorful pageantry and strongly Christian milieu, including a royal Catholic wedding and a transcendent moment of revelation involving the Holy Grail."

Vinh danh

Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Alfred Junge, Hans Peters, John Jarvis) and Sound Recording (A. W. Watkins). It was also nominated for the Grand Prix at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

• Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn
• Truyền thuyết Arthur

Tài liệu

• Knights of the Round Table: A story of king Arthur - Text based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film (Ward, Lock • London và Melbourne) [1954]

Tư liệu

• Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn trên Internet Movie Database
• Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn tại TCM Movie Database
• Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn tại AllMovie
• Kị sĩ Bàn Tròn tại American Film Institute Catalog