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First Knight, the Glossary

First Knight is a 1995 medieval historical drama film based on Arthurian legend, directed by Jerry Zucker.^[1]

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1990s action adventure films
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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Adam Greenberg (cinematographer)

Adam Greenberg, A.S.C. (Hebrew: אדם גרינברג) is a retired Israeli-American cinematographer noted for his work in Israel and the United States, including several films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Agravain

Agravain is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, whose first known appearance is in the works of Chrétien de Troyes.

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Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debuts, and produced by Jon Davison. First Knight and Airplane! are films directed by Jerry Zucker.

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Alexis Denisof

Alexis Denisof (born February 25, 1966) is an American actor, primarily known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.

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Apollo 13 (film)

Apollo 13 is a 1995 American docudrama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan.

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Ben Cross

Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English stage and film actor.

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Braveheart

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who also portrays its central character, Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. First Knight and Braveheart are 1990s war drama films, American war drama films and war epic films.

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Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Camelot

Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur.

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Chrétien de Troyes

Chrétien de Troyes (Crestien de Troies; 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval and the Holy Grail.

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Christopher Villiers

Christopher Francis Villiers (born 7 September 1960) is an English actor, screenwriter and producer.

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Colin McCormack

John Colin McCormack (2 December 1941 – 19 June 2004) was a Welsh actor who enjoyed success in classical stage performances and television shows including BBC TV's Dixon of Dock Green, a show he returned to twenty years later when he played a police constable.

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Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., commonly known as Columbia Pictures or simply Columbia, is an American film production and distribution company that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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David Hoselton

David Hoselton is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer, best known for his work on the television series House and the animated films Over the Hedge and Brother Bear.

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Drama (film and television)

In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website and their mobile app.

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Fealty

An oath of fealty, from the Latin fidelitas (faithfulness), is a pledge of allegiance of one person to another.

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Film Score Monthly

Film Score Monthly is an online magazine (and former print magazine) founded by editor-in-chief and executive producer Lukas Kendall in June 1990 as The Soundtrack Correspondence List.

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Filmtracks

Filmtracks is a modern film score review website created and maintained by its sole reviewer, Christian Clemmensen.

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Gaheris

Gaheris (Old French: Gaheriet, Gaheriés, Guerrehes, etc.) is a Knight of the Round Table in the chivalric romance tradition of Arthurian legend. A nephew of King Arthur, Gaheris is the third son of Arthur's sister or half-sister Morgause and her husband Lot, King of Orkney and Lothian. He is the younger brother of Gawain and Agravain, the older brother of Gareth, and half-brother of Mordred.

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Gareth

Gareth (Old French: Guerehet, Guerrehet) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.

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Gawain

Gawain, also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur's nephew and one of the premier Knights of the Round Table.

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Ghost (1990 film)

Ghost is a 1990 American supernatural romance film directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli, and Rick Aviles. First Knight and Ghost (1990 film) are films directed by Jerry Zucker.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Guinevere

Guinevere (Gwenhwyfar; Gwenivar, Gwynnever), also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever, was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur.

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Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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History

History (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.

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Hunt Lowry

Hunt Lowry (born in Oklahoma) is an American film and TV producer, who has been involved with film production since the 1980s.

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Jerry Goldsmith

Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer, with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003.

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Jerry Zucker

Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, and the Best Picture-nominated supernatural drama film Ghost.

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John Blakey

John Blakey (born 24 July 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 359 games in the Australian Football League.

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John Box

John Allan Hyatt Box OBE (27 January 19207 March 2005) was a British film production designer and art director.

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John Gielgud

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades.

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Jonathan Cake

Jonathan Cake (born 31 August 1967) is an English actor who has worked on various TV programmes and films.

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Julia Ormond

Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress.

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King Arthur

King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain.

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Knights of the Round Table

The Knights of the Round Table (Marchogion y Ford Gron, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century.

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Lancelot

Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants, is a character in some versions of Arthurian legend where he is typically depicted as King Arthur's close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table.

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Le Morte d'Arthur

Le Morte d'Arthur (originally written as le morte Darthur; Anglo-Norman French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore.

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Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham (born 2 June 1961) is an Irish actor.

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The Matter of Britain stories, focusing on King Arthur, are one of the most popular literary subjects of all time, and have been adapted numerous times in every form of media.

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Lyonesse

Lyonesse (/liːɒˈnɛs/ lee-uh-NESS) is a kingdom which, according to legend, consisted of a long strand of land stretching from Land's End at the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, to what is now the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic Sea portion of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Maleagant

Maleagant (alternately Malagant, Meleagan, Meleagant, Meliagant, Meliagaunt, Meliagant, Meliaganz, Meliagrance, Meliagrant, Mellegrans, Mellyagraunce) is a villain from Arthurian legend.

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Maurice Jarre

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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North Wales

North Wales (Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas.

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Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England. First Knight and Pinewood Studios are films shot at Pinewood Studios.

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Ralph Ineson

Ralph Michael Ineson (born 15 December 1969) is an English actor and narrator.

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Richard Gere

Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor.

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Rob Roy (1995 film)

Rob Roy is a 1995 historical biographical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. First Knight and Rob Roy (1995 film) are 1995 romantic drama films.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Sagramore

Sagramore, also known as Sagramor and other variations of this name (including Sacremor, Sacremors, Sagramour, Sagramoure, Sagremoir, Sagremor, Sagremore, Sagremoret, Sagrenoir, Saigremor, Saigremors, Saigremort, Segramor, Segramore, Segramors, Segramort, Segremor, Segremore, Seigramor, Seigramore, Sigamor, Sogremor and Sygramors), is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.

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Sean Connery

Sir Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor.

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Sir Kay

In Arthurian legend, Kay (Cai, Middle Welsh Kei or Cei; Caius; French: Keu; Old French: Kès or Kex) is King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table.

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Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

The Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment to manage its motion picture operations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Knight

Also known as Der 1. Ritter, First Knight (film).

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See also

1990s action adventure films

1990s historical action films

American historical action films

Films directed by Jerry Zucker

Films produced by Jerry Zucker

Films with screenplays by William Nicholson

Romantic epic films

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