Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke is a 1985 medieval fantasy film directed and produced by Richard Donner and starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The story is about a young thief who becomes unwillingly involved with a warrior and his lady who are hunted by the Bishop of Aquila. As he learns about the couple's past and secret, he chooses to help them overcome the Bishop's forces, and to lift an infernal curse.
Plot
In medieval Italy, Gaston, a thief known as "The Mouse", is captured and sentenced to death, but escapes from the Bishop of Aquila's dungeons through the sewers. He is apprehended at an inn by Captain Marquet and the Bishop's guards. Former Captain Etienne Navarre arrives on the scene and he and his pet hawk attack the guards and then escape with Phillipe.
More details
| author | David Peoples Michael Thomas Tom Mankiewicz |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Richard Donner |
| editor | Stuart Baird |
| genre | adventure drama fantasy |
| keywords | aquila break capture church church bells cut even kill l\'aquila learn locked room married solar eclipse young woman |
| musicBy | Andrew Powell |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
| producer | Lauren Shuler Richard Donner |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox Lauren Shuler Production Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Abruzzo |
| theme | romantic fantasy shapeshifting |