Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant is a 1997 Irish-British independent sword and sorcery film directed by Anthony Hickox, written by Michael Frost Beckner, and starring Stephen Moyer, Katherine Heigl, Thomas Kretschmann, Joanna Lumley, Ron Perlman, and Edward Fox. It is a loose adaptation of the long-running Prince Valiant comic strip of Hal Foster, some panels of which were used in the film. In it, Valiant must battle the Vikings and a scheming sorceress to save the kingdom.
Plot
The story is based on the myth of King Arthur. A young, inexperienced squire Valiant, masquerading as Sir Gawain, is sent to accompany the Welsh princess Lady Ilene, a guest at Camelot, on her way back home. Little does he know that meanwhile, Arthur's wicked sister Morgan has retrieved a spellbook from Merlin's tomb and convinced the Viking warlord Sligon, ruler of the kingdom of Thule, to steal the magical sword Excalibur during a jousting tournament.
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| author | Anthony Hickox |
|---|---|
| director | Anthony Hickox |
| editor | Alexander Berner |
| events | Arthurian romance |
| genre | action adventure fantasy live-action |
| keywords | camelot evil brother excalibur gawain heir to the throne joust kill king arthur masquerade merlin morgan morgan le fay squire the king thule viking wale welsh |
| musicBy | David Bergeaud |
| producer | Bernd Eichinger Tom Rosenberg |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox BBFC Entertainment Film Distributors |
| theme | independent |