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Trivia section

The trivia section is lifted almost verbatim from the corresponding page on imdb. This content is not free use, and the trivia section in this article is not encyclopedic, especially with a link to the corresponding imdb site on the same page. Should it be removed?

Absolutely NOT!!!--140.254.225.68 01:08, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Move the article?

This article should be at A Knight's Tale (film) to conform with naming conventions. Lord Bodak 15:26, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, so long as the person that does the move also fixes the 30-50 things that link to the article. Atlant 18:57, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure this page would be turned into a redirect, so that isn't necessarily a requirement. Lord Bodak 19:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it is. Wiki will only work through one level of redirect so by leaving one level in effect, you set up the situation in the future where someone moves the article again, creating a second level of redirect (which then fails all the references). Whenever you move an article, you should clean up all the Wikilinks that refer to it.

In other words, redirects "decay" over time. ;-)

Atlant 23:57, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Articles with a ' in the title are problematic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_wiki_urls —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgkprog (talk • contribs) 01:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Text of former article (now a redirect)

A Knight's Tale is a movie made by Columbia Pictures and released in 2001.

After the death of his master, William Thatcher (Heath Ledger), a young squire takes on the persona of a knight in order to compete in a jousting competition to earn enough money to return home to England. On his travels he meets Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany), who becomes his Herald and together with his other companions he sets out on a journey to prove he is a worthy knight.

Set in medieval Europe, it was inspired in part by Chaucer's A Knight's Tale in his The Canterbury Tales.

Modern rock music was added to the storyline with no mention of the anachronism.

At the time the film makers pointed out the classical music used in many films is also anachronistic, since the piano for example existed from only about 1700 onwards. -- Horkana 00:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Despite mixed critical reviews, the public responded to the elements of adventure, comedy and romance and it was a box office success.

It stars Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany and Mark Addy.

If this ariticle (the current one) needs more info, it should use this ↑ Yingpingu (talk) 15:18, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Ector/Hecter

I always assumed they were saying sir Hector, but with an accent. I'll change it, but if anyone can find out anything different, feel free to change it. Wikibout-Talk to me! 19:21, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Ector is the character who raises young King Arthur in "Once and Future King" (and, thus, Disney's "Sword in the Stone"). I assume they were using Ector on purpose. Lordjim13 15:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you look on IMDB, he is written in as Sir Ector. Makes sense as Ector is a medieval English name and Hector is Romance Language name. 70.56.24.248 (talk) 08:06, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Based on...

The only thing The Knights Tale has in relation to Chaucers work is that the film stars Chaucer and it has the same name. Other than that they're completely different. To even say it is "very loosely based" on Chaucer's work is pushing it.HornetMike 21:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It has a much closer resembelance to George RR Martin's The Hedge Knight than anything to do with Chaucer's work. There don't however seem to be any sources indicating that it was based on it. So it is probably not worth mention in the article. There are however a number of reviews of Hedge Knight comparing the two (even though HK predates aKT). 205.251.229.73 05:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree Yingpingu (talk) 15:19, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The reference to the summoner and pardoner, the knight's tale as a title, the book of the duchess, and probably some more were all references to Jefferey Chaucer's actual life and works as well as 'they seem much more interesting then those pilgrim's you hung out with last year', which means the story is supposed to have taken place after canterbury tales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.245.219 (talk) 13:47, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Setting

The film shows Count Whatsisname at the Battle of Poitiers, so can't it be simply said that the film is set in 1356 instead of that whole Setting section? 84.65.150.93 08:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would say no, keep it in, because for one, it clarifies things, in addition to mentioning an apparent plot hole that wouldn't have been apparent to those not a history buff. And, frankly, it's interesting. :) 63.21.84.80 11:49, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, isn't this one kind of moot? I mean, the film is full of intentional anachronisms. 70.56.24.248 (talk) 08:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree; I can't really imagine any 'history buffs' getting hot under the collar about it. --90.214.206.203 (talk) 11:34, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Production

I'll bet the source of "Some of the extras were homeless people from that city" comes from the DVD extras. The director talks about how they hired some of the homeless to give them jobs, and because they had that old blood look. --Crosscanyon 07:15, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Epic

I removed the 'Epic Movie' tag. I am unaware of any definition of epic that would include A Knight's Tale. It is not particularly long, event-driven, or broad in scope. Kilrae (talk) 18:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Similar to "Shakespeare In Love" Format

"A Knight's Tale" seems to have been inspired by the success of the format for "Shakespeare In Love": take a historical figure, contemporize him, have anachronisms and contemporary speech patterns wrapped around a romance-adventure-comedy. Anybody know if the director was asked about this similarity and if he was inspired by "Shakespratre In Love?"? 69.104.54.82 (talk) 23:53, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

critical acclaim

This is re-writing history. The movie was largely panned by critics; a 58% rotten tomatoes score isn't acclaim; RT gives it a splat, not a fresh rating. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.78.96.53 (talk) 20:24, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It actually says, "modest critical acclaim". -- Pemilligan (talk) 19:06, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't normal people count for acclaim, or is it just for all those Just sitting on cushions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.245.219 (talk) 13:50, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Epigrams -- Original research?

I added Template:Original research to the Epigrams section. It needs some sort of supporting citation(s), and a link for "Wildean style epigrams" wouldn't hurt. -- Pemilligan (talk) 22:13, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Female co-star missing

It seems strange to me that the female lead is not mentioned in the starring list. There’s four significantly smaller roles listed, but one of the two main roles is missing from the list. 2A02:A210:3044:5900:C0C7:4109:A107:AEA9 (talk) 21:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]