Miles O'Keeffe, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson

Fans of Sean Connery who are curious to see him explore roles outside of his usual heroic characters may enjoy his robust turn as the mythic Green Knight in this 1982 British-made fantasy. Based loose...( read more  read more... )ly on the classic epic poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Connery is quite a sight as the glittering green figure, who challenges young Gawain (Miles O'Keefe of Tarzan the Ape Man infamy), a squire in King Arthur's court, to solve his riddle or lose his head. O'Keefe is a stiff Gawain, and the film suffers under its low budget and awkward comic moments, but Connery and the rest of the cast (which includes Trevor Howard as Arthur, John Rhys-Davies, Lila Kedrova, and Peter Cushing) are game and provide sufficient star power to keep fantasy-adventure fans distracted from the film's shortcomings. Writer-director Weeks also directed a version of this story in 1973, with Murray Head of Jesus Christ Superstar fame as Gawain. --Paul Gaita

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PG, 102 min.

Directed by: Stephen Weeks

Release Date: August 17, 1984

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • March 31, 2009
    This movie left a little to be desired. It was a good thing my expectations weren't very high to begin with so I actually made it through the whole movie.
  • March 22, 2009
    Blah... not good, headed off to bed before 1/2 way finished.
  • June 8, 2008
    Worthless movie. I honestly got bored of it in the first 20 minutes, but I still wtached it. So boring, Sean Connery has been in weird movies.
  • August 21, 2007
    Sir Gawain: I forgot to ask one question during my quick initiation into knighthood.
    Humphrey: Oh? What's that?
    Sir Gawain: How to relieve myself in this tin suit.
  • July 19, 2007
    Weird and bizarre story. they painted connery green. strange.
  • July 1, 2007
    If its the one i'm thinking of its shit
  • April 12, 2007
    A man did what he had to for love
  • March 16, 2007
    Can someone tell me why people are always trying to chop off Sean Connery's head?

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