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The Book of Eli
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For the 12th-century English chronicle, see Book of Ely.
The Book of Eli
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
The Hughes brothers
Produced by
Joel Silver
Susan Downey
Andrew Kosove
Broderick Johnson
Denzel Washington
Written by
Gary Whitta
Starring
Denzel Washington
Gary Oldman
Mila Kunis
Ray Stevenson
Jennifer Beals
Music by
Atticus Ross
Leopold Ross
Claudia Sarne
Cinematography
Don Burgess
Edited by
Cindy Mollo
Production
company
Alcon Entertainment
Silver Pictures
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures (USA)
Summit Entertainment (International)
Release date
January 15, 2010 (2010-01-15)
Running time
117 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$80 million[2]
Box office
$157,107,755[3]
The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western action film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals. The story revolves around Eli, a nomad in a post-apocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the West Coast of the United States. The history of the post-war world is explained along the way, as is the importance of Eli's task. Filming began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico.[4]
The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 48% of 188 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.5 out of 10. The film was released in theaters in January 2010. Alcon Entertainment financed and co-produced the film with Silver Pictures, while it was distributed by Warner Bros. in the United States; international sales were handled by Summit Entertainment.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical reviews
5 Home media
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Plot
Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse,[5] Eli (Denzel Washington) travels on foot toward the west coast of the former United States. Along the way he demonstrates uncanny survival and fighting skills, hunting wildlife and swiftly defeating a group of desert bandits who try to ambush him. Searching for water, he arrives in a ramshackle town rebuilt and overseen by Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Carnegie dreams of building more towns and of controlling the people by using the power of a certain book. His henchmen scour the desolate landscape daily in search of it, but to no avail.
In town Eli barters with a store owner, the Engineer (Tom Waits), to recharge the battery of his portable music player. While waiting, he goes across the street to the town bar, where a gang of bikers attack, but he quickly kills them all. Realizing Eli is a literate man like himself, Carnegie asks Eli to stay, making it clear that the offer is non-negotiable. After Carnegie's blind mistress Claudia (Jennifer Beals) gives Eli some food and water, Carnegie orders Claudia's daughter Solara (Mila Kunis) to seduce Eli, but he turns her down. While killing time, she finds his book. Unperturbed, Eli offers to share his food with her, and before they eat, he says grace. The following day, Solara repeats the prayer, but Carnegie overhears them and realizes Solara's words relate to the book he has been seeking. He soon forces Solara to tell him if Eli was reading a book, and realizes Eli's book is the one he wants—a Bible.
Eli sneaks out of his room and Carnegie has his henchmen shoot at Eli, but the bullets seemingly just graze him, as if he is being protected. Eli shoots most of Carnegie's men and hits Carnegie in the leg with a shotgun blast. Solara, having left the town, leads Eli to a cave which is the town's water supply, hoping she can accompany him on his travels. Eli traps her inside and continues on alone. Solara escapes and soon finds herself ambushed by two bandits who attempt to rape her, but Eli reappears and kills them. As they continue on, Eli explains his mission to Solara. According to Eli, his book is the last remaining copy of the Bible, as all other copies were intentionally destroyed following the nuclear war thirty years ago. He says he was led to the book by a voice in his head, which then directed him to travel westward to a place where it would be safe. The voice assured him that he would be protected and guided on his journey.
Eventually, Eli and Solara investigate an isolated house. They fall into a trap, but manage to allay the suspicions of the residents, George (Michael Gambon) and Martha (Frances de la Tour), who invite them in for tea. When Eli realizes that the couple are cannibals, they attempt to leave just as Carnegie and his henchmen arrive. In the ensuing shootout, George, Martha and many of Carnegie's men are killed. While Eli and Solara are captured, Carnegie threatens to kill Solara unless Eli surrenders the Bible. With the Bible now in his possession, Carnegie shoots Eli, leaving him for dead. Solara escapes and drives back to help Eli. Rather than chase her, Carnegie returns to the town, since his sole remaining vehicle is running low on fuel. Solara finds Eli, and they drive until they reach the Golden Gate Bridge, and then row to Alcatraz Island, where they find a group intent on preserving what they can of literature and music. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the King James Version of the Bible. Once inside, Eli, revealed to be blind, begins to dictate the Bible from memory to Lombardi (Malcolm McDowell), the leader of the group.[6][5]
Meanwhile, back in the town, the Engineer opens the locked Bible where Carnegie discovers, to his dismay, that it is in Braille, and orders Claudia to read it to him. She pretends that she cannot remember how to read it, telling Carnegie his leg wound has become infected and his men have begun to run amok. At the sanctuary, Eli has died, but not before he finished reciting the entire book. The printing press at Alcatraz begins producing copies of the Bible, and Lombardi places one on a bookshelf between the Torah and Tanakh on one side and the Quran on the other. Solara, though offered sanctuary, chooses to return home, taking with her Eli's sword and other possessions.
Cast
Denzel Washington as Eli
Gary Oldman as Carnegie
Mila Kunis as Solara
Ray Stevenson as Redridge
Jennifer Beals as Claudia
Evan Jones as Martz
Joe Pingue as Hoyt
Frances de la Tour as Martha
Michael Gambon as George
Tom Waits as Engineer
Chris Browning as Hijack Leader
Malcolm McDowell as Lombardi (uncredited)
Production
In May 2007, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. signed the Hughes brothers to direct The Book of Eli, based on a script by Gary Whitta. (The brothers had last directed the 2001 film From Hell.)[7] Subsequently, Anthony Peckham rewrote the script, and in September 2008 Denzel Washington won the lead role.[8] The following October, Gary Oldman was cast to star alongside Washington.[9] Principal photography began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico.[10] Alcon Entertainment financed the film and co-produced with Silver Pictures.[11]
Jeff Imada choreographed the complex fight scenes, which feature the Filipino martial art of Kali. Washington trained for months with Dan Inosanto and Imada for his role.[12]
Reception
Box office
The film was released in North America on January 15, 2010 in 3,111 theaters. It took in $11,672,970—$3,752 per theater, its opening day.[13] By the end of its opening four-day holiday weekend it grossed $38,437,553—$12,355 per theater. It ranked number two, behind Avatar.[14] On its second weekend, it placed third with Legion taking its number two place and grossed $15,732,493—$5,057 per theater.[15] By its third weekend it dropped down to number five and made $8,908,286—$2,897 per theater.[16] The film has come to gross $94,835,059 in the United States and Canada, and $62,256,659 in other markets, with an estimated worldwide total of $157,091,718.[3]
Critical reviews
The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 48% of 188 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.5 out of 10. The site's consensus is that "It's certainly uneven, and many viewers will find that its reach exceeds its grasp, but The Book of Eli finds the Hughes brothers injecting some fresh stylish fun into the kind of post-apocalyptic wasteland filmgoers have seen more than enough of lately."[17] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 0–100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 53 based on 33 reviews.[18]
Todd McCarthy of Variety predicted "this will not be one of ... Denzel Washington's bigger grossers."[19] Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 of 4 stars and said of the film: "You won't be sorry you went. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several WTF! moments, which are a bonus."[20] Reviewing the film for The A.V. Club, Scott Tobias graded the film a B, and wrote "At a time when theaters are experiencing a glut of doomsday scenarios, the Hughes' ashen, bombed-out future world looks a little too familiar, no matter how crisply they present it. But the showdown between Washington and a deliciously hammy Oldman complicates the film's overt religiosity...".[21] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a D, calling it "a ponderous dystopian bummer that might be described as The Road Warrior without car chases, or The Road without humanity.[22]
Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on May 31, 2010 in the UK and on June 15, 2010 in the United States and Canada. The DVD took the top spot on all three national home video market charts in its first week. It premiered No. 1 on Home Media Magazine's Rental Chart, the Nielsen VideoScan Blu-ray chart, and the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert Sales Chart, where it outdistanced its nearest competitor in sales by a 3 to 1 margin.[23]
See also
Eli (biblical figure)
References
Jump up ^ THE BOOK OF ELI rated 15 by the BBFC
Jump up ^ "Movie projector: 'Book of Eli' first major challenger to 'Avatar'". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 14, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2010. Alcon spent $80 million to produce the movie, which stars Denzel Washington.
^ Jump up to: a b "The Book of Eli (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
Jump up ^ Goundry, Nick (February 1, 2010). "The Book of Eli shoots in New Mexico". The Location Guide. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b Giroux, Jack (18 January 2010). "Interview, Part 1: Gary Whitta on 'The Book of Eli'". The Film Stage. Retrieved 2 Aug 2017.
Jump up ^ Bakhshian, Sara (January 2010). "'The Book of Eli': Interview with Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman". Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Fleming, Michael (May 21, 2007). "Hughes brothers set for 'Book of Eli'". Variety. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
Jump up ^ Fleming, Michael; Dave McNary (September 4, 2008). "Denzel Washington picks up 'Book'". Variety. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
Jump up ^ McNary, Dave (October 29, 2008). "Gary Oldman joins 'Book of Eli'". Variety. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
Jump up ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (February 2009). "Jack Black Rocks 'Yo Gabba Gabba' and More First Looks". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
Jump up ^ "Gary Oldman joins Denzel on 'Eli'". Reel Suave. October 30, 2008.
Jump up ^ "The Book of Eli – Behind the Scenes:Stunts". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo!. 2010.
Jump up ^ "Daily Box Office for Friday, January 15, 2010". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. January 15, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for January 15–18, 2010 (4-day weekend)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for January 22–24, 2010". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for January 29–31, 2010". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. January 31, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
Jump up ^ "The Book of Eli (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved January 3, 2010.
Jump up ^ "The Book of Eli: Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
Jump up ^ McCarthy, Todd (January 10, 2010). "The Book of Eli Review". 'Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (January 14, 2010). "The Book of Eli review". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media Group.
Jump up ^ Tobias, Scott (January 14, 2010). "The Book of Eli". The AV Club. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
Jump up ^ Owen Gleiberman (January 15, 2010). "The Book of Eli". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
Jump up ^ "The Book of Eli Sweeps Video Charts". wowcelebrities.us. June 24, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
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2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
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2018 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Tournament
Season
2017–18
Teams
68
Finals site
Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
Champions
Villanova Wildcats (3rd title, 4th title game,
6th Final Four)
Runner-up
Michigan Wolverines (7th title game,
8th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Kansas Jayhawks (15th Final Four)
Loyola-Chicago Ramblers (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach
Jay Wright (2nd title)
MOP
Donte DiVincenzo (Villanova)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«2017 2019»
The 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a 68-team single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54.[1][2] For the first time in tournament history, none of the four top seeded teams in a single region (the South) advanced to the Sweet 16. Also, the tournament featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed (Kansas State) and an 11-seed (Loyola-Chicago).
Villanova, Michigan, Kansas, and Loyola-Chicago, the “Cinderella team” of the tournament, reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62.
Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut.
Contents
[hide]
1 Tournament procedure
2 2018 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
3 Qualification and selection
3.1 Automatic qualifiers
3.2 Tournament seeds
4 Regional brackets
4.1 First Four – Dayton, Ohio
4.2 South Regional – Atlanta, Georgia
4.2.1 South Regional Final
4.2.2 South Regional all tournament team
4.3 West Regional – Los Angeles, California
4.3.1 West Regional Final
4.3.2 West Regional all tournament team
4.4 East Regional – Boston, Massachusetts
4.4.1 East Regional Final
4.4.2 East Regional all tournament team
4.5 Midwest Regional – Omaha, Nebraska
4.5.1 Midwest Regional Final
4.5.2 Midwest Regional all tournament team
5 Final Four
5.1 Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas
5.1.1 National Semifinals
5.1.2 National Championship
5.1.3 Final Four all-tournament team
6 Record by conference
7 Media coverage
7.1 Television
7.1.1 Television channels
7.1.2 Studio hosts
7.1.3 Studio analysts
7.1.4 Commentary teams
7.1.4.1 Team Stream broadcasts
7.2 Radio
7.2.1 First Four
7.2.2 First and Second rounds
7.2.3 Regionals
7.2.4 Final four
7.3 Internet
7.3.1 Video
7.3.2 Audio
8 See also
9 References
Tournament procedure[edit]
Further information: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament § Current tournament format
A total of 68 teams entered the 2018 tournament. 32 automatic bids were awarded, one to each program that won their conference tournament. The remaining 36 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.[citation needed]
Eight teams (the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) played in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as "play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advanced to the main draw of the tournament.[citation needed]
The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.[citation needed]
2018 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues[edit]
Dayton
Pittsburgh
Charlotte
Wichita
Boise
Detroit
Nashville
San Diego
Dallas
2018 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green)
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Boston
Omaha
San Antonio
2018 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)
The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2018 tournament:[3]
First Four
March 13 and 14
University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
First and Second Rounds
March 15 and 17
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University)
Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas (Host: Wichita State University)
American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas (Host: Big 12 Conference)
Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)
March 16 and 18
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan (Host: University of Detroit Mercy)
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Ohio Valley Conference)
Viejas Arena, San Diego, California (Host: San Diego State University)
Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
March 22 and 24
West Regional, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California (Host: Pepperdine University)
South Regional, Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)
March 23 and 25
East Regional, TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts (Host: Boston College)
Midwest Regional, CenturyLink Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University)
National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)
March 31 and April 2
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
For the fourth time, the Alamodome and city of San Antonio are hosting the Final Four. This is the first tournament since 1994 in which no games were played in an NFL stadium, as the Alamodome is a college football stadium, although the Alamodome hosted some home games for the New Orleans Saints during their 2005 season. The 2018 tournament featured three new arenas in previous host cities. Philips Arena, the home of the Atlanta Hawks and replacement for the previously used Omni Coliseum, hosted the South regional games, and the new Little Caesars Arena, home of the Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings, hosted games. And for the first time since 1994, the tournament returned to Wichita and the state of Kansas where Intrust Bank Arena hosted first round games.
The state of North Carolina was threatened with a 2018-2022 championship venue boycott by the NCAA, due to the HB2 law passed in 2016.[4] However, the law was repealed (but with provisos) days before the NCAA met to make decisions on venues in April 2017. At that time, the NCAA board of governors "reluctantly voted to allow consideration of championship bids in North Carolina by our committees that are presently meeting".[5] Therefore, Charlotte was eligible and served as a first weekend venue for the 2018 tournament.
Qualification and selection[edit]
Further information: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams
Four teams, out of 351 in Division I, were ineligible to participate in the 2018 tournament due to failing to meet APR requirements: Alabama A&M, Grambling State, Savannah State, and Southeast Missouri State.[6] However, the NCAA granted the Savannah State Tigers a waiver which would have allowed the team to participate in the tournament, but the team failed to qualify.
Automatic qualifiers[edit]
The following 32 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2018 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.[7]
Conference
Team
Record
Appearance
Last bid
America East
UMBC
24–10 2nd 2008
American
Cincinnati
30–4 32nd 2017
Atlantic 10
Davidson
21–11 14th 2015
ACC
Virginia
31–2 22nd 2017
Atlantic Sun
Lipscomb
23–9 1st Never
Big 12
Kansas
27–7 47th 2017
Big East
Villanova
30–4 38th 2017
Big Sky
Montana
26–7 11th 2013
Big South
Radford
22–12 3rd 2009
Big Ten
Michigan
28–7 28th 2017
Big West
Cal State Fullerton
20–11 3rd 2008
CAA
College of Charleston
26–7 5th 1999
Conference USA
Marshall
24–10 6th 1987
Horizon League
Wright State
25–9 3rd 2007
Ivy League
Penn
24–8 24th 2007
MAAC
Iona
20–13 13th 2017
MAC
Buffalo
25–8 3rd 2016
MEAC
North Carolina Central
19–15 3rd 2017
Missouri Valley
Loyola–Chicago
28–5 6th 1985
Mountain West
San Diego State
22–10 12th 2015
Northeast
LIU Brooklyn
18–16 7th 2013
Ohio Valley
Murray State
26–5 16th 2012
Pac-12
Arizona
27–7 35th 2017
Patriot League
Bucknell
25–9 8th 2017
SEC
Kentucky
24–10 58th 2017
Southern
UNC Greensboro
27–7 3rd 2001
Southland
Stephen F. Austin
28–6 5th 2016
SWAC
Texas Southern
15–19 8th 2017
Summit League
South Dakota State
28–6 5th 2017
Sun Belt
Georgia State
24–10 4th 2015
West Coast
Gonzaga
30–4 21st 2017
WAC
New Mexico State
28–5 24th 2017
Tournament seeds[edit]
The tournament seeds were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process. The seeds and regions were determined as follows:[8]
South Regional, Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Seed
School
Conference
Record
Berth type
Overall rank
1 Virginia ACC 31–2 Auto 1
2 Cincinnati American 30–4 Auto 8
3 Tennessee SEC 25–8 At-large 10
4 Arizona Pac-12 27–7 Auto 16
5 Kentucky SEC 24–10 Auto 17
6 Miami (FL) ACC 22–9 At-large 22
7 Nevada Mountain West 27–7 At-large 27
8 Creighton Big East 21–11 At-large 30
9 Kansas State Big 12 22–11 At-large 34
10 Texas Big 12 19–14 At-large 39
11 Loyola–Chicago Missouri Valley 28–5 Auto 46
12 Davidson Atlantic 10 21–11 Auto 48
13 Buffalo MAC 26–8 Auto 51
14 Wright State Horizon 25–9 Auto 57
15 Georgia State Sun Belt 24–10 Auto 60
16 UMBC America East 24–10 Auto 63
West Regional, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Seed
School
Conference
Record
Berth type
Overall rank
1 Xavier Big East 28–5 At-large 4
2 North Carolina ACC 25–10 At-large 5
3 Michigan Big Ten 28–7 Auto 11
4 Gonzaga WCC 30–4 Auto 15
5 Ohio State Big Ten 24–8 At-large 20
6 Houston American 26–7 At-large 23
7 Texas A&M SEC 20–12 At-large 25
8 Missouri SEC 20–12 At-large 32
9 Florida State ACC 20–11 At-large 33
10 Providence Big East 21–13 At-large 37
11 San Diego State Mountain West 22–10 Auto 45
12 South Dakota State Summit League 28–6 Auto 49
13 UNC Greensboro Southern 27–7 Auto 52
14 Montana Big Sky 26–7 Auto 56
15 Lipscomb Atlantic Sun 23–9 Auto 59
16* North Carolina Central MEAC 19–15 Auto 67
Texas Southern SWAC 15–19 Auto 68
East Regional, TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Seed
School
Conference
Record
Berth type
Overall rank
1 Villanova Big East 30–4 Auto 2
2 Purdue Big Ten 28–6 At-large 7
3 Texas Tech Big 12 24–9 At-large 12
4 Wichita State American 25–7 At-large 14
5 West Virginia Big 12 24–10 At-large 18
6 Florida SEC 20–12 At-large 21
7 Arkansas SEC 23–11 At-large 26
8 Virginia Tech ACC 21–11 At-large 31
9 Alabama SEC 19–15 At-large 36
10 Butler Big East 20–13 At-large 38
11* St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 25–7 At-large 42
UCLA Pac-12 21–11 At-large 41
12 Murray State Ohio Valley 26–5 Auto 50
13 Marshall Conference USA 24–10 Auto 54
14 Stephen F. Austin Southland 28–6 Auto 58
15 Cal State Fullerton Big West 20–11 Auto 61
16* LIU Brooklyn NEC 18–16 Auto 66
Radford Big South 22–12 Auto 65
Midwest Regional, CenturyLink Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
Seed
School
Conference
Record
Berth type
Overall rank
1 Kansas Big 12 27–7 Auto 3
2 Duke ACC 26–7 At-large 6
3 Michigan State Big Ten 29–4 At-large 9
4 Auburn SEC 25–7 At-large 13
5 Clemson ACC 23–9 At-large 19
6 TCU Big 12 21–11 At-large 24
7 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 25–7 At-large 28
8 Seton Hall Big East 21–11 At-large 29
9 NC State ACC 21–11 At-large 35
10 Oklahoma Big 12 18–13 At-large 40
11* Arizona State Pac-12 20–11 At-large 43
Syracuse ACC 20–13 At-large 44
12 New Mexico State WAC 28–5 Auto 47
13 College of Charleston CAA 26–7 Auto 53
14 Bucknell Patriot 25–9 Auto 55
15 Iona MAAC 20–13 Auto 62
16 Penn Ivy League 24–8 Auto 64
*See First Four
The 2018 tournament was the first time since the 1978 tournament that the six Division I college basketball-playing schools based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area – American, Georgetown, George Mason, George Washington, Howard, and Maryland – were collectively shut out of the NCAA Tournament.[9]
Regional brackets[edit]
All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period
First Four – Dayton, Ohio[edit]
March 13 – East Region
16 LIU Brooklyn 61
16 Radford 71
March 13 – East Region
11 St. Bonaventure 65
11 UCLA 58
March 14 – West Region
16 Texas Southern 64
16 North Carolina Central 46
March 14 – Midwest Region
11 Syracuse 60
11 Arizona State 56
South Regional – Atlanta, Georgia[edit]
First Round
Round of 64
March 15–16 Second Round
Round of 32
March 17–18 Regional Semifinals
Sweet 16
March 22 Regional Final
Elite 8
March 24
1 Virginia 54
16 UMBC 74
16 UMBC 43
Charlotte – Fri/Sun
9 Kansas State 50
8 Creighton 59
9 Kansas State 69
9 Kansas State 61
5 Kentucky 58
5 Kentucky 78
12 Davidson 73
5 Kentucky 95
Boise – Thu/Sat
13 Buffalo 75
4 Arizona 68
13 Buffalo 89
9 Kansas State 62
11 Loyola–Chicago 78
6 Miami (FL) 62
11 Loyola–Chicago 64
11 Loyola–Chicago 63
Dallas – Thu/Sat
3 Tennessee 62
3 Tennessee 73
14 Wright State 47
11 Loyola–Chicago 69
7 Nevada 68
7 Nevada 87*
10 Texas 83
7 Nevada 75
Nashville – Fri/Sun
2 Cincinnati 73
2 Cincinnati 68
15 Georgia State 53
South Regional Final[edit]
TBS
March 24
6:09 pm EDT
Box score
#11 Loyola–Chicago Ramblers 78, #9 Kansas State Wildcats 62
Scoring by half: 36–24, 42–38
Pts: B. Richardson – 23
Rebs: D. Ingram – 8
Asts: C. Custer – 5 Pts: X. Sneed – 16
Rebs: X. Sneed – 6
Asts: K. Stokes – 4
Philips Arena – Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 15,477
Referees: Gerry Pollard, Terry Wymer, Bert Smith
South Regional all tournament team[edit]
Ben Richardson (Sr, Loyola-Chicago) – South Regional most outstanding player[10]
Clayton Custer (Jr, Loyola-Chicago)[10]
Donte Ingram (Sr, Loyola-Chicago)[10]
Xavier Sneed (So, Kansas State)[10]
Barry Brown Jr. (Jr, Kansas State)[10]
West Regional – Los Angeles, California[edit]
First Round
Round of 64
March 15–16 Second Round
Round of 32
March 17–18 Regional Semifinals
Sweet 16
March 22 Regional Final
Elite 8
March 24
1 Xavier 102
16 Texas Southern 83
1 Xavier 70
Nashville – Fri/Sun
9 Florida State 75
8 Missouri 54
9 Florida State 67
9 Florida State 75
4 Gonzaga 60
5 Ohio State 81
12 South Dakota State 73
5 Ohio State 84
Boise – Thu/Sat
4 Gonzaga 90
4 Gonzaga 68
13 UNC Greensboro 64
9 Florida State 54
3 Michigan 58
6 Houston 67
11 San Diego State 65
6 Houston 63
Wichita – Thu/Sat
3 Michigan 64
3 Michigan 61
14 Montana 47
3 Michigan 99
7 Texas A&M 72
7 Texas A&M 73
10 Providence 69
7 Texas A&M 86
Charlotte – Fri/Sun
2 North Carolina 65
2 North Carolina 84
15 Lipscomb 66
West Regional Final[edit]
TBS
March 24
5:49 pm PDT
Box score
#9 Florida State Seminoles 54, #3 Michigan Wolverines 58
Scoring by half: 26–27, 28–31
Pts: P. Cofer - 16
Rebs: P. Cofer - 11
Asts: B. Angola, T. Mann, T. Forrest - 2 Pts: C. Matthews – 17
Rebs: C. Matthews – 8
Asts: Z. Simpson – 5
Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 19,665
Referees: Randy McCall, Keith Kimble, John Gaffney
West Regional all tournament team[edit]
Charles Matthews (So, Michigan) – West Regional most outstanding player[11]
Moritz Wagner (Jr, Michigan)[11]
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (Sr, Michigan)[11]
Phil Cofer (Sr, Florida State)[11]
Terance Mann (Jr, Florida State)[11]
East Regional – Boston, Massachusetts[edit]
First Round
Round of 64
March 15–16 Second Round
Round of 32
March 17–18 Regional Semifinals
Sweet 16
March 23 Regional Final
Elite 8
March 25
1 Villanova 87
16 Radford 61
1 Villanova 81
Pittsburgh – Thu/Sat
9 Alabama 58
8 Virginia Tech 83
9 Alabama 86
1 Villanova 90
5 West Virginia 78
5 West Virginia 85
12 Murray State 68
5 West Virginia 94
San Diego – Fri/Sun
13 Marshall 71
4 Wichita State 75
13 Marshall 81
1 Villanova 71
3 Texas Tech 59
6 Florida 77
11 St. Bonaventure 62
6 Florida 66
Dallas – Thu/Sat
3 Texas Tech 69
3 Texas Tech 70
14 Stephen F. Austin 60
3 Texas Tech 78
2 Purdue 65
7 Arkansas 62
10 Butler 79
10 Butler 73
Detroit – Fri/Sun
2 Purdue 76
2 Purdue 74
15 Cal State Fullerton 48
East Regional Final[edit]
CBS
March 25
2:20 pm EDT
Box score
#3 Texas Tech Red Raiders 59, #1 Villanova Wildcats 71
Scoring by half: 23–36, 36–35
Pts: K. Evans – 12
Rebs: J. Gray – 9
Asts: K. Evans - 4 Pts: J. Brunson – 15
Rebs: E. Paschall – 14
Asts: J. Brunson – 4
TD Garden – Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,169
Referees: Terry Oglesby, Mike Reed, Michael Stephens
East Regional all tournament team[edit]
Jalen Brunson (Jr, Villanova) – East Regional most outstanding player[12]
Omari Spellman (Fr, Villanova)[12]
Eric Paschall (Jr, Villanova)[12]
Carsen Edwards (So, Purdue)[12]
Keenan Evans (Sr, Texas Tech)[12]
Midwest Regional – Omaha, Nebraska[edit]
First Round
Round of 64
March 15–16 Second Round
Round of 32
March 17–18 Regional Semifinals
Sweet 16
March 23 Regional Final
Elite 8
March 25
1 Kansas 76
16 Penn 60
1 Kansas 83
Wichita – Thu/Sat
8 Seton Hall 79
8 Seton Hall 94
9 NC State 83
1 Kansas 80
5 Clemson 76
5 Clemson 79
12 New Mexico State 68
5 Clemson 84
San Diego – Fri/Sun
4 Auburn 53
4 Auburn 62
13 College of Charleston 58
1 Kansas 85*
2 Duke 81
6 TCU 52
11 Syracuse 57
11 Syracuse 55
Detroit – Fri/Sun
3 Michigan State 53
3 Michigan State 82
14 Bucknell 78
11 Syracuse 65
2 Duke 69
7 Rhode Island 83*
10 Oklahoma 78
7 Rhode Island 62
Pittsburgh – Thu/Sat
2 Duke 87
2 Duke 89
15 Iona 67
Midwest Regional Final[edit]
CBS
March 25
4:05 pm CDT
Box score
#2 Duke Blue Devils 81, #1 Kansas Jayhawks 85 (OT)
Scoring by half: 36–33, 36–39 Overtime: 9–13
Pts: T. Duval – 20
Rebs: M. Bagley III – 10
Asts: T. Duval – 6 Pts: M. Newman – 32
Rebs: S. Mykhailiuk, S. De Sousa – 10
Asts: D. Graham - 6
CenturyLink Center Omaha – Omaha, NE
Attendance: 17,579
Referees: Roger Ayers, Doug Sirmons, Jeffrey Anderson
Midwest Regional all tournament team[edit]
Malik Newman (So, Kansas) – Midwest Regional most outstanding player[13]
Trevon Duval (Fr, Duke)[13]
Gabe DeVoe (Sr, Clemson)[13]
Marvin Bagley III (Fr, Duke)[13]
Devonte' Graham (Sr, Kansas)[13]
Gary Trent Jr. (Fr, Duke)[13]
Final Four[edit]
During the Final Four round, regardless of the seeds of the participating teams, the champion of the top overall top seed's region (Virginia's South Region) plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region (Xavier's West Region), and the champion of the second overall top seed's region (Villanova's East Region) plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region (Kansas's Midwest Region).
Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas[edit]
National Semifinals
March 31 National Championship Game
April 2
S11 Loyola–Chicago 57
W3 Michigan 69
W3 Michigan 62
E1 Villanova 79
E1 Villanova 95
MW1 Kansas 79
National Semifinals[edit]
TBS
March 31
5:09 pm CDT
Box score
#11 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers 57, #3 Michigan Wolverines 69
Scoring by half: 29–22, 28–47
Pts: C. Krutwig – 17
Rebs: D. Ingram – 9
Asts: D. Ingram – 2 Pts: M. Wagner – 24
Rebs: M. Wagner – 15
Asts: Z. Simpson – 3
Alamodome – San Antonio
Attendance: 68,257
Referees: Roger Ayers, Mike Roberts, Terry Oglesby
TBS
March 31
7:49 pm CDT
Box score
#1 Kansas Jayhawks 79, #1 Villanova Wildcats 95
Scoring by half: 32–47, 47–48
Pts: D. Graham – 23
Rebs: M. Newman – 8
Asts: D. Graham, S. Mykhailiuk – 3 Pts: E. Paschall – 24
Rebs: O. Spellman – 13
Asts: P. Booth, J. Brunson – 6
Alamodome – San Antonio
Attendance: 68,257
Referees: Randy McCall, Michael Stephens, Kipp Kissinger
National Championship[edit]
Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
TBS
April 2
8:20 pm CDT
Box score
#3 Michigan Wolverines 62, #1 Villanova Wildcats 79
Scoring by half: 28–37, 34–42
Pts: M. Abdur-Rahkman – 23
Rebs: M. Wagner – 7
Asts: Z. Simpson – 2 Pts: D. DiVincenzo – 31
Rebs: O. Spellman – 11
Asts: D. DiVincenzo – 3
Alamodome – San Antonio
Attendance: 67,831
Referees: Doug Sirmons, Terry Wymer, Jeffrey Anderson
Final Four all-tournament team[edit]
Donte DiVincenzo (So, Villanova) – Final Four Most Outstanding Player[14]
Mikal Bridges (Jr, Villanova)[14]
Jalen Brunson (Jr, Villanova)[14]
Eric Paschall (Jr, Villanova)[14]
Moritz Wagner (Jr, Michigan)[14]
Record by conference[edit]
Conference
Bids
Record
Win %
R64
R32
S16
E8
F4
CG
NC
Big East
6 9–5 .643 6 4 1 1 1 1 1
Big Ten
4 9–4 .692 4 4 2 1 1 1 -1 !–
Big 12
7 12–7 .632 7 4 4 3 1 -1 !– -1 !–
Missouri Valley
1 4–1 .800 1 1 1 1 1 -1 !– -1 !–
ACC
9 12–9 .571 9 5 4 2 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
WCC
1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
SEC
8 8–8 .500 8 6 2 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
Mountain West
2 2–2 .500 2 1 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
American
3 2–3 .400 3 2 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
Atlantic 10
3 2–3 .400 3 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
America East
1 1–1 .500 1 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
C-USA
1 1–1 .500 1 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
MAC
1 1–1 .500 1 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
Big South
1 1–1 .500 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
SWAC
1 1–1 .500 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
Pac-12
3 0–3 .000 1 -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !– -1 !–
The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
The "Record" column includes wins in the First Four for the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big South, and SWAC conferences and two losses in the First Four for the Pac-12 conference.
The MEAC and NEC conferences each had one representative, eliminated in the First Four with a record of 0–1.
The Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big West, CAA, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Summit, Sun Belt and WAC conferences each had one representative, eliminated in the First Round with a record of 0–1.
The Pac-12 lost all of its teams after the first day of the main tournament draw, marking the first time since the Big 12 began play in 1996 that one of the six major conferences—defined as the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, and both versions of the Big East—failed to have a team advance to the tournament's round of 32.[15]
Media coverage[edit]
Television[edit]
CBS Sports and Turner Sports had U.S. television rights to the Tournament under the NCAA March Madness brand. As part of a cycle beginning in 2016, TBS held the rights to the Final Four and to the championship game.[16] Additionally, TBS held the rights to the 2018 Selection Show, which returned to a two-hour format, was presented in front of a studio audience, and promoted that the entire field of the tournament would be unveiled within the first ten minutes of the broadcast.[17] The broadcast was heavily criticized for its quality (including technical problems and an embedded product placement segment for Pizza Hut), as well as initially unveiling the 68-team field in alphabetical order (beginning with automatic qualifiers, followed by the at-large teams) rather than unveiling the matchups region-by-region (which was criticized for having less suspense than the traditional format).[18][19][20]
Television channels[edit]
First Four – TruTV
First and Second Rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV
Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) – CBS and TBS
National Semifinals (Final Four) – TBS
National Championship – TBS
Studio hosts[edit]
Greg Gumbel (New York City and San Antonio) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
Ernie Johnson Jr. (New York City, Atlanta, and San Antonio) – First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals, Final Four and National Championship Game
Casey Stern (Atlanta) – First Four, First Round and Second Round
Studio analysts[edit]
Charles Barkley (New York City and San Antonio) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
Seth Davis (Atlanta and San Antonio) – First Four, First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals, Final Four and National Championship Game
Brendan Haywood (Atlanta) – First Four, First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals and Final Four
Clark Kellogg (New York City and San Antonio) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
Gregg Marshall (Atlanta) – Regional Semi-Finals
Frank Martin (Atlanta) – Second Round
Candace Parker (Atlanta) – First Four, First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals and Final Four
Kenny Smith (New York City and San Antonio) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
Wally Szczerbiak (New York City) – Second Round
Brad Underwood (Atlanta) – First Round
Christian Laettner (San Antonio) – Final Four
Danny Manning (San Antonio) – Final Four
Kris Jenkins (San Antonio) – Final Four
Commentary teams[edit]
Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson – First and Second Rounds at Charlotte, North Carolina; Midwest Regional at Omaha, Nebraska; Final Four and National Championship at San Antonio, Texas
Brian Anderson/Chris Webber/Lisa Byington – First and Second Rounds at Boise, Idaho; South Regional at Atlanta, Georgia
Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Allie LaForce – First Four at Dayton, Ohio (Wednesday); First and Second Rounds at Detroit, Michigan; East Regional at Boston, Massachusetts
Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner/Dana Jacobson – First and Second Rounds at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; West Regional at Los Angeles, California
Brad Nessler/Steve Lavin/Evan Washburn – First and Second Rounds at Wichita, Kansas
Spero Dedes/Steve Smith/Len Elmore/Rosalyn Gold-Onwude – First Four at Dayton, Ohio (Tuesday); First and Second Rounds at Dallas, Texas
Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Jamie Erdahl – First and Second Rounds at Nashville, Tennessee
Carter Blackburn/Debbie Antonelli/John Schriffen – First and Second Rounds at San Diego, California
Team Stream broadcasts[edit]
Final Four
Matt Park/Jay Feely/Dr. Sanjay Gupta – Michigan Team Stream on TNT
Jeff Hagedorn/Jerry Harkness/Shams Charania – Loyola–Chicago Team Stream on truTV
Dave Armstrong/Scot Pollard/Rob Riggle– Kansas Team Stream on TNT
Scott Graham/Randy Foye/Kacie McDonnell – Villanova Team Stream on truTV
National Championship Game
Matt Park/Jay Feely/Dr. Sanjay Gupta – Michigan Team Stream on TNT
Scott Graham/Randy Foye/Kacie McDonnell – Villanova Team Stream on truTV
Radio[edit]
Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.
First Four[edit]
Ted Emrich and Austin Croshere – at Dayton, Ohio
First and Second rounds[edit]
Scott Graham and Kelly Tripucka – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Brandon Gaudin and Donny Marshall – Wichita, Kansas
Ryan Radtke and Jim Jackson – Dallas, Texas
Jason Benetti and Dan Dickau – Boise, Idaho
Kevin Kugler and Eric Montross/John Thompson – Charlotte, North Carolina (Montross – Friday night; Thompson – Friday Afternoon & Sunday)
Chris Carrino and P. J. Carlesimo – Detroit, Michigan
Ted Emrich – Friday Afternoon/Craig Way – Friday Night & Sunday and Will Perdue – Nashville, Tennessee
John Sadak and Mike Montgomery – San Diego, California
Regionals[edit]
Gary Cohen and P. J. Carlesimo – East Regional at Boston, Massachusetts
Kevin Kugler and Donny Marshall – Midwest Regional at Omaha, Nebraska
Brandon Gaudin and John Thompson – South Regional at Atlanta, Georgia
Tom McCarthy and Jim Jackson – West Regional at Los Angeles, California
Final four[edit]
Kevin Kugler, John Thompson, Clark Kellogg, and Jim Gray – San Antonio, Texas
Internet[edit]
Video[edit]
Live video of games was available for streaming through the following means:[21]
NCAA March Madness Live (website and app, no CBS games on digital media players; access to games on Turner channels requires TV Everywhere authentication through provider; 3 hour preview for Turner games is provided before authentication is required)
CBS All Access (only CBS games, service subscription required)
CBS Sports website and app (only CBS games)
Bleacher Report website and Team Stream app (only Turner games, access requires subscription)
Watch TBS website and app (only TBS games, requires TV Everywhere authentication)
Watch TNT website and app (only TNT games, requires TV Everywhere authentication)
Watch truTV website and app (only truTV games, requires TV Everywhere authentication)
Websites and apps of cable, satellite, and OTT providers of CBS & Turner (access requires subscription)
Audio[edit]
Live audio of games was available for streaming through the following means:
NCAA March Madness Live (website and app)
Westwood One Sports website
TuneIn (website and app)
Websites and apps of Westwood One Sports affiliates
See also[edit]
College basketball portal
2018 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
2018 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
2018 National Invitation Tournament
2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament
2018 Women's Basketball Invitational
2018 College Basketball Invitational
2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
2018 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship
2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game
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A Knight's Tale
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This article is about the 2001 film. For the story from The Canterbury Tales, see The Knight's Tale.
A Knight's Tale
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Brian Helgeland
Produced by
Todd Black
Brian Helgeland
Tim Van Rellim
Written by
Brian Helgeland
Based on
The Knight's Tale
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Starring
Heath Ledger
Mark Addy
Rufus Sewell
Paul Bettany
Alan Tudyk
Music by
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Richard Greatrex
Production
company
Escape Artists
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
138 minutes[2] (Extended cut)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$65 million[3]
Box office
$117.5 million[3]
A Knight's Tale is a 2001 medieval adventure-comedy film written, produced, and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, and James Purefoy as Sir Thomas Colville/Edward, the Black Prince
The story is told in an anachronistic style with many modern references. It follows a peasant named William who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward, the Black Prince of Wales and Geoffrey Chaucer.
The film takes its title from Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" in his Canterbury Tales, though the plot is not similar. It was a modest success at the box office, garnering $117,487,473 with a budget of $65 million.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Epigrams
4 Music
5 Reception
5.1 Awards
6 Box office
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
At a jousting tournament in 14th-century Europe, young squires William Thatcher, Roland, and Wat discover that their master, Sir Ector, has died. If he had completed one final pass he would have won the tournament. Destitute, William wears Ector's armour to impersonate him, winning the tournament and taking the prize.
Although only nobles are allowed in tournaments, William is now inspired to compete and win more prizes. Roland and Wat would rather take their share of coins and leave, but William convinces them to stay and train him to joust. Along the way to his first tournament in Rouen, the trio encounters a young Geoffrey Chaucer, who is also destitute and agrees to forge the patent of nobility that will allow William to enter under the assumed name of "Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein" from Gelderland. At the tournament, William is brought before Simon the Summoner and Peter the Pardoner: Chaucer has a gambling problem and is in their debt. William demands Chaucer be released and promises payment.
In the course of competition, William's armour is damaged. He goads Kate, a blacksmith, to repair it without payment and goes on to win the sword event at the tournament. In the joust, he faces a Sir Thomas Colville, who withdraws from the tournament after being injured by William, though they exchange a ceremonial pass so that Colville can retain the honour of never having failed to complete a match. The proceedings are observed by Jocelyn, a noblewoman with whom William has become infatuated, and Count Adhemar, a rival both in the joust and for Jocelyn's heart. In the final joust of the tournament, Adhemar defeats William.
Kate joins William's party and forges new lightweight armour allowing him greater mobility. In the following tournament, Adhemar and William are both assigned to tilt against Sir Thomas Colville, but they learn that he is actually Edward, the Black Prince. Adhemar withdraws, but William continues the match and then addresses the prince by name, further earning Edward's respect.
Adhemar is called away to the Battle of Poitiers, and William achieves several victories in his absence. William proves his love for Jocelyn by complying when she first asks him to deliberately lose (in contrast to the countless knights who promise to win in her name), and then, just before he would be eliminated, to win the tournament in her name after all.
The group travels to London for the World Championship. William recalls leaving his father to squire for Sir Ector and learn to become a knight hoping to "change his stars". Adhemar has also arrived in London and announces that he is in negotiations with Jocelyn's father for her hand in marriage. William dominates at the tournament and he returns to visit his father, now blind and living alone in Cheapside, but is discovered by Adhemar, who alerts the authorities to William's false identity.
William is placed in the pillory, but is defended from the hostile crowd by his friends. Just as the mob reaches its frenzy, Prince Edward emerges from the crowd, noting that his friends' dedication to him reflects an ability to inspire others that is in the best traditions of knighthood. In acknowledgement of William's honour, Edward announces that, William is in fact, "beyond contestation", descended from a noble lineage, and knights him "Sir William".
William returns to the tournament to face Adhemar in the final match, but Adhemar cheats with an illegally sharpened lance, piercing William's shoulder and seriously injuring him. Entering the final pass, William is losing by two lances and must unhorse Adhemar to win. He demands to be stripped of his armour while Chaucer buys time by performing the introduction of William that he omitted earlier. Finally he tilts against Adhemar, with his father and Jocelyn in attendance. Bellowing his true name as he tilts, he knocks Adhemar to the ground with a crushing blow. Over his defeat, Adhemar experiences a vision of William and his friends mocking him that he has been weighted, measured and found wanting (ironically just like Adhemar did to William before). In the ensuing celebration, as Jocelyn and William embrace, Chaucer remarks that he should write this whole story down.
Cast[edit]
Heath Ledger as William Thatcher / Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein
Leagh Conwell as young William Thatcher
Rufus Sewell as Count Adhemar
Shannyn Sossamon as Jocelyn
Mark Addy as Roland
Alan Tudyk as Wat
Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer
Laura Fraser as Kate
Bérénice Bejo as Christiana
James Purefoy as Edward, the Black Prince / Sir Thomas Colville
Christopher Cazenove as John Thatcher
Nick Brimble as Sir Ector
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Old Bishop
Steven O'Donnell as Simon the Summoner
Jonathan Slinger as Peter the Pardoner
Alice Connor as Lone Girl in Cheapeside
Berwick Kaler as Man in Stocks
Production[edit]
The entire film was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague, Czech Republic.[4]
The film includes a great deal of jousting footage. The initial scene of the two knights jousting is actually footage of Heath Ledger's stunt double in an accident. During filming of a later scene in the film, the lance of the stunt double's opponent moved off target and hit him in the head. The double fell to the ground unconscious. In another incident, Ledger knocked out one of director Helgeland's front teeth with a broomstick when the two were demonstrating a jousting move. It took several months for Helgeland's mouth to heal enough to repair the damage.
Plenty of effort was expended creating lances that would convincingly explode upon impact without injuring the stunt riders. The body of each lance was scored so it would break easily, and the tips were made of balsa wood. Each was also hollowed out, with the holes filled with balsa splinters and uncooked linguine.[5] Jousting armour was made by Rod Vass and his company Armordillo Ltd. using a unique sprayed polyurethane system that they invented for the film Gladiator. Onscreen, it is almost impossible to distinguish between the polyurethane stunt armour and steel armour, much of which was also made by Armordillo. Heath Ledger's armour was originally made in steel along with three polyurethane stunt replicas.
In the DVD commentary, director Helgeland, co-commentating with Bettany, states that the film was intended to have occurred sometime in the 1370s during a six-month period in which Chaucer had apparently gone missing and show what he might have done during this time, which Helgeland says later on in the commentary inspired Chaucer to write his Canterbury Tales. (The first Canterbury tale is The Knight's Tale. Chaucer also threatens two men he meets in the film with undying humiliation through fiction; these characters seem to have inspired the vitriolic descriptions of the Tales' Pardoner and Summoner.)
The scene in which the lady Jocelyn asks William to lose a joust to prove his love and then reverses her proposal for him to suddenly win, is also a direct reference to the classic tale of Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, in which Queen Guinevere asks Lancelot to do the same during a tournament.
Epigrams[edit]
The script is notable for its use of epigrams.
"Love should end with hope" (Kate)
"If he believes enough, a man can do anything!" (William's father)
"Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough" (Prince Edward)
"Better a silly girl with a flower than a silly boy with a horse and a stick" (Jocelyn)
"I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity" (Chaucer)
Music[edit]
The film, which notionally took place during the Middle Ages, is notable for its deliberate use of classic rock songs in its soundtrack. The ten that were credited in the film are listed in order of appearance:[6]
"We Will Rock You" – Queen
"Low Rider" – War
"Takin' Care of Business" – Bachman–Turner Overdrive
"Golden Years" – David Bowie
"Further on Up the Road" – Eric Clapton
"Get Ready" – Rare Earth
"I Want to Take You Higher" – Sly and the Family Stone
"The Boys Are Back in Town" – Thin Lizzy
"You Shook Me All Night Long" – AC/DC
"We Are the Champions" – Robbie Williams & Queen
Reception[edit]
Critical reception was mixed, with complaints about the anachronisms (the classic rock in a film that takes place during the Middle Ages), the many jousting scenes, and the thin plot. Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars out of 4 and argued that the anachronisms made little difference, writing that the director himself "pointed out that an orchestral score would be equally anachronistic, since orchestras hadn't been invented in the 1400s."[7][8]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 58% based on reviews from 146 critics. "Once you get past the anachronism," according to the site, "A Knight's Tale becomes a predictable, if spirited, Rocky on horseback."[9] On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 54 out of 100, sampled from 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]
Newsweek revealed in June 2001 that print ads contained glowing comments from a film reviewer who did not exist for at least four films released by Columbia Pictures, including A Knight's Tale and The Animal (2001).[11] The fake critic was named David Manning and was created by a Columbia employee who worked in the advertising department.[11] "Manning" was misrepresented as a reviewer for The Ridgefield Press, a small Connecticut weekly.[11]
Awards[edit]
Despite the mixed critical reception, the film won four cinematic awards:
The 2002 Golden Trailer Best Action Award,
The 2002 London Critic Circle Film Awards British Supporting Actor of the Year (Paul Bettany),
The 2002 World Stunts Awards' Best Work with an Animal, and
The 2002 World Stunts Awards' Hardest Hit.[12]
Box office[edit]
The film earned $56,569,702 at the North American domestic box office, and an additional $60,917,771 internationally for a worldwide total of $117,487,473.[3]
See also[edit]
List of historical period drama films
Film portal
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Comedy portal
2000s portal
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "A KNIGHT'S TALE (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 2001-04-27. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
Jump up ^ "A KNIGHT'S TALE (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 2005-07-13. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
^ Jump up to: a b c "A Knight's Tale (2001) – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com.
Jump up ^ "A Knight's Tale". Sony Movie Channel. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
Jump up ^ "Interview with Brian Helgeland". moviehabit.com.
Jump up ^ "IMDb".
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "A Knight's Tale". Chicago Sun-Times.
Jump up ^ "Reel McCoy".
Jump up ^ A Knight's Tale at Rotten Tomatoes
Jump up ^ "A Knight's Tale". Metacritic. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c Horn, John (2 June 2001). "The Reviewer Who Wasn't There". MSNBC. Newsweek. Archived from the original on June 9, 2001. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/awards
External links[edit]
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