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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.
Valiant and the princess become part of the struggle of "he who holds the sword rules the world" which leads them both to love and Valiant to his princely destiny, as it turns out he is the rightful heir to the throne of Thule. The usurper is killed by his also evil brother Thagnar. During the final confrontation, with the help of Thule's ruler Boltar, Morgan is destroyed, Thagnar is slain, and Valiant rescues the princess and recovers Excalibur.




Cast


Stephen Moyer as Prince Valiant
Katherine Heigl as Princess Ilene
Thomas Kretschmann as Thagnar
Edward Fox as King Arthur
Udo Kier as Sligon
Joanna Lumley as Morgan le Fay
Ron Perlman as Boltar
Warwick Davis as Pechet
Gavan O'Herlihy as King Thane
Anthony Hickox as Sir Gawain
Ben Pullen as Prince Arn
Marcus Schenkenberg as Tiny




Production


The film was recut by German producer Bernd Eichinger without the knowledge of director Anthony Hickox. In his autobiography Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life & Career of Warwick Davis, Warwick Davis, an actor in the film, called it an "absolute disaster" which was "premiered, panned and bombed", and "even the wonderful Joanna Lumley - who still managed to put in an amazing performance as Morgan le Fay - couldn't save it". He blames this on the director, who he says "seemed intent on partying all night long and giving roles to his friends".




Reception


The film was generally poorly received. Empire gave Prince Valiant two stars out of five and wrote that "a promising, swashbuckly romp is entirely scuppered by some indiscriminate broadsword editing, thereby removing any fun the name cast might have had, and leaving a poorly dubbed, effects-lacking film disappointingly limp". Some other reviews, however, were more positive. The Telegraph included it among top ten Arthurian films in 2014.




See also


Prince Valiant (1954 film)




References






External links


Prince Valiant at IMDb
Prince Valiant at AllMovie
Prince Valiant at the TCM Movie Database
Prince Valiant at Rotten Tomatoes

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