Knight at the Movies Medieval History on Film

Name: Knight at the Movies Medieval History on Film
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ISBN: 9780415938860

ISBN-10: 0415938864

ISBN-13: 9780415938860

Edition: 2004

Authors: John Aberth

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Long beforeMonty Python and the Holy Grail, Hollywood's version of the Middle Ages had sometimes been laughable. Who can resist chuckling atThe Black Knight(1954), in which Arthurian warriors ride across a plain complete with telephone poles in the background? OrThe Black Shield of Falworth(1954), in which Tony Curtis-in his best medieval Bronx accent-utters the immortal line, "Yonda is the castle of my fodda"? These films may not be paragons of historical accuracy, but much of what we know-or think we know-about the Middle Ages has been dictated by what we've seen on the movie screen. In this entertaining and deeply informative book, John Aberth-author of From the Brink of the…

Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/29/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.06" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Prologue



The Holy Grail of Hollywood: King Arthur Films



Lights! Camera! Pillage!: Viking Films



God (and the Studio) Wills It!: Crusade Films



Splendid in Spandex: Robin Hood Films



Welcome to the Apocalypse: Black Death Films



Movies and the Maid: Joan of Arc Films


Afterword


For Further Reading


Index