Knights of Chivalry: A Tribute to Medieval Epic Movies

A tribute to over 70 years of the most traditional epic storytelling: medieval movie genre, stories of knights, kings, queens, and Arthurian legend. For my friend Claudia who had her shares of trials lately. Movies included were The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) with Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn, (Ivanhoe (1952) with Elizabeth Taylor and Robert Taylor, Knights of the Round Table (1953) with Ava Gardner and Robert Taylor, El Cid (1961) with Sophia Loren and Charlton Heston, Excalibur (1981) with the relatively unknown Cherie Lunghi and Nigel Terry, Braveheart (1995) with Sophie Marceau and Mel Gibson, A Knights Tale (2001) with Shannyn Sossamon and the late Heath Ledger. In a way, a tribute to Heath since I normally do classic movies but I could not leave his film out since it really had the best jousting scenes. Liam Neeson is also in this video, see if you can find him. Robin Hood won 3 Oscars and Braveheart won 5 Oscars. Excalibur is a greatly underrated, beautiful film. In order, music by Basil Poledouris (I used for titles; Title Theme, from Flesh and Blood), Vangelis (In jousting/knighting; Across the Mountains, from Alexander), Nino Rota (I open with Sophia and end with kisses; Romeo and Juliet), Carl Orffs O Fortuna (in Arthur's wedding until battle) from Carmina Burana) and Siegfrieds Funeral March from (I used for ending with swords; Gotterdammerung by Richard Wagner). The last two pieces were used by Trevor Jones for the Excalibur soundtrack.

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[wrybreadspread]

mamasita. i'm fired up. the music rules, esp from franco zeferelli's romeo & juliet, & from excalibur (wagner, i think)

about french knights: Roland, Lancelot, Joan of Arc. what more need be said?

there's a Tony Curtis movie: The Black Shield of Falworth

would Ladyhawk count for a knight flick?

[cloudidogz]

@wrybreadspread Thank you for the nice comments! Excalibur theme is by Carl Orff, not Wagner but good guess! I think Ladyhawk would count and yes, I've seen a couple Tony Curtis medieval movies but they aren't here.

[MrSvenska0rmen]

00:14 and forward, which song is that?

[cloudidogz]

@MrSvenska0rmen Hi! It's "Across the Mountains" for the movie Alexander (directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie). The composer is Vangelis.

[hartigan1969]

WOW A great selection of great movies. Well done sir! Well done.!

[KyleKatarn789]

Makes me think of Zelda II-The Adventure of Link for some reason.

[gallifreyfarm]

Very nice, and I love how you included close-ups of the equine faces. There would be no chivalry without horses. :) For other horse-spotters, if you notice the brilliant palomino with Olivia's Marian, that's the original Trigger of Roy Rogers.

[cloudidogz]

@kunstsein I already replied to Nitronick and it has nothing to do with French. It's the Spanish legend El Cid and he's not running away...he's already dead riding his horse throughou the enemies.

[kunstsein]

@Nitronick Oh don't be such a silly racist boy. People from that area(now called France) were above average when it comes to warefare (in comparison to other european regions). The historic records show that very clearly. One question if you mind, where are your animosities for the french come from. Do you know that, you prick?

[KyleKatarn789]

Magnificent Valor!

[DukeOfTennessee117]

Awesome video,i LOVE ivanhoe braveheart etc...