King Arthur (2004) on Netflix
R20042h 6mActionAdventureDrama
Artorius Castus, called Arthur, commands Sarmatian knights who have served Rome fifteen years. A bishop sends them north of Hadrian's Wall to bring a Roman family out before the Saxon advance.
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Plot summary
In the fifth century Rome is pulling its legions out of Britannia, and the native Woads, led by Merlin, are fighting Roman rule. Artorius Castus, called Arthur, is a half-British commander of Sarmatian cavalry. His men, among them Lancelot, Tristan, Galahad, Bors, Gawain and Dagonet, have spent fifteen years in Rome's service and expect their discharge. Bishop Germanus instead gives them one more order: ride beyond Hadrian's Wall and bring out a Roman family, among them Alecto, the patriarch's son, a candidate to be a future Pope. An army of Saxons under Cerdic and his son Cynric is moving on the same ground. At the estate the patriarch Marius refuses to go, and Arthur finds Britons held captive in a cell, among them Guinevere and her young brother Lucan.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about King Arthur (2004)
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- Director Antoine Fuqua signed on to shoot King Arthur as an R-rated film, but halfway through production it was changed and he had to alter the shooting style he had planned, because certain graphic things could not be done under a PG-13 rating.
- The film's main set was a one-kilometer replica of a section of Hadrian's Wall, the largest film set ever built in Ireland, erected in a field in County Kildare by 300 building workers over four and a half months.
