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Rating: 8.5 stars

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jerusalem crusades knights templar religion siege muslim christian redemption leprosy

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Seen on: 06/29/2012 (rewatch)

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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Action | Adventure | History

Most recently watched by sensoria, sleestakk

Overview

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.

Rated R | Length 144 minutes

Actors

Orlando Bloom | Edward Norton | Brendan Gleeson | Alexander Siddig | Liam Neeson | Michael Sheen | Ulrich Thomsen | Jon Finch | Kevin McKidd | Eva Green | David Thewlis | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Jeremy Irons | Nathalie Cox | Iain Glen | Marton Csokas | Eriq Ebouaney | Emilio Doorgasingh | Martin Hancock | Peter Copley | Jouko Ahola | Velibor Topic | Robert Pugh | Steven Robertson | Philip Glenister | Giannina Facio | Ghassan Massoud | Bronson Webb | Lotfi Yahya Jedidi | Tim Barlow | Bill Paterson | Khaled El Nabawy | Angus Wright | Nasser Memarzia | Karim Saleh | Shane Attwooll | Paul Brightwell | Matthew Rutherford | Michael Shaeffer | Samira Draa | Peter Cant

Viewing Notes

I bought the directors cut on Blu-Ray since I’d read an article about it recently and had always felt the original theatrical release was missing something; that it was chopped up in the editing room and too much was left out.

The directors cut is a hefty 194 minutes, over three hours, so it really requires your time and patience. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the original release, so I can’t say for sure what was added, etc. but I can say that this version flowed really well and felt like the epic sort of movie I’d always felt it could be.

I always forget that Edward Norton played the king, since he’s hidden behind a mask the entire time. Also, Eva Green is stunningly beautiful in this movie. Well, she’s stunningly beautiful all the time, but even more so here.

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