A Knight's Tale is a 2001 American action-adventure film written, directed, and produced by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer, and James Purefoy as Sir Thomas Colville/Edward, the Black Prince. The film follows the story of William Thatcher, a peasant masquerading as a knight, along with his companions in the world of medieval jousting. William poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward, the Black Prince of... Wales and Geoffrey Chaucer. The film takes its title from Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" in his Canterbury Tales. The film was a box office success, garnering $117,487,473 with a budget of just over $41 million. Set in late Medieval Europe in the late 1350s, the story begins with the protagonists and squires, William , Roland and Wat , discovering their master, Sir Ector , dead of bowel problems in the middle of a jousting tournament.
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| Release date: | March 8, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Brian Helgeland |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 133 Minutes |
| Producer: | Todd Black, Tim Van Rellim, Brian Helgeland |
| Editor: | Kevin Stitt |
| Music by: | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography: | Richard Greatrex |
| Screenplay by: | Brian Helgeland |
| Estimated budget: | $41,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Action, Comedy |