Kingdom of Heaven Movie Review 2005

Scott successfully moves from Roman epic "Gladiator" to the 12th century of the Crusades. Godfrey of Ibelin (Neeson) is a knight in the service of dying King Baldwin IV (Norton) of Jerusalem. He returns to France to recruit for a crusade and to seek out his illegitimate son, blacksmith Balian (Bloom). During his quest, Balian becomes a knight, falls in love with Baldwin's sister, Princess Sibylla (Green), and tries to protect Jerusalem from the conspirators within the city and the amassing forces of Saladin (Massoud) without. Of course, as the smart screenplay deftly points out, it's the self-interested extremists on both sides that cause most of the trouble. Despite the epic scale, Scott pays ample attention to the human aspect.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 145 minutes.
Originally from British, Spanish, United States, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Religious Epics, War, General, Jerusalem, Medieval Romps, Religion

Screenplay

William Monahan

Cast

Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, Michael Sheen, Edward Norton, Alexander Siddig, Kevin McKidd, Jon Finch, Ghassan Massoud, Velibor Topi, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Iain Glen

Cinematography

John Mathieson

Director

Ridley Scott

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams

Other

David Stephenson, Marc Streitenfeld, Dody Dorn, John King, Gianni Giovagnoni, Alessandro Alberti, Maria Teresa Barbasso, Janty Yates, Arthur Max

Producer

Ridley Scott, Scott Free, 20th Century-Fox