Dark Knight is a 2000 TV series, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe. This joint New Zealand/England production attempted to capitalize on the same sword and sorcery market successfully mined by Xena: Warrior Princess.[1]
In the year of 1193, Richard the "Lionheart", King of England, led the third Great Crusade to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks. After the battle, on their return home to England, Richard and his Knights are captured by the forces of Austria's Emperor, and held prisoners of war in the castle of Austria. In the castle dungeon, the knights are being tortured to tell the Austrians the location of King Richard's treasure. But the knights reply "there is no treasure". The guards don't believe them. Then one of the English knights, Tancred, tells the head-guard that they do have one treasure that all of England will pay for - "King Richard" himself! The head-guard understands what he means - "a ransom.” Tancred agrees to return to England, to collect the ransom, telling the guard that Richard's brother Prince John will pay dearly for the king's freedom. The guard orders Tancred to tell the prince to raise "100,000 gold crowns.” He tells him when the Austrians have the money, King Richard and his Knights will be free and have their passage home. He gives Tancred three months; if he doesn't get the ransom in time, the Austrians will start killing his fellow knights. Of course, the knight chained close to Tancred believes the part about Prince John paying for King Richard's ransom to be false. The knight's name is Ivanhoe. As the guards release Tancred to return to England, looking the other way, Ivanhoe sees a sword close to him, kicks it into the air, and grabs it. The head-guard looks back and rushed over to Ivanhoe, but he stabs him, and freed himself. One of the other knights asks Ivanhoe release him, too, but the other knights warn Ivanhoe of the guards coming. As the two knights fight their way out, they say that Prince John will never pay Richard's ransom, and that Tancred will betray them all. Then one of the guards shoots the brave knight in the chest with a crossbow. He tells Ivanhoe, "King Richard must be ransomed! England must be saved! Go, Ivanhoe! Go!" Ivanhoe kills the guard, and runs out the door. He escapes on a horse, and rides off west, towards England. Ivanhoe returns home a month later, planning to return to his family home to make peace with his father, raise the ransom, and restore King Richard to the throne of England.
While originally set to be released as a television series, the episodes were instead edited together and released as a 91-minute DVD in 2002, distributed by MTI Home Video and 20th century Fox... as Darkest Knight in the United Kingdom and as Fantasy Quest in the United States. AllRovi offered that series star, "humorless Ben Pullen, who looks like a young, underdeveloped Arnold Schwarzenegger, and CGI monsters that look like they were shot from a video game screen, no doubt were the potential TV series' downfall.[1][2]
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Dark Knight is a 2000 TV series based on Sir Walter Scott s novel Ivanhoe This joint New Zealand England production attempted to capitalize on the same sword and sorcery market successfully mined by Xena Warrior Princess 1 Dark KnightGenreActionAdventureCreated byTerry MarcelWritten byAshley SidawayKeith ClaxtonPhil O SheaBen AaronovitchAndrew CartmelDirected byKeith ClaxtonTerry MarcelHarley CokelissDeclan EamesMark EzraStarringCharlotte ComerBen PullenPeter O FarrellMarama JacksonCameron RhodesTodd RipponJeffrey ThomasDesmond KellyMichael WilsonMusic byMike JonesCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons2No of episodes26 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersHarley CokelissClive WaldronProducersTerry MarcelJoseph D MoraisEditorTerry MarcelProduction companiesDark Knight ProductionsPalana ProductionsReleaseOriginal release1 July 2000 2000 07 01 27 January 2002 2002 01 27 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Episodes 3 1 Season 1 3 2 Season 2 4 Released as DVD 5 References 6 External links 7 MoviesPlot EditIn the year of 1193 Richard the Lionheart King of England led the third Great Crusade to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks After the battle on their return home to England Richard and his Knights are captured by the forces of Austria s Emperor and held prisoners of war in the castle of Austria In the castle dungeon the knights are being tortured to tell the Austrians the location of King Richard s treasure But the knights reply there is no treasure The guards don t believe them Then one of the English knights Tancred tells the head guard that they do have one treasure that all of England will pay for King Richard himself The head guard understands what he means a ransom Tancred agrees to return to England to collect the ransom telling the guard that Richard s brother Prince John will pay dearly for the king s freedom The guard orders Tancred to tell the prince to raise 100 000 gold crowns He tells him when the Austrians have the money King Richard and his Knights will be free and have their passage home He gives Tancred three months if he doesn t get the ransom in time the Austrians will start killing his fellow knights Of course the knight chained close to Tancred believes the part about Prince John paying for King Richard s ransom to be false The knight s name is Ivanhoe As the guards release Tancred to return to England looking the other way Ivanhoe sees a sword close to him kicks it into the air and grabs it The head guard looks back and rushed over to Ivanhoe but he stabs him and freed himself One of the other knights asks Ivanhoe release him too but the other knights warn Ivanhoe of the guards coming As the two knights fight their way out they say that Prince John will never pay Richard s ransom and that Tancred will betray them all Then one of the guards shoots the brave knight in the chest with a crossbow He tells Ivanhoe King Richard must be ransomed England must be saved Go Ivanhoe Go Ivanhoe kills the guard and runs out the door He escapes on a horse and rides off west towards England Ivanhoe returns home a month later planning to return to his family home to make peace with his father raise the ransom and restore King Richard to the throne of England Cast EditBen Pullen as Ivanhoe Charlotte Comer as Rebecca Peter O Farrell as Odo Jeffrey Thomas as Mordour Cameron Rhodes as Prince John Todd Rippon as Falco Michael Wilson as Friar Bacon Desmond Kelly as Fingal Adam Brookfield as Tancred Dwayne Cameron as MordredEpisodes EditSeason 1 Edit E1 Dark Knight Pt 1 2000 07 01 E2 Dark Knight Pt 2 2000 07 01 E3 Marjan the Magnificent 2000 07 08 E4 King of the Woods 2000 07 15 E5 Ultimate Sword 2000 07 22 E6 Spellbound 2000 07 29 E7 Games Master 2000 08 05 E8 Possessor 2000 08 12 E9 Deadly Assassin 2000 08 19 E10 Golden Bird 2000 08 26 E11 Dragon Singer 2000 09 09 E12 High Elf 2000 09 16 E13 Stolen Souls 2000 09 23Season 2 Edit E1 Boneman 2001 11 17 E2 Puppet Master 2001 11 24 E3 Damned 2001 12 01 E4 The Claw 2001 12 08 E5 Black Tree 2001 12 15 E6 Kha 2001 12 22 E7 Stormguard 2001 12 29 E8 Shadowraiths 2002 01 06 E9 Streng 2002 01 13 E10 Thunderknight 2002 01 20 E11 Scorpion 2002 01 27 E12 Stonegod E13 ShameerReleased as DVD EditWhile originally set to be released as a television series the episodes were instead edited together and released as a 91 minute DVD in 2002 distributed by MTI Home Video and 20th century Fox as Darkest Knight in the United Kingdom and as Fantasy Quest in the United States AllRovi offered that series star humorless Ben Pullen who looks like a young underdeveloped Arnold Schwarzenegger and CGI monsters that look like they were shot from a video game screen no doubt were the potential TV series downfall 1 2 References Edit a b McLain Buzz Review Darkest Knight 2002 AllRovi Retrieved 31 July 2013 Buzz McClain 2009 Darkest Knight 2002 Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Baseline amp All Movie Guide Archived from the original on 15 September 2009 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