One Night with the King PG
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 30, 2007
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Peter O'Toole, Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss & Omar Sharif | |
Performer: | John Rhys-Davies, James Callis & Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | |
Directed by | Michael O. Sajbel | |
Composition by | J.A.C. Redford | |
Director of Photography: | Steven Bernstein |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
Why another version of this oft-filmed tale?
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Unfortunately [O'Toole and Sharif are] separated by five centuries, and never share a scene. For a movie with the most righteous of intentions, that's perhaps the most grievous moviemaking sins of all.
Newark Star-Ledger
Rating: 4/5 --
Brave heroine risks it all in biblical epic.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 2.5/5 --
All the production money in the world isn't going to get this magnificent looking biblical clunker past the critics.
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Cinema Signals
Rating: 1.5/5 --
The film is an exercise in overblown and overplayed.
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eFilmCritic.com
Less a celebration than a lively college lecture, with CGI standing in for landscapes, panoramas and a cast of thousands.
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Film Journal International
The movie devolves into a talky, static affair featuring a cast with wildly varying accents and acting abilities.
Hollywood Reporter
Product Description:
A visually beautiful film, ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING depicts the biblical tale of a Jewish peasant, Hadassah (Tiffany Dupont), and her journey to become the legendary Queen Esther. Her parents were murdered when she was a young girl and she was taken in by her uncle, Mordecai (John Rhys-Davies); he raised her in Susa, a city of the ancient empire of Persia. Hadassah--beautiful, intelligent and passionate--was summoned among many of the kingdom's virtuous young women to be groomed as a possible new queen for the powerful and handsome King Xerxes (Luke Goss). Hadassah hides her Jewish heritage under advisement from her uncle, and changes her name to Esther. She impresses the King. He falls in love with her and chooses her to be his bride, and she becomes Queen of Persia. Soon after, Hamen the Agagite (James Callis), the King's Prime Minster, proclaims his goal of wiping out all the Jews of Persia, and he convinces the King to approve the plan. It is up to Queen Esther to announce her Jewish heritage and come to the rescue of her people.
Peppered with many religious references, ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING conveys the message of divine destiny as it tells the story of a queen who continues to be an inspiring figure. Although the result of Queen Esther's intervention is well known, the filmmakers and actors do a superb job of building up the suspense and the desperation felt by all involved. The film includes a brief cameo by Peter O'Toole as the biblical figure Samuel, and Omar Sharif appears as Prince Memucan.
Peppered with many religious references, ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING conveys the message of divine destiny as it tells the story of a queen who continues to be an inspiring figure. Although the result of Queen Esther's intervention is well known, the filmmakers and actors do a superb job of building up the suspense and the desperation felt by all involved. The film includes a brief cameo by Peter O'Toole as the biblical figure Samuel, and Omar Sharif appears as Prince Memucan.
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