866:"What I want to do is make a different sort of Biblical film", he said. "The ones Hollywood made in the past were far too reverential. It was as if the moment they got hold of the Bible they became awestruck. The actors fell over themselves to be sententious and all those heavenly choirs and shafts of light... The only way is for actors to speak the lines normally not as if they were inverted commas."
930:""Normally if you're making an ordinary movie and the weather turns bad you say: Oh well, we'll shoot tomorrow", said Beresford. "But if you've got 2,000 extras there and suddenly it starts snowing-as it did with us-it's useless saying: I can't shoot in this. You've got to because you can't get the people back again."
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in exchange for Achish’s protection, and on the condition that he not be made to fight Saul. Achish agrees on the condition that when David is king of Israel, he will relinquish all captured
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as his heir. Absalom is advised to attack the kingdom, and organize an army. Against David’s wishes, his army rides to fight
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in the United States on March 29, 1985, while in other countries it was released in 1986 and 1987. Upon release, the film received mostly negative reviews for its screenplay writing, pace, some of the acting and the action sequences. However, Gere's performance and the
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193:$ 21 million
165:Running time
142:Release date
95:Richard Gere
1582:Silent Fall
1446:Don's Party
1271:The Gazette
790:Development
768:John Hallam
752:as Guardian
699:Marino Masé
548:John Castle
512:Niall Buggy
494:Alice Krige
385:High Priest
362:Philistines
273:John Castle
257:Alice Krige
201:$ 5,111,099
169:115 minutes
81:Produced by
39:Directed by
1717:1985 films
1711:Categories
1678:Mr. Church
1590:Last Dance
1558:Black Robe
1502:King David
1368:King David
1357:King David
1043:King David
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980:Box office
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785:Production
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680:as Ahinoab
678:Aïché Nana
626:Malchishua
539:Jack Klaff
366:Israelites
347:Amalekites
330:of David.
326:, and the
291:King David
209:King David
198:Box office
153:1985-03-29
125:Carl Davis
22:King David
1534:Her Alibi
942:Reception
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725:as Runner
657:as young
570:Ahitophel
534:Ahimelech
498:Bathsheba
420:Bathsheba
408:mercenary
388:Ahimelech
335:King Saul
295:Paramount
251:includes
217:epic film
111:Edited by
1478:The Club
1338:June 13,
1003:See also
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918:Sardinia
900:both in
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543:Jonathan
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214:Biblical
182:Language
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1737:Absalom
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454:Solomon
431:Absalom
370:Goliath
185:English
174:Country
151: (
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516:Nathan
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190:Budget
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644:Amnon
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552:Abner
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424:Uriah
396:nomad
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