Black Knight (film)
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| Directed by | Gil Junger |
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Arnon Milchan Darryl J. Quarles Michael Green Paul Schiff |
| Written by | Darryl J. Quarles Peter Gaulke Gerry Swallow |
| Starring |
Martin Lawrence Marsha Thomason Tom Wilkinson Kevin Conway |
| Music by | Randy Edelman |
| Cinematography | Ueli Steiger |
| Edited by | Michael R. Miller |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $40 million |
Black Knight is a 2001 American comedy film starring Martin Lawrence and directed by Gil Junger. In addition to Lawrence, Black Knight had a supporting cast of Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, and Kevin Conway.
In the film, Lawrence plays Jamal, an African American theme park employee who is transported through time to medieval England. The film was shot at various locations in North Carolina, mainly Wilmington and Carolina Beach.
The film was released in November 2001 and went on to gross $39,976,235 at the worldwide box office, a loss from its $50 million budget. Its critical reception was poor.
Jamal Walker (Martin Lawrence) is an everyday slacker with a job at a crummy theme park called Medieval World, which is about to receive big competition from another theme park, Castle World. While cleaning a moat surrounding the park, he finds a medallion in the moat and when he tries to retrieve it he gets sucked into the past. He awakes in England, 1328, where he is first met by a drunkard named Knolte. He then searches for Medieval World, but he finds a castle that he thinks is Castle World, so he decides to check it out. The tenants of the castle believe him to be a French Moor, from Normandy, because he tells them he is from Florence and Normandie, a famous intersection in South Central Los Angeles.
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