One Night with the King
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Movie poster for One Night with the King
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| Directed by | Michael O. Sajbel |
| Produced by | Stephan Blinn Richard J. Cook Laurie Crouch Matthew Crouch Lawrence Mortorff |
| Written by | Stephan Blinn (screenplay) |
| Based on |
Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney & Mark Andrew Olsen |
| Starring |
Peter O'Toole Tiffany Dupont John Rhys-Davies Luke Goss |
| Music by | J. A. C. Redford |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein |
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Gabriella Cristiani Stephan Blinn |
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Gener8Xion Entertainment(theatrical) Fox Faith (home video) |
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123 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $13,728,450 |
One Night with the King is a historical epic film that was released in 2006 in the United States. Based on the novel Hadassah: One Night with the King by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen, One Night with the King is a dramatization of the Biblical story of Esther, who risked her life by approaching the King of Persia to request that he save the Jewish people.
The movie was produced by Matt Crouch and Laurie Crouch of Gener8Xion Entertainment. It was ninth on the list of highest-grossing motion pictures during the week it was released. This film received a 2007 CAMIE Award, as Luke Goss did for his portrayal of King Xerxes.
The movie is set in Susa, Persia (now Iran). King Xerxes holds a great feast for all the people to attend. Hadassah (the main protagonist) longs to go to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land and prepares to leave with the caravan along with her friend, Jesse. They stop by the King's feast before he goes marching to war to avenge his father’s death. Hadassah and Jesse witness the King summoning Queen Vashti. Queen Vashti was opposed to the war, desiring King Xerxes to enhance his kingdom instead. She holds her own feast in protest to the war. When the king summons her to his own feast, she refuses to come stating, "I am queen, and I will not lower my dignity. Or shame my crown by wearing it before your drunk, and thinly veiled war council". Because of this, King Xerxes is advised to banish her and select a more worthy queen.
All beautiful virgin women in the stronghold of Susa are brought in so Xerxes could leave behind a queen to keep the kingdom unified. Under the command of her foster-father, "Uncle Mordecai" (who was one of the king’s scribes and worked in the palace), Hadassah does not reveal her nationality or family and changes her name to "Esther" (after the Babylonian goddess Ishtar). She is taken in with the rest of the selected women and given cosmetics, perfumes, and treatments under the care of Hegai, the king’s royal eunuch. Through her quick wit, intelligence, and integrity, she becomes Hegai's favorite contestant.
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