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A Knight’s Tale is a 2001 action-adventure comedy directed, produced, and written by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, and Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer. The film follows the story of William Thatcher, a peasant turned knight, along with his companions in the world of medieval jousting. William poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winning accolades and acquiring friendships with such historical figures as Edward, the Black Prince of Wales and Geoffrey Chaucer. The film takes its title from Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” in his Canterbury Tales. The film was a box office success, garnering $117,487,473 with a budget of just over $41,000,000.

Although everything appears well, Adhemar has returned from fighting in the Battle of Poitiers and discovers William’s humble origins. He alerts the authorities to the secret. William’s friends beg him to flee, including Jocelyn, who promises to give up her privileged life and run away with him, but he refuses to run and is arrested. Adhemar visits him in prison and gloats that he will marry Jocelyn while beating the defenseless William. When William is moved to the stocks, his companions all stand with him to defend him from the crowd, which grows increasingly hostile until Prince Edward emerges from the mob. Silencing the crowd, he kneels beside William and quietly says, “What a pair we make, hmm? Both trying to hide who we are, both unable to do so. Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough. But you also tilt when you should withdraw, and that is knightly too.” He orders William released, telling the crowd that his historians have discovered that William is descendant from an “ancient royal line” and that he is entitled to a knighthood after all. The newly dubbed “Sir William” goes on to resume his place in the tournament and compete against Adhemar.

With Jocelyn and William’s father in attendance, Adhemar cheats with an illegal lance with a sharp point on the tip, which stabs into William’s shoulder during the first round. William, unable to grip his lance or breathe properly due to his injury, has his armour removed and his lance strapped to his arm and competes in the final round wearing only ordinary clothing. The two adversaries charge for the final bout, with William’s life in the balance. He shouts his finally accepted true name, “WILLIAM,” and knocks Adhemar from his horse, winning the tournament. Chaucer remarks that he should write this whole story down, a reference to “The Knight’s Tale” of the Canterbury Tales. Jocelyn runs out ecstatically to meet William and they embrace in a long kiss.

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