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Swinsian audible9/8/2023 ![]() ![]() These shots help to establish the local geography more clearly than in the theatrical version.Īfter Godfrey ( Liam Neeson ) and his men arrive, there is a new scene of them having dinner with Godfreys elder brother ( Robert Pugh ). There are several newly added shots of the French village as Balian walks away from the prison. There is a new scene of Balian looking at the sapling planted by his wife ( Nathalie Cox ), coupled with a flashback of her planting it. ![]() There is a new scene where the bishop of the town ( Bill Paterson ) orders Balians brother to release Balian from prison so the blacksmith can aid him in completing the construction of the new abbey. In all, 45 minutes of new scenes have been added, with the biggest addition, as Ridley Scott acknowledges in the introduction, being the subplot of Sibyllas son.Īlso, there is now more graphic violence in all the battle scenes, with newly added shots of spurting blood and new close-ups of wounds being inflicted.Īlso, newly added dialogue with the gravedigger ( Martin Hancock ) reveals that the woman being buried was married to the Priests brother, Balian the Blacksmith ( Orlando Bloom ). The 194 minute Directors Cut is a roadshow format presentation with an Overture, Intermission and Entracte. This order was not founded until 1190 at the very earliest. The so-called Templar who attacks Balian before the battle of Hattin (in 1187) wears a white surcoat bearing a black cross: the arms of the Order of St Mary of the Germans (aka the Teutonic Knights). In Jerusalem at that moment-between the Second and Third Crusades-a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military. ![]() Revealing himself as Balians father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama.Īmid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem, he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds.ĭestiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. ![]()
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