King Arthur 2004

Lancelot: You look frightened. Theres a large number of lonely men out there.Guinevere: Dont worry, I wont let them rape you.

— King Arthur 2004 men

Cerdic: You come to beg a truce, you should be on your knees.Arthur: I came to see your face so that I alone may find you on the battlefield. And it will be good of you to mark my face, Saxon, for the next time you see it, it will be the last thing you see on this earth.Cerdic: Ahhh, finally, a man worth killing

— King Arthur 2004 time

Gawain: [after Tristan lands his dagger in the butt of Galahads dagger] Tristan, how do you do that?Tristan: I aim for the middle.

— King Arthur 2004 you

[Lancelot finds Arthur praying in the stable]Lancelot: Why do you always talk to God and not to me? Pray to whomever you pray that we dont cross the Saxons.Arthur: My faith is what protects me, Lancelot. Why do you challenge this?Lancelot: I dont like anything that puts a man on his knees.Arthur: No man fears to kneel before the God he trusts. Without faith, without belief in something, what are we?

— King Arthur 2004 god

Arthur: Pelagius told me once: There is no worse death than the end of hope.Guinevere: You and I are not the polite people that live in poems. We are blessed and cursed by our times.

— King Arthur 2004 hope

Vanora: Land of bears and land of eagle. Land that gave us birth and blessing. Land that called us ever homewards. We will go home across the mountains. We will go home, We will go home, We will go home across the mountains. We will go home singing our song. We will go home across the mountains. Hear our singing, hear our longing. We will go home across the mountains. We will go home, We will go home. We will go home across the mountains.

— King Arthur 2004 war

Bors: Dagonet, she wants to get married and give the children names.Tristan: Women! The children already have names, dont they?Bors: Just Gilly. Its too much trouble so we gave the rest of them numbers.Lancelot: Thats interesting. I thought you couldnt count.

— King Arthur 2004 women

Bors: I like the little bastards. They mean something to me. Especially Number Three! Hes a good fighter!Lancelot: Thats because hes mine.

— King Arthur 2004 good

[Lancelots plans for the future]Lancelot: Well, if this woman of Gawains is as beautiful as he claims, I expect to be spending a lot of time at Gawains house. His wife will welcome the company.Gawain: I see. And what will I be doing?Lancelot: Wondering at your good fortune that all your children look like me.Gawain: Is that before or after I hit you with my axe?

— King Arthur 2004 time

Guinevere: This is heaven for me.Lancelot: I dont believe in Heaven, Ive been living in this Hell. But if you represent what Heaven is, then take me there.[it starts raining and snowing]Lancelot: Rain and snow at once... a bad omen.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Gawain: I cant wait to leave this island. If its not raining, its snowing, and if its not snowing, its foggy.Lancelot: And thats summer.

— King Arthur 2004 rain

Lancelot: Hey Bors. You intend to take Vanora and all your little bastards back home?Bors: Oh Im trying to avoid that decision... by getting killed.

— King Arthur 2004 home

Lancelot: I will die in battle; that I am certain of. But I hope to die in a battle of my choosing. But if it is to be this one, do not bury me in our sad little cemetery. Burn me, and cast my ashes to a strong eastern wind.

— King Arthur 2004 hope

Guinevere: My father told me great tales of you.Arthur: Really? And what did you hear?Guinevere: Fairy tales. The kind you hear about people so brave, so selfless, that they cant be real.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Guinevere: Arthur and his knights. A leader both Briton and Roman. And yet, you chose your allegiance to Rome, to those who take what does not belong to them. That same Rome that took your men from their homeland.Arthur: Listen, lady, do not pretend you know anything about me or my men.Guinevere: How many Britons have you killed?Arthur: As many as tried to kill me. Its the natural state of any man to want to live.Guinevere: Animals live! Its the natural state of any man to want to live free... in their own country. I belong to this land. Where do you belong, Arthur?

— King Arthur 2004 art

Arthur: [praying] Oh, merciful God, I have such need of Your mercy now. Not for myself, but for my knights, for this is truly their hour of need. Deliver them from their trials ahead and I will pay You a thousandfold with any sacrifice You ask of me. And if in Your wisdom, You should determine that sacrifice must be my life for theirs, so that they can once again taste the freedom that has so long been denied to them, I will gladly make that covenant. My death will have a purpose. I ask no more than that.

— King Arthur 2004 life

[last lines]Lancelot: [voiceover] And as for the knights who gave their lives, their deaths were cause for neither mourning nor sadness. For they will live forever, their names and deeds handed down from father to son, mother to daughter, in the legends of King Arthur and his knights.

— King Arthur 2004 death

Cerdic: Arthur, wherever I go on this wrenched island, I hear your name. Always half whispered, as if you were... a god. All I see is flesh, blood. No more god than the creature youre sitting on.

— King Arthur 2004 god

Galahad: Imagine what a lovely, quiet place the world would be if everyone had their throats slit.

— King Arthur 2004 love

Arthur: Deeds themselves are useless unless they are for some higher purpose.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Tristan: We knights are blessed in that we do not run from it. We seek it, grasp it by the throat and demand honor in our passing.

— King Arthur 2004 man

Merlin: [to Arthur] It was love of your mother that freed the sword, not hatred of me.

— King Arthur 2004 love

Lancelot: Arthur! This is not Romes fight. It is not your fight. All these long years weve been together, the trials weve faced, the blood weve shed... what was it all for if not for the reward of freedom! And now when we are so close, when its finally within our grasp... Look at me! Does it all count for nothing?Arthur: You ask me that? You who know me the best of all?Lancelot: Then do not do this. Only certain death awaits you here. Arthur, I beg you! For our friendships sake, I beg you!Arthur: You be my friend now and do not dissuade me. Seize the freedom you have earned and live it for the both of us. I cannot follow you, Lancelot. I know now that all the blood I have shed, all the lives I have taken have led me to this moment.

— King Arthur 2004 death

[after Cynrics defeat by Arthurs knights]Cerdic: Weve lost the respect of the enemy.Cynric: Father... I offer my life as payment for my disgrace.[he offers his knife; Cerdic takes it, and holds Cynrics head tightly]Cerdic: No...[he makes a deep cut down Cynrics face, but does not kill him and throws the knife away]Cerdic: Raewald. Youre second-in-charge now.[Raewald glows]Cerdic: Yeah, youre like a son to me.[Cynric stabs his knife into a nearby soldier; he falls, dead. Cynric stalks away. Cerdic laughs]

— King Arthur 2004 life

[after the battle, Bors finds Horton cowering under the carriage, praying fervently]Bors: Does this really work?[he puts his hands together, closes his eyes, and mutters gibberish]Bors: Hmm... nothing. Maybe Im not doing it right.

— King Arthur 2004 work

[first lines]Lancelot: [voiceover] By 300 AD, the Roman Empire extended from Arabia to Britain. But they wanted more. More land. More peoples loyal and subservient to Rome. But no people so important as the powerful Sarmatians to the east. Thousands died on that field. And when the smoke cleared on the fourth day, the only Sarmatian soldiers left alive were members of the decimated but legendary cavalry. The Romans, impressed by their bravery and horsemanship, spared their lives. In exchange, these warriors were incorporated into the Roman military. Better they had died that day.Young Lancelot: Father. They are here.Lancelot: For the second part of the bargain they struck indebted not only themselves...Lancelots Father: The day has come.Lancelot: ...but also their sons, and their sons, and so on, to serve the empire as knights. I was such a son.

— King Arthur 2004 war

Tristan: Yeah, were all going to die some day. If its death from a Saxon hand that frightens you, stay home.Galahad: If youre so eager to die you can die right now!

— King Arthur 2004 death

[about Arthurs father]Guinevere: He died in battle?Arthur: Its a family tradition.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Dagonet: Bors, you coming?Bors: Of course Im coming! Cant let you go on your own, youre gonna get killed.[looks around]Bors: Im just saying what youre all thinking.

— King Arthur 2004 thinking

Arthur: Knights! The gift of freedom is yours by right. But the home we seek resides not in some distant land, its in us, and in our actions on this day! If this be our destiny, then so be it. But let history remember, that as free men, we chose to make it so!

— King Arthur 2004 freedom

Gawain: The gifts the gods gave me I use in battle or in bed.

— King Arthur 2004 god

Arthur: There is no worse death than the end of hope.

— King Arthur 2004 hope

Lancelot, Arthur, Bors, Gawain, Tristan, Dagonet: [the knights line up on the hill near the fort and charge towards the Saxons] For Arthur!

— King Arthur 2004 war

Alecto: [to Arthur] Rome that you speak about does not exist.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Galahad: I dont like him - the Roman. If hes here to dispatch us, then why doesnt he just give us our papers?Gawain: Is this your happy face? Galahad, do you still not know the Romans? They cant scratch their asses without holding a ceremony.

— King Arthur 2004 man

Guinevere: [to Arthur] Is there nothing about my land that appeals to your heart? Your own father married a Briton. Even he must have found something to his liking.

— King Arthur 2004 art

[while Marius and his men are preparing to attack Dagonet, an arrow flies out of nowhere and kills Marius; his men look and see Guinevere aiming a bow at them]Lancelot: Your hands seem to be better.

— King Arthur 2004 men

Arthur: How many times in battle have we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat? Outnumbered, outflanked, but still we triumph? With you at my side, we can do so again. Lancelot, we are knights. What other purpose do we serve if not for such a cause?

— King Arthur 2004 time

[first title card]Title card: Historians agree that the classical 15th century tale of King Arthur and his Knights rose from a real hero who lived a thousand years earlier in a period often called the Dark Ages. Recently discovered archeological evidence sheds light on his true identity.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Guinevere: They tortured me... with machines.

— King Arthur 2004 wit

Galahad: I dont kill for pleasure.Tristan: You should try it some day. You might get a taste for it.Bors: Its in your blood boy.Galahad: Oh no. No. After tomorrow, this was all just a bad memory.

— King Arthur 2004 memory

Bors: Have you been fighting?Gilly (Bors son): Yes.Bors: You been winning?Gilly (Bors son): Yes.Bors: Thats my boy. Come on, all my other bastards!Bors Children: YAY!

— King Arthur 2004 children

[Tristan has been scouting the Saxons]Bors: How many did you kill?Tristan: Four.Bors: Not a bad start to the day.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Guinevere: I belong to this land. Where do you belong?

— King Arthur 2004 you

Horton: God help us. What are they?Bors: Blue demons that eat Christians alive. Youre not a Christian, are you?

— King Arthur 2004 god

Lancelot: For two hundred years knights had fought and died for a land not their own, but on that day on Badon Hill all who fought put their lifes in service of a greater cause: freedom.

— King Arthur 2004 life

Arthur: [kneeling over Lancelots body, looking up to the sky] It was my life to be taken! Not this! Never this![as Bors, Galahad, and Gawain approach, bearing Tristans body]Arthur: My brave knights, I have failed you. I neither took you off this island, nor shared your fate.Merlin: [to Arthur] No fate is shared.[to other knights, and more confident]Merlin: No fate is shared.Bors: They chose their own fate.[turning to Galahad, he spoke more assuredly]Bors: As did we all.[quietly, facing Arthur]Bors: As did we all.[Arthurs eyes drift to the sword briefly, and back to Lucan who looks down sadly]Arthur: One day youll be strong enough. And youll come back for it.

— King Arthur 2004 life

Arthur: Think very upon the vow Bishop for I will hold you to it. Break it... and no Roman legion, papal army, nor God himself will protect you.

— King Arthur 2004 god

Bors: [Bors is furious that the Romans are sending them on one last mission] Vanorall kill me...

— King Arthur 2004 man

[Arthur has re-set Guineveres broken fingers]Arthur: Hows your hand?Guinevere: Ill live, I promise you.

— King Arthur 2004 art

Lancelot: To try and get past the Woads in the north is insanity.Arthur: Them, weve fought before.Lancelot: Not north of the Wall! How many Saxons? Hmm? How many? Tell me. Do you believe in this mission?Arthur: These people need our help. It is out duty to bring...Lancelot: I dont care about your charge. And I dont give a damn about Romans, Britain, or this island. If you desire to spend eternity in this place, Arthur, then so be it. But suicide cannot be chosen for another!Arthur: And yet you choose death for this family!Lancelot: No, I choose life! And freedom! For myself and the men!

— King Arthur 2004 life

[Cerdic stops a Saxon soldier raping a captive woman]Saxon: By our laws, no man may deny me the spoils of our conquest!Cynric: He speaks the truth, Father.[Cerdic draws his sword and cuts the raping soldier almost in half]Scottish Village Girl: Oh, my lord! Gods blessings, my lord!Cerdic: [pushes her away] Kill her.[the woman screams as the Saxons drag her away. Cerdic approaches Cynric]Cerdic: Are you challenging me? If youre challenging me, you have to have a sword in your hand. While my heart beats, I rule and you hold your tongue... or Ill cut it out.

— King Arthur 2004 truth

[the Saxons stop in front of Hadrians Wall; the gate swings open, inviting them in]Cerdic: Hes got a plan, this Roman.[motions to Cynric]Cerdic: Send whats left of your infantry.Cynric: [whispering] You want to kill my men?Cerdic: [shouts] Theyre *my* men!

— King Arthur 2004 men

Arthur: What is this madness?

— King Arthur 2004 art

Lancelot: When are you going to leave Bors and come home with me?Vanora: My lover is watching you.[Bors is looking at his baby, then looks at Lancelot, who has a smirk on his face]Bors: You look nothing like him!

— King Arthur 2004 love

Bors: [speaking to his baby] Now Im really gonna have to marry your mother.Vanora: Who said Id have you?

— King Arthur 2004 mother

Guinevere: What tomorrow brings, we cannot know.

— King Arthur 2004 tomorrow

Bors: Well, now that were free men, Im gonna drink tll I cant piss straight.Gawain: You do that every night.Bors: I never could piss straight. Too much of myself to handle down there...[looks at the Knights]Bors: Well, its a problem! No really, it is. Its a problem. Its like...Bors, Gawain, Lancelot, Tristan, Galahad, Dagonet: ...a babys arm holding an apple.

— King Arthur 2004 men

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