Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writer (WGA):

William Monahan (written by)

Release Date:

6 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong

Plot:

Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.

Plot Keywords:

No Opening Credits | Megalomania | Religious Conflict | Slap In The Face | Corrupt Priest

Awards:

3 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Martin Hancock	...	Gravedigger
Michael Sheen	...	Priest
Nathalie Cox	...	Balian's Wife
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Firuz
Jouko Ahola	...	Odo
David Thewlis	...	Hospitaler
Liam Neeson	...	Godfrey de Ibelin
Philip Glenister	...	Squire
Orlando Bloom	...	Balian de Ibelin
Bronson Webb	...	Apprentice
Kevin McKidd	...	English Sergeant
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Village Sheriff
Steven Robertson	...	Angelic Priest
Marton Csokas	...	Guy de Lusignan
Alexander Siddig	...	Imad
Velibor Topic	...	Almaric
Michael Shaeffer	...	Young Sergeant
Eva Green	...	Sibylla
Brendan Gleeson	...	Reynald de Chatillon
Nasser Memarzia	...	Muslim Grandee
Jeremy Irons	...	Tiberias
Jon Finch	...	Jerusalem
Edward Norton	...	King Baldwin
Lotfi Yahya Jedidi	...	Old Ibelin Housekeeper (as Lofti Yahya Jedidi)
Samira Draa	...	Sibylla's Maid
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Templar Master
Matthew Rutherford	...	Rider
Michael Fitzgerald	...	Humphrey
Ghassan Massoud	...	Saladin
Khaled Nabawy	...	Mullah
Karim Saleh	...	Saracen Messenger
Shane Attwooll	...	Reynald's Templar Knight
Giannina Facio	...	Saladin's Sister
Emilio Doorgasingh	...	Saracen Engineer
Peter Cant	...	Peasant Boy
Angus Wright	...	Richard's Knight
Iain Glen	...	Richard Coeur de Lion
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Barlow	...	Old Guard (director's cut)
Paul Brightwell	...	Son of Roger de Cormier (director's cut)
Peter Copley	...	Old Pilgram (director's cut)
Alex O'Dogherty
Bill Paterson	...	Bishop (director's cut)
Robert Pugh	...	Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut)
Christian Boeving	...	Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
Ridley Scott

Writing credits (WGA)
William Monahan		(written by)

Produced by
Karim Abouobayd	....	line producer: Morocco
Mark Albela	....	co-producer
Bruce Devan	....	co-producer
Lisa Ellzey	....	executive producer
José Luis Escolar	....	line producer: Spain
Teresa Kelly	....	associate producer
Branko Lustig	....	executive producer
Henning Molfenter	....	co-producer
Terry Needham	....	executive producer
Denise O'Dell	....	co-producer
Thierry Potok	....	co-producer
Ridley Scott	....	producer
Ty Warren	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Harry Gregson-Williams

Cinematography by
John Mathieson

Film Editing by
Dody Dorn

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat
Jina Jay
Debra Zane

Production Design by
Arthur Max

Art Direction by
Maria-Teresa Barbasso		(co-art director)
Robert Cowper
Gianni Giovagnoni		(co-art director)
Ivo Husnjak
John King
Marco Trentini		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Sonja Klaus

Costume Design by
Janty Yates

Makeup Department
Hayat Ouled Dahhou	....	makeup artist: second unit (as Hayat Oulad Dahou)
Paul Engelen	....	makeup designer
Marcelle Genovese	....	hair stylist
Elena Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Mercedes Guillot	....	hair stylist
Teresa Hinton	....	hair stylist
Melissa Lackersteen	....	makeup artist
Marese Langan	....	makeup artist
Abounouom Mariam Lee	....	makeup artist
Gaetano Panico	....	hair stylist
Mar Paradela	....	hair stylist (as Mar Pardela)
Marco Perna	....	assistant hair stylist
Justin Pitkethly	....	prosthetics crew
Bouchra Sakhi	....	makeup artist: second unit
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair stylist supervisor
Matteo Silvi	....	makeup artist
David White	....	prosthetics makeup artist
Ainhoa Eskisabel	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Ghislaine Nejjar	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Anthony Parker	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Moncef Belam	....	production team
Kimberley Ann Berdy	....	production supervisor
Alex Corven Caronia	....	unit manager
Bruce Devan	....	production manager
Branko Lustig	....	unit production manager
Alberto Poveda	....	location unit manager
Emily Stillman	....	production manager: UK
Ty Warren	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adil Abdelwahab	....	first assistant director: second unit, Morocco
Jamal Abdelwahab	....	second assistant director: second unit
Noureddine Aberdine	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	third assistant director
Nathan Butt	....	third assistant director: Spain
Edouard Decker	....	third assistant crowd director: Morocco
Jesus Del Caso	....	trainee assistant director
William Dodds	....	co-second assistant director
Christopher Downs	....	extra third assistant director
Pierre Ellul	....	third assistant director
Akrame El Meziane	....	third assistant director
Richard Goodwin	....	second assistant director: second unit
Carlos Gras	....	key second assistant director: Spain
Mustapha Grumij	....	second assistant director: Morocco
Stewart Hamilton	....	third assistant director: second unit
Ben Harrison	....	third assistant director
Emma Horton	....	co-second assistant director
Hugh Johnson	....	second unit director
Alex Kirby	....	assistant director
Pedro Lazaga	....	first assistant director: Spain
Mohamed Nesrate	....	first assistant director: Morocco
Darin Rivetti	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Darin John Rivetti)
Adam Somner	....	first assistant director
Ian Stone	....	second assistant director
Kim Whittaker	....	second second assistant director
Javier Chinchilla	....	uncredited

Art Department
Fatiha Aitbadi	....	chargehand greensman
Ben Ansell	....	model maker
Abdellah Baadil	....	assistant art director
Tighe Barry	....	propman
Vera Bauluz	....	assistant property buyer
Francesca Birri	....	art department coordinator
Graham Bishop	....	production buyer
Sally Black	....	stand-by set dresser
Mike Britton	....	location set decorator
Alain Brochu	....	construction coordinator
Rejean Brochu	....	construction coordinator
Gina Cromwell	....	production buyer
Nicola De Fresnes	....	art buyer
Federico del Cerro	....	assistant property buyer
Constanza Pasqual del Pobil	....	prop coordinator
Jorge de Soto	....	assistant painter
Lucio Di Domenico	....	assistant art director
Cristiano Donzelli	....	storyboard artist
Sarah Duncan	....	set decorating assistant
Luke Edwards	....	set decorating assistant
Daniel Elias	....	prop trainee
Saida Elidrissi	....	art department assistant
Roberta Federico	....	assistant art director
Alejandro Fernández	....	assistant art director
Laurent Ferrie	....	drapesman
Rod Forbes	....	propman
James Foster	....	draughtsman
Hugh Fottrell	....	props
Alex Friedrich	....	senior model maker
Damir Gabelica	....	construction foreman
Andy Garner	....	sculptor
Martin Gaskell	....	property making supervisor: Morocco
Kathy Heaser	....	researcher/set decoration assistant
Nick Hewison	....	prop man
Roger Holden	....	key greensman
Peter James	....	stand-by art director
Charles Jellis	....	props
Nazha Kajja	....	props coordinator
Eric Lafrance	....	construction foreman
Claudio Magrini	....	foreman
Nick Milner	....	supervising propman
Mily Moreno	....	storeperson
Iñigo Navarro	....	set designer
Benjamin Palmer	....	model maker
Benjamin Palmer	....	property maker
Steve Payne	....	chargehand dressing props
Barbara Perez-Solero	....	assistant set decorator
Graeme Purdy	....	property master
Paul Purdy	....	property master
Domenico Reordino	....	painter
Mark Reynolds	....	stand-by dresser
Petr Richter	....	propman
Terry Royce	....	chargehand dressing propman
Monica Sallustio	....	assistant art director
Saverio Sammali	....	set designer
Alessandro Santucci	....	assistant art director
Bob Sherwood	....	supervising propman
Eleonora Sparagna	....	construction coordinator
Roland Stevenson	....	supervising sculptor
Antonio Tarolla	....	assistant art director
Fernando Valento	....	construction manager
Ana Viana	....	props
Max Von Turpentine	....	scenic artist
Karen Wakefield	....	location set decorator
Dicken Warner	....	props
Mickey Woolfson	....	chargehand stand-by props
David E. Duncan	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Kristopher Gifford	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Glauco Isidori	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound editor (director's cut)
Harry Barnes	....	foley editor
Alexander Beddow	....	adr recordist
Bryan Bowen	....	sound effects editor
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Martin Cantwell	....	sound effects editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Simon Changer	....	ProTools operator
Simon Chase	....	dialogue editor
Colin Codner	....	sound mixer: second unit
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer
Paul Conway	....	adr supervisor
Colin Cooper	....	adr mixer
Tony Currie	....	adr supervisor
Dino Dimuro	....	sound editor (director's cut) (as Dino R. Dimuro)
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator
Richard Fordham	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Jorge Galocha	....	cable person: Spain
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist (director's cut)
Per Hallberg	....	supervising sound editor
James Harris	....	boom operator
James Harrison	....	sound effects editor
Nigel Heath	....	foley mixer
Dan Hegeman	....	sound editor (director's cut) (as Daniel Hegeman)
Doug Hemphill	....	sound mixer (directors cut) (as D.M. Hemphill)
Alex Joseph	....	foley supervisor
Sue Lenny	....	sound effects editor
David Mackie	....	assistant sound editor (as Dave Mackie)
Claire Mahoney	....	foley artist
Paul Massey	....	sound mixer: director's cut
Khama Matiti	....	adr mixer
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Colin Ritchie	....	dialogue editor
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist (director's cut)
Gavin Rose	....	adr recordist
Esther Smith	....	sound mix technician
Peter Staubli	....	sound editor (director's cut)
David Stephenson	....	sound mixer
Richard Street	....	sound mix technician
Oliver Tarney	....	sound effects editor
Mark Taylor	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Ceri Thomas	....	assistant sound editor
Daniel Urdiales	....	sound recordist: second unit
Glen Gathard	....	sound (uncredited)
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Beverly Austin	....	prosthetics coordinator
Norman Baillie	....	special effects buyer
Charlie Bluett	....	special effects prosthetics
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects technician
David Brighton	....	special effects assistant supervisor
David Campos	....	special effects technician
Anthony S. Ciccarelli	....	special effects technician
Simon Cockren	....	special effects technician
Ian Corbould	....	special effects floor supervisor (as Ian J. Corbould)
Neil Corbould	....	prosthetics supervisor
Neil Corbould	....	special effects supervisor
Paul Corbould	....	special effects assistant supervisor
Pau Costa	....	supervisor: Spain
Manex Efrem	....	special effects senior technician
Raymond Ferguson	....	workshop supervisor
Serge Gagne	....	special effects technician
Peter Haran	....	special effects technician
Alan Hedgcock	....	special effects makeup
Javier Jal	....	special effects technician
Oliver Jarlett	....	special effects
Jennifer Latour	....	prosthetic assistant: finisher
Waldo Mason	....	special effects makeup
Danielle McAulay	....	special effects technician
Jason McCameron	....	special effects
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	snow effects supervisor
Mark Meddings	....	special effects coordinator
Javier H. Moneo	....	special effects technician
Peter Norcliffe	....	costume props: Robert Allsopp and Associates
Jalila Otky	....	office coordinator: special effects, Morocco
Jalila Otky	....	special effects and prosthetics coordinator: Morocco
Steve Painter	....	special effects makeup: floor supervisor
Kieran Reed	....	previz artist
Graham Riddell	....	miniature lead senior effects technician
Lee Rider	....	special effects technician
Dave Roddham	....	special effects technician
Raúl Romanillos	....	special effects senior supervisor: Spain
Corina Rosca	....	special effects office coordinator
Jean-Nicolas Roussel	....	special effects technician
Mustapha Steila	....	special effects coordinator: Morocco
Carrie Thiel	....	motion capture choreographer
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup
Anne Marie Walters	....	senior model maker: special miniature effects
Steven Warner	....	special effects senior technician
David Watkins	....	senior special effects technician
Josh Weston	....	special effects makeup
Andy Williams	....	special effects floor supervisor: second unit (as Andrew Williams)
Daniel Williams	....	special effects technician
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects technician: physical effects
Alan Young	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Victoria Alonso	....	visual effects producer
Oliver Atherton	....	roto/paint artist
Jonathan Attenborough	....	lighting/rendering technical director
Peter Bach	....	head of film: Clear
Andrew Baggarley	....	data wrangler: MPC
Adrian Banton	....	2D supervisor: Double Negative
Adrian Banton	....	co-supervisor: Double Negative
Judy Barr	....	digital compositor
Oliver Shyal Beardsley	....	crowd simulation technical director: MPC
Graham Bell	....	motion capture technician: MPC
Kieran Belshaw	....	digital film recordist
Lizzie Bentley	....	digital matte painter: MPC
Paul Birkett	....	digital rotoscope artist: MPC
Nic Birmingham	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Roger Bolton	....	digital compositor: MPC London
Jon Bowen	....	senior compositor
Charlie Bradbury	....	visual effects producer: MPC
Jessica Braun	....	visual effects artist
Steven Bray	....	digital artist
Richard Briscoe	....	senior digital compositor
Lyndy Brown	....	studio manager: Baseblack
Gary Brozenich	....	CG supervisor: MPC
Andrew Bunday	....	render wrangler: MPC
Delphine Buratti	....	digital compositor
Melissa Butler Adams	....	digital compositor: Clear
James Butler	....	roto/prep artist
Nick Cannon	....	technical operations manager: MPC
Tom Carrick	....	motion capture technician: MPC
Mei-Ming Casino	....	visual effects producer: Framestore CFC
Peter Chiang	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Evangelos Christopoulos	....	effects technical director: MPC
Alessandro Cioffi	....	digital compositor
Mike Connolly	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Alfonso Cottier	....	3D Modeller: MPC
Steve Cullingford	....	rigging
Emanuele D'Arrigo	....	technical director
Claudia Dehmel	....	visual effects coordinator: Double Negative
Dimitri Delacovias	....	digital matte painter
Andre Camargo de Souza	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Ian Differ	....	visual effects editor
Gavin Digby	....	supervising compositor
Jo Dixon	....	visual effects editor
Paul Driver	....	data operative
Katherine Durant	....	roto artist
Clwyd Edwards	....	lead effects tecnical director: MPC
Dick Edwards	....	digital effects compositor
Michael Bruce Ellis	....	2D supervisor: Double Negative (as Mike Ellis)
Michael Elson	....	head of production: MPC
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack
James D. Etherington	....	digital compositor
Joe Eveleigh	....	lighting technical director
Jonathan Fawkner	....	2D lead: Framestore CFC
Jonathan Fawkner	....	digital supervisor: Framestore CFC
Marco Fiorani Parenzi	....	digital artist
Niall Flinn	....	technical director
Juan Jesus Garcia	....	art director: Jerusalem & Kerak, MPC (as Juan Garcia)
Juan Jesus Garcia	....	digital matte painting supervisor: MPC
Adam Gascoyne	....	sequence supervisor: Clear
Tracey Gibbons	....	visual effects associate producer
Julian Gnass	....	digital compositor: MPC
Richard Gomes	....	visual effects technical director
Vincent Goodsell	....	digital compositor
Elysia Greening	....	digital artist: MPC
Robin Griffin	....	visual effects executive producer
Dave Griffiths	....	visual effects programmer: MPC
Alex Guri	....	digital effects artist
Andy Hague	....	visual effects editorial
Qian Han	....	roto/prep artist
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager
Andrew Harvey	....	visual effects programmer
John Harvey	....	CGI supervisor
Ed Hawkins	....	supervising compositor
Kieron Helsdon	....	lead technical director: MPC
Kieron Helsdon	....	previs artist: MPC
Aeon Henderson	....	digital compositor
Sean Heuston	....	compositor
Jeremy Hey	....	digital artist
Tim Hey	....	digital compositor: MPC
Martin Hobbs	....	head of production
Kay Hoddy	....	roto/prep artist
Nic Hodgkinson	....	compositor
Matt Holland	....	compositor
Katja Hollmann	....	digital lab supervisor: Lipsync Post
Vlad Holst	....	lighting technical director
Russell Horth	....	digital compositor: MPC
Greg Howe-Davies	....	roto/prep artist
Pete Howlett	....	roto/prep artist
Roberto Hradec	....	research & development: MPC
Simon Hughes	....	digital compositor: CLEAR
Nancy Hyland	....	compositor
Zoe Izzard	....	data operator
Zoe Izzard	....	digital film recordist
Gemma James	....	data operative
Andrew Johnson	....	visual effects editorial
Linda Johnson	....	crowd simulation technical director
Tim Jones	....	visual effects artist: MPC
Barry Kane	....	rendering technical director
Per Karefelt	....	researh & development: Baseblack
Uzma Khalid	....	digital effects artist
Tom Kimberley	....	digital compositor: MPC
Balazs Kiss	....	lighting/rendering technical director: MPC
Ryan Knowles	....	data operator
Carsten Kolve	....	crowd simulation research and development: MPC
Carsten Kolve	....	crowd simulation technical director: MPC
Arek Komorowski	....	digital artist
John Kozak	....	researh & development: Baseblack
Zoe Lamaera	....	digital compositor
Debbie Langford	....	motion capture artist: MPC, London
Douglas Larmour	....	digital compositor
Sian Lawson	....	horse supervisor: motion capture unit
Rick Leary	....	CG supervisor
Philippa Leathers	....	data operator
Luke Letkey	....	digital artist
Bryan Litson	....	match move technician: MPC
David Lloyd	....	render engineer: MPC
Natalie Lovatt	....	visual effects assistant: post-production
Natalie MacDonald	....	digital compositor: MPC
Angela Magrath	....	matchmove artist
Gary Marshall	....	motion capture assistant: MPC
Helena Masand	....	CG artist
Zebedee Massey	....	data wrangler
Greg Massie	....	crowd simulation technical director: MPC
Christoph Matthiesen	....	digital artist
Marian Mavrovic	....	lead compositor
Jolene McCaffrey	....	digital compositor: MPC
Steve McGillen	....	roto and paint artist
Alasdair McNeill	....	digital artist
Alex Mein Smith	....	rotoscope artist
Ivan Mena	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Craig Mepham	....	technical animator
Brett Miller	....	lead technical director
Steve Moncur	....	digital lighting supervisor
Peter Muyzers	....	technical director: MPC
Tristan Myles	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Dan Neal	....	lead technical director: MPC
Salima Needham	....	digital compositor
Stuart Nelhams	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Elliot Newman	....	digital artist
Donal Nolan	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Cenay Oekmen	....	digital effects artist
Gruff Owen	....	compositing artist
Matthew Packham	....	digital compositor
Isaac Partouche	....	motion capture supervisor: MPC
Arnaud Pecqueur	....	matte painter
David Phillips	....	digital compositor
Adrian Pinder	....	technical director: cloth, texturing and simulation: MPC
Tristan Porter	....	roto/prep Artist: MPC
Tim Pounds-Cornish	....	visual effects editor: MPC
Scott Pritchard	....	digital compositor: MPC
James Prosser	....	visual effects coordinator
Howard Protheroe	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Farhan Qureshi	....	digital effects artist
Ollie Rankin	....	crowd simulation research and development
Andrew Rawling	....	computer graphics supervisor: Framestore-CFC
Michael Ridgwell	....	digital artist
Martin Riedel	....	digital compositor: MPC
Tim Riley	....	crowd simulation technical director: MPC
Tim Riley	....	digital effects artist
Gary Roberts	....	motion capture
Dave Robinson	....	systems engineer
Neil Roche	....	visual effects: animator
Norbert Ruf	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Sawyer	....	data operator
Claude Schitter	....	effe