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FilmPG-131995

First Knight

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The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancelot, and Guinevere is torn between her loyalty to her husband and her growing love for his rival. But Lancelot must balance his loyalty to the throne with the rewards of true love. From TMDB

71 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Sep 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 11, 2026 · How this works

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  • Jim Beaver @jumblejim.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2026

    Wednesday movie: First Knight (1995) ****

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  • Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.comBluesky · May 28, 2024

    Status report, Apropos of Nothing dep't: Doing cover work and watching / listening with half an ear to FIRST KNIGHT and Jerry Goldsmith's score for it. Two main thoughts: (a) *Jeez* but this sounds like a lost Star Trek movie, and (b) I'd give real money if he'd stop quoting TRISTAN UND ISOLDE.

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  • Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.comBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    I always think of the time in 6th grade, during a unit on the Middle Ages, when they meant to show us Dragonheart, the movie where Sean Connery voices a dragon, but instead someone mixed it up with First Knight, the 'sexy' King Arthur movie with Richard Gere, Julia Ormond (and also Sean Connery) lol

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  • Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.comBluesky · Aug 22, 2023

    Thinking about the time my middle school had an assembly in the auditorium and meant to show us Dragonheart, the film in which Sean Connery voices a dragon, but accidentally showed us First Knight, the fucky Camelot movie, also with Sean Connery.

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  • Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2026

    FIRST KNIGHT: I’m extremely stoned and very receptive to a movie with tons of Dramatic Staring against a medieval backdrop. The score truly believes this is the grandest, most epic tale ever to blaze across the screen and honestly that goes a long way. Ormond hive rise up. Put me in a great mood.

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  • Meghan O'Keefe @megsokay.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    Meghan, you better not be watching FIRST KNIGHT, that terrible ‘90s film you loved as a kid, again. Meghan?

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  • Russel D McLean/R.D. McLean @russeldmclean.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2025

    Finally, all time fave -- dad takes us to see First Knight (Sean Connery as King Arthur) & goes to get tickets. Can't remember name of movie & just says, "For the film." Staff member asks, "First Knight" & absolutely innocently dad says, "No I've been here before." We pretended not to be with him.

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  • c @anddreadful.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2025

    arguably a little worse than “mid” but my comfort medieval movie is First Knight, a guinevere/ lancelot adaptation in which richard gere and his 90s equivalent of iphone face is hopelessly miscast as lancelot and sean connery is a silver fox king arthur. the romantic tropes!! the silly costumes!!

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  • Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2025

    I peed next to @stephenking.bsky.social after seeing “First Knight” at a theater in Maine in 1995. He’d observed that they burned Sean Connery coming out of the film, which was true. Lame movie, memorable moment. I said nothing, because Pop said gentlemen don’t strike up conversations at urinals.

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  • Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    Ooh, that's lovely. I'm sure they've probably been mentioned already & you know film, obv, but EVER AFTER & FIRST KNIGHT are great.

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  • Weaz @spiceweasel.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2024

    we had movie days sometimes & one of the movies he showed was First Knight & he taught us a light class on Arthurian legend while we watched. I grew up in a wasteland for that stuff, he was there to make up for it

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  • K. Cook & Cats, Co. @iamkaymichelle.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    Tried to search for “First Knight movie,” the 1995 Sean Connery Richard Gere 2-hander Arthurian legend #film, but accidentally searched for “Fist Knight movie,” and sister, let me tell you, those are two VERY different sets of search results 😳 #FilmSky 🎥 #Google #SERPs

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  • Bex @wordofgreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    All I can ever think about when I see Spock's dad in this movie is Ben Cross as Malagant in First Knight. "Last night, men from this village crossed the border and killed 3 of my people. In reprisal, I have destroyed this village. The borderlands have been lawless long enough. I am the law now."

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  • Brandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2023

    I know it’s cheesy, & maybe it’s just 90s nostalgia, but the movie First Knight still gets me in many ways.

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  • Al @realbigal.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    First Knight. On what I think was the third or fourth all too predictable ambush the entire cinema audience started shouting "he's behind you!" Pantomime style. It was the only good thing about the film.

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  • 𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷 @capecodpostaah.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2024

    Stuff That Ruins Films For Me: “Actors who don’t attempt an accent tho everyone else does” 3️⃣ First Knight - Richard Gere. You’re Lancelot for God’s sake! 2️⃣ Man in the Iron Mask - DiCaprio & Malkovich can’t be bothered. 3️⃣ Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Costner fumbles…but Rickman saves the film.

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  • Nathanael T. Booth (he/him) @nathanaeltbooth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2026

    Merge two movies: FIRST KNIGHT AT THE OPERA

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  • 🔪Creepy-pants🔪 @crasspants.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    The pilgrimage continues My ★★★ review of First Knight (1995) boxd.it/diVnmz

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  • Adam Bishop @adammbishop.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2025

    Today's Movie I've Never Seen Before™️ is: First Knight I've seen Rob Roy and Braveheart hundreds of times, which also came out that year. I guess I thought First Knight was a boring romance instead of a cool action movie...and it turns out I was right, it was pretty boring

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  • AngryDigit @angrydigit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    But probably, and surprisingly, not influence on film & TV makers, if you look at Excalibur, First Knight and Merlin for instance. An almost exception being King Arthur. At least it’s in the Dark Ages, even if Clive Owen’s running around in Roman armour beating up Picts.

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  • quaithe of the shadow asshai @clarkconquers.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    Okayyyyy I found a movie on Tubi with Richard Gere. It’s called First Knight. Damn he fine

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  • MORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2025

    Sword in the Stone RULES. One of my very favorite animated films. Haven’t seen First Knight in decades. I remember being disappointed that they entirely eschewed magic/fantasy in the film. I’ll give it another look.

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  • Matthew James Didier @3rdyork.caBluesky · Oct 20, 2024

    Ruin a movie by reminding us it exists! I'll go first... First Knight.

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  • Michael J Dolan @michaeljdolan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2023

    The only film I ever walked out on was First Knight, my friend had insisted we see it to the point where he paid for both tickets. Unfathomably dull.

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  • PaterVoss_PunBard @patervosspunbard.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2023

    In an alternate timeline, the film "First Knight" got a whole franchise. The Knight Before Last The Friday Knights A Knight to Remember The Fort Knight Knight Fall #PunBard #Dadjokes

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  • Melissa F. Olson, Acquired Taste @mfolson.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    I assume in this scenario they are specifically the cast of the movie First Knight?

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  • Drew(bacca) @cybogoblin.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    I remember going to see that at the cinema on release, but a friend talking us out of it due to a negative review. We saw First Knight instead. Y'know, the Richard Gere Camalot movie everyone knows and loves. Yeesh.

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  • Paul Gadzikowski 🔞 @sc4rfm4n.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2026

    First Knight the film centers on Lancelot and the affair with Guenevere; starring Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, and Sean Connery. T.H. White's The Ill-Made Knight (part of the Once And Future King series) is the biography of Lancelot from childhood till just before the fall of Camelot.

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    First Knight (1995) Director: Jerry Zucker Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, John Gielgud, Julia Ormond, Alexis Denisof Watch Review wp / wd

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  • Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    Oh King Arthur, Sean Connery and Richard Gere made a film about him... First Knight... Not that bad, feet up film, popcorn 😁

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  • Ariel Keith @scarletquilleditor.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    From the movie First Knight with Sean Connery as King Arthur and Richard Gere as Lancelot. Arthur responds after Lancelot tells him, “If you knew me better, you would not say such things.” My tip in writing genuine characters is they must have flaws. Readers hate perfect people!

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  • Christian P. Writes @christianpwrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    Did you have that film as a kid you watched so many times the VHS broke and you needed a 2nd copy? That was First Knight for me. Excalibur is superior, but the way this film was done did action and design in a way I hadn't seen in a fantasy film before. #film #fantasy www.cbr.com/sean-connery...

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  • I H8 Critics Movie Review Podcast @ih8critics.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2025

    Coming soon to the I Hate Critics 1995 Podcast, we will be talking about the 1995 movie, First Knight, starring Richard Gere and Sean Connery. Spoiler Alert, we hated it. But there will be plenty of show lore to enjoy nonetheless. Until that drops, here's my review. vocal.media/geeks/first-...

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  • ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒖𝒎𝒊 , @of-rebellion.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ╱ I know when Guinevere is in a movie it’s gonna be betrayal. I just found it weird her kingdom was Lyonnesse. That was Tristan’s home. and Guinevere was from Cameliard not Lyonnesse like said in the “First Knight” movie. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀

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  • KillashandraSings @killashandrasings.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2025

    They're available for rent. We rented a bunch of costumes from Sony pictures for a production of Camelot that we did. We used the armor from the movie "First Knight" (Richard Gere, Sean Connery) for the show.

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  • Vincisblog @[email protected]Mastodon · May 27, 2025

    🦇 BAT-MAN: FIRST KNIGHT 2 – Review & Eindruck 🦇 Bat-Man auf dem elektrischen Stuhl? Genau so startet der zweite Band! Doch nach diesen Einstieg bleibt die Story leider eher seicht. Die düstere Atmosphäre der 1930er, starke Bilder und das außergewöhnliche Format überzeugen, aber die Handlung bleibt hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Mein Fazit: Halb elektrisierend, optisch top, inhaltlich zu wenig. https://vincisblog.com/comic-bat-man-first-knight-2/ #Batman #FirstKnight #ComicReview #DCBlackLabel

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  • Disastress (they/them) @disastress.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    Wanted to watch First Knight because I'm in my whimsy era and I love medieval/high fantasy media. Found out it's streaming on pluto. Bet. Get on pluto. First thing I see is The Exorcism of Emily Rose. As a lifelong spooky bitch, this is still the only movie to 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 me. It's midnight.

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  • Aka Herbert West @herbertwest66.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    First Knight. Everything is wrong in this one. Home Alone. Moulin Rouge (I don't even start a Baz Lurmann film any more) Nosferatu (2024) I sat through, but stopped caring around the 20 minute mark. Back to the Future II I fell asleep 20 minutes in.

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  • Lauren Thompson @laurenfacall.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    11 March 1950 – Jerry Zucker, 75, US filmmaker. With Jim Abrahams (1944–2024) & David Zucker Writer: Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) The Naked Gun: Files of Police Squad! * The Naked Gun 2½ Director: Airplane! (1980) Police Squad * Top Secret! * Ruthless People * Ghost * First Knight * Rat Race (2001)

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  • DG @thegilmore.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2025

    Spear is a queer retelling by Nicola Griffith that’s like a longer version of Sir Dinadan’s story in Bright Sword. Kiersten White’s The Guinevere Deception is told from Guin’s POV and reminds me of that movie First Knight at times. Sword Stone Table is a wonderful anthology of short stories

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  • Bill Reed @billreed.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    Now reading: The Bat-Man: First Knight (DC) by Dan Jurgens, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer, and Simon Bowland. Great concept, keeping to 1939 trappings and a movie serial plot, but with more historical context and a modern tone. Perkins draws Bruce as a different Golden Age actor every scene.

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  • Zachary Robert Long (Writing Darkness) @zacharyrobertlong.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2024

    Watched The First Knight and man that movie is exactly what you expect it would be and I forgot how enjoyable films like that are. No unexpected twists, nothing new. Just a traditionally told story with the requisite amount of action scenes.

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  • Brian Alberts @brewedculture.orgBluesky · Apr 1, 2024

    A guy on the bus with me once told me about the legend of King Arthur in great detail. He was describing the plot of First Knight, the Richard Gere movie.

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  • KateW @kateweb.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2023

    First Knight is on Film4 and I'm giving its costume design a LOOK for these...disco doublets? Cosy Sunday knightwear? Sorta fancy, wholly not stopping someone stabbing you.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    The (movie) First Knight 1080p (iTunes)(DE) €3.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 6.2 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson

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  • Jess @jesssparksnotes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    Current movie list: - Excalibur (1981) - The Fisher King (1991) - First Knight (1995) - The Sword in the Stone (1963)

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  • Donovan @semievolved.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Honorable mention: First Knight, which we MST3Ked through its entirety because there was no one else in the theater. I had a great time, but only because the movie sucked.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    The (movie) First Knight 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £2.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 6.2 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    The (movie) First Knight 1080p (iTunes)(CA) C$4.99 (Romance) (iMDB) 6.2 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson

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  • michaelkz.bsky.social @michaelkz.bsky.socialBluesky · May 4, 2026

    After Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Excalibur, a movie like First Knight simply would not do.

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  • Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    6:20pm TODAY on @Film4 1995 #Historical #Action film🎥 “FIRST KNIGHT” directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by William Nicholson & based on a story by Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton + William Nicholson 🌟 Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Christopher Villiers

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  • oldmetalpossum @oldmetalpossum.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    I was going to put First Knight but no gifs of that movie exist

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  • Cricket @colleencricket.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    I was looking for “First Knight” without a title and came across a non-exhaustive list of recent movies. Apparently Shrek 3 has Arthur in it, too? screenrant.com/king-arthur-...

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  • Joan Wendland @bandcgames.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 1, 2025

    I like the movie First Knight. It takes a lot of liberties but it’s worth it for the acting and directing Sean Connery is Arthur and Richard Gere is Lancelot

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  • Self-Checkout Supporter🧡 @theotapshow.comBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    First Knight is a great movie!

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  • Dan @danielorton.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    Basically yes. It was also where the premiere of 90s film First Knight took place as it was filmed in the area. Sadly Connery and Gere didn’t show up but Julia Ormond did. My mum took me to see Return To Oz there when I was 4 years old. If you’ve seen it you’ll know why that wasn’t her best idea!

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2025

    The (movie) First Knight is available today on (Google Play) for $4.99 Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Ineson

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  • ‍ ‍‍ ‍𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒖𝒎𝒊 , @of-rebellion.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2025

    ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ╱ Arthur was furious in this “First Knight” movie, I can imagine even FGO Arthur be the same. and I mean Arthur, not Artoria. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀

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  • Charlie @cdtcharles.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    The Bat-Man: First Knight by Dan Jurgens and Mike Perkins is getting a sequel!! Return to 1940’s Gotham, a rougher Bat-Man, and a grimey city haunted by a theatrical serial killer. Also, fresh reporter Lois Lane arrives in Gotham just to report on a movie but soon gets roped into this mess as well

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  • Valhalla @vallahha.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2025

    I think it was also used in the movie '' First Knight''

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