William Tell
The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, desiring more land, invades neighbouring Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation. Protagonist William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless… From TMDB
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60 of 139 · most liked firstNothing better than a vigorous mediaval action flick to kick off 2K25; never mind that worthy awards stuff, Nick Hamm's spirited romp William Tell features Claes Bang and a big-name cast including Jonathan Pryce and Rafe Spall. Enjoy! @altitudefilms.bsky.social film-authority.com/2025/01/15/w...
unlabelledView post →I am in a "Movies that contain one REALLY good scene but the rest is crap" mindset. Take Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, a movie that has a really fun and action packed train-based finale set to a kick-ass rendition of William Tell Overture, too bad is at the tail end of such crap film.
unlabelledView post →2/2 War of Arrows is a great movie that breaks away from the Robin Hood, and to a lesser degree, William Tell, realms of how we think about archery and ranged fighting. This scene in particular is a *chef's kiss* example of ambush, cover, and more. Anyways, just some more #TTRPG thoughts.
unlabelledView post →The archery comes in season 3 where Jughead proves he’s the best DnD GM by playing William Tell chicken. Then later in the season Cheryl does shoot a lot of people. Listen to my show: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
unlabelledView post →A William Tell action movie, huh? What a... curious choice of subject matter for our current era.
unlabelledView post →"It couldn't be a more current argument to what we're all dealing with and facing." Director Nick Hamm talks to Matt Frei about his movie William Tell and how the story still resonates today. Read and watch here: www.channel4.com/news/william...
unlabelledView post →Have been seeing some movies but forgot to write up so here's a 7 movie review with Little Siberia, High Ground, Shadow Force, The Killer's Game, Sketch, Ghost Killer and William Tell
unlabelledView post →#BOTD 1925 Conrad Phillips: English television and film actor. Best known for playing William Tell in the adventure series The Adventures of William Tell (1958–1959).Served in the Royal Navy having forged the birth date on his ration book to make himself eligible to enlist during WWII.
unlabelledView post →Gotta be honest, the idea of a straight, gritty William Tell film feels like doing a grim dark Wee Willie Winky story, but there it is youtu.be/QkYn5pF5xTg?...
unlabelledView post →As you watch these three idiots riding a motorcycle through an old west town to the William Tell Overature, just tell yourself you could be watching Zachariah again. Then it would be Country Joe and the Fish instead of Rossini. #Riffotronic
unlabelledView post →Connor Swindells é o vilão Gessler em imagem inédita de "William Tell", divulgada hoje pela revista Total Film. Dirigida por Nick Hamm, a nova adaptação para as telonas da clássica peça de Friedrich Schiller terá sua premiere essa semana no Festival de Toronto.🔥🎥
unlabelledView post →We've been discussing our individual film entrance tunes at Casa Collett. One vote for the William Tell Overture; one for Mahler's 5th, one for Indiana Jones and one for Darth Vader's intro theme (sorry, that was me). Anyway, fun family game for all!
unlabelledView post →We remember Michael Bond 13/1/1926 – 27/6/2017 Author of Paddington Bear and creator of BBC animation The Herbs Conrad Phillips 13/4/1925 – 13/1/2016 William Tell in the 1958 ITC series of the same name. Brian Bedford 16/2/1935 – 13/1/2016 Actor in The Equaliser and Cheers.
unlabelledView post →This week's Sunday evening movie was William Tell. It was suitably epic with a great cast. The action was good, if a little bloody. Occasionally it was a bit slow & some of the dialogue was a bit off. Kinda like the writer was trying to do Shakespearian language. 🍎
unlabelledView post →New William Tell movie raises interesting possibility of him having said the shahada for his muslim wife, simultaneously pissing off the entire nation of Switzerland and inspiring my next CK2 run
unlabelledView post →I'm watching the William Tell film and it's making my shit hang sideways.
unlabelledView post →@letterboxd.social #lastfourwatched ... William Tell is a TOP 2025 film, and nobody is ready for that...
unlabelledView post →Feels great to be making my debut with the esteemed TAKE ONE Magazine. Pity I wasn’t overly keen on the film I’m reviewing. My review for William Tell is linked below 👇
unlabelledView post →William Tell I'm starting to think any movie nowadays that's a historical epic is going to beat the same beats over and over again to become a decent but unmemorable flick down the line. The action and acting may try but the writing has been done before and much better elsewhere
unlabelledView post →this will never leave me, watching a film on Netflix, William Tell, it's good not great but an afternoon filler, and Ben Kingsley turns up - I will never be able to forget his turn in the Sopranos when Christopher tried a grift and called him Sir Kingsley..
unlabelledView post →It is. It’s a godawful movie that opens and closed with two of the greatest railroad action fight sequences ever put to film. Like you should just watch the first ten minutes, read a wiki summary of the characters, then start watching it again one the William Tell Overture finally kicks in.
unlabelledView post →Have you seen the movie "William Tell"? Do you wonder what happened to his son Walter after the "apple incident"? Read "The Secrets of Morgarten" and discover why he became a medieval sleuth, and how he competes with a fugitive French knight for the love of a beautiful weaver 🏹 ➡️ mybook.to/TSOMeb ⬅️
unlabelledView post →They won a “Top Gun style” competition. It has nothing at all do with the movie Top Gun. The William Tell competition is just that, a competition with winner. It wasn’t “later known as Top Gun”, the last one was held in 2023 by the USAF. Top Gun is a training program for naval aviators.
unlabelledView post →So, yeah, a review of William Tell is looking very unlikely, as £30 for the sake of just one film is probably more than I should really being doing.
unlabelledView post →Tonight's movie was William Tell. The people had had enough of the evil king's bullshit and revolted . How fitting 😕
unlabelledView post →Friends! Seeking a fun example for quick dictation in aural skills 1 that uses melodic arpeggiations of V7. (My not fun examples are Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and the William Tell Overture.) Bonus points for anything from recent pop hits, musical theater, or beloved film scores.
unlabelledView post →The only consensual scene in that movie was in fast motion set to a Moog rendition of the William Tell overture...
unlabelledView post →Learned there's a William Tell movie coming out. Guess that's the epitome of 'Show, Don't Tell'
unlabelledView post →Is furious activity (in film and television and — of course — in real life) still accompanied by the William Tell Overture, or the Gaïté Parisienne? If not, how do people shift into hyperactivity? How can they be sure that they’re hurrying?
unlabelledView post →Film-wise: at 6.05pm, Robin & Marian on Film4+1. At 7.20pm, GoldenEye on ITV4. At 9pm, The Karate Kid on Great TV, Striking Distance on Legend Xtra or Assault On Precinct 13 remake on Legend. At 10pm, William Tell on Sky One. At 11.15pm, Triple 9 on Legend. At 1.10am, In The Earth on Film4 #telly
unlabelledView post →Is it bad that watching William Tell (2024) makes me want to get out my old Playmobil. (FYI, not a very good movie, despite the casting and incredible sets. It can't decide if it's trying to be a Shakespearean tragedy, or really just about crossbows.)
unlabelledView post →The movie really missed out on having the band play William Tell over this action sequence #ClassOf1984 #FlicksForAll
unlabelledView post →For those seeking a bit of escapism this weekend, MJ's Andrea Schmidt recommends checkint out WILLIAM TELL. #WilliamTell is now playing in theaters.
unlabelledView post →Watching the William Tell film. Other than the crossbow and apple legend I knew nothing about him. The film expands on the story against the background of the Swiss rebellion against Austrian rule in the early 14th century which led to the formation of the Swiss Confederacy.
unlabelledView post →The Matrix OST, new films The Amateur and William Tell, movie news about The Accountant 2 & in TV news, John Lithgow is rumored to play Dumbledore while The Wheel of Time returns for Season 3, throw in the story behind the OC Theme tune & gaming news and that's Screentime play.rtl.lu/shows/en/scr...
unlabelledView post →Some of my favorite movies include music without words. William Tell Overture in the Johnny Depp version of The Lone Ranger was the best part of the movie in the last chase scene. It is a very exciting piece of music.
unlabelledView post →I do know that the "William Tell Routine" bit at the beginning and end of the movie is supposedly an anecdote from Burroughs' life. It's not in the story, but is in the life of the author, so it fits.
unlabelledView post →Conrad Phillips & Brian Rawlinson in one of the William Tell series (credit: Film Review 1960-61) #filmsky #moviesky #afanofthemovies
unlabelledView post →It’s not a perfect movie but that last 10 mins of Ranger are fantastic. The William Tell Overture score doesn’t hurt either.
unlabelledView post →They don't make them like they used to - except when they do, with Nick Hamm's surprisingly old-fashioned medieval action film William Tell. It's out on DVD in Australia. fictionmachine.com/2025/10/16/r...
unlabelledView post →Non political programming ITV There’s a lot of variation around the regions I’d be here all night if transcribed all the differences on “action / film series” ATV have Lassie and William Tell on early evening before Rawhide Bandstand missing on ATV Granada - Ivanhoe
unlabelledView post →The current Netflix film William Tell and the recent ish film called Medieval about Jan Zizka?
unlabelledView post →I watched the movie William Tell (2025) last night & really enjoyed it. Was a favorite take of mine growing up, the fight for freedom and liberty against an evil oppressor, seems like a perfect film for our times. 1307 was a great year for adventure!
unlabelledView post →William Tell (2024 film). A very entertaining historical action-drama, with some good action scenes and a likeable lead.
unlabelledView post →The fact that they're making an alpha male action slop movie about William Tell is so funny to me. That's like remaking a Shakespeare play for your chud coworker.
unlabelledView post →Watching the new historical action film William Tell [2025] written/directed by Nick Hamm.
unlabelledView post →If the very long and boring William Tell movie from earlier this year had starred Petra I would have pivoted my entire life around it
unlabelledView post →'William Tell', seen at the cinema! 🏹🍏 Photos and opinion (in Spanish) without spoilers, and thoughts of the movie, made by me. Read at ➡️ instagram.com/p/DJc1KFVIIZP/
unlabelledView post →I watched the new William Tell (2025) movie so you don't have to. Don't. But here's the music I remember from the TV show when I was a kid in the 60s (of course I didn't realise it was a classical piece at the time) #music youtu.be/tahINCwwfks?...
unlabelledView post →MJ's Andrea Schmidt says, "In a media environment where irony seems paramount, it’s refreshing to encounter a film where the actors play the story one hundred percent seriously." #WilliamTellFilm is now available to watch digitally. #WilliamTell
unlabelledView post →Spoiler free review of William Tell. I have very little to say about the 2 hrs & 13 minutes it took me to watch this.
unlabelledView post →Ah, but film and its predecessors were adapting "books" (or at least Cinderella and William Tell) in the mid-to-late 1890s. 130 years across the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries can certainly be abbreviated to "adapting popular books for centuries." (*subtweet!*)
unlabelledView post →“The first feature film adaptation of William Tell’s story since 1960 feels more like farce than fable. Left behind in the wake of its shortcomings is a film where the craft doesn’t match the potential of its material.” - @calumcooperfilm.bsky.social reviews: takeonecinema.net/2025/william...
unlabelledView post →Just seen William Tell described as an English folk hero by a major movie site that should know better. It was in the other place. *arms self Swiss style* *unsheathes the battle corkscrew* *and the tiny little battle pen to finish the crossword* *saws a small twig* VICTORY IS MINE!
unlabelledView post →Trailer for WILLIAM TELL - well, Robin Hood's been done to death so good idea to move on to another medieval folk hero! This features the likes of Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Pryce & Dracula himself, Claes Bang. I'm a sucker for period action films, esp when there's a decent budget! #Actionsky #filmsky
unlabelledView post →The CGI replications of the Sistine Chapel were very good. I was there in August and it felt very accurate. Unlike the CGI storms in William Tell which I saw at the Toronto film festival which were distractingly bad for such a big budget movie.
unlabelledView post →when you accidentally see a trailer on youtube. where you already shake your head a little when you see the title and after watching the trailer you don't really know whether to laugh, cry or roll your eyes as a swiss citizen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXq19eOZTi4 #trailer #williamtell #movie
unlabelledView post →Just seen a trailer for a William Tell movie and he’s using a fucking crossbow?
unlabelledView post →I'm listening to William Tell Overture from that ranger movie, and a distant truck honked the horn, and it sounded awesome because it sounded perfect as if it were a part of the music. I wish it was part of the music.
unlabelledView post →Same, but in the William Tell movie.
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