Knightriders Page #8

Synopsis: A travelling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, financial troubles and their failure to live up to their own ideals. The group's leader, King Billy, is increasingly unable to maintain his warrior's rule while the Black Knight is being tempted away to LA and stardom, as they all have to ask why they were here in the first place.
Genre: Action, Drama
Director(s): George A. Romero
Production: Laurel Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
R
Year:
1981
146 min
Website
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for us, to all still be here, you know?

But I'm not sure about them.

It's important for them, too.

Those guys, the stray sheep...

that's all I think about.

I got nothing left to give.

I take you all for granted.

I don't give you anything.

Man, you give us everything, man.

You give us, you know, a chance.

Yeah, but I don't pay you any attention.

I'm sorry about that.

Play your song, will you?

- Yeah, it's like... it's not finished yet.

- Well, finish it.

Instant song.

Nah, I'll play it for you some day.

I promise.

Good.

I think that what Alan does

is... is, er... hero stuff.

Certainly more so than not.

I think what Alan does is, er...

anarchistic and rebellious,

to say nothing of the violence.

- What do you think hero stuff is?

- I don't know.

I guess, you know, like old movies

Brando was a part of.

Brando?

Brando's anti-anti-antihero.

What about Brando in "The Wild One"?

That's very close to Alan's

kind of thing, "The Wild One".

There you have antihero as hero.

I think I got you there.

I'm not, er...

anti-anti-antihero.

I'm just, er... anti-anti-chicken.

Remember that night

in a restaurant in a garden,

waiter comes to my table and

he says, "Kid, this ain't your night.

"We just ran out of fish.

You'll have to eat the chicken. "

Hey! Hey, come on!

Can't we go and party or something?

You was my brother, Charlie.

You should have

looked out for me a Little bit.

You should have looked out for me

so I wouldn't have to be stuck

with a bad piece of meat.

I gotta go.

- I love you. Sh*t, what can I say?

- All right.

We got something to do.

I coulda had class!

Oh, man.

I really don't understand this.

I know you don't.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

Oh!

Oh...

f***.

I know what you're saying,

but... what? What?

Hey!

Oh, man.

Where the hell have you been?

Oh, sh*t, Morgan. Bad craziness.

There can be only one king, Morgan.

You can't just split off and start over

again whenever you want.

We both know that inside.

There can only be one king

at one time.

That's the law.

- Going home

- Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba

- We're going home

- Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba...

Billy.

Hey, Billy.

Alan!

Hi.

- Hi.

- I'm back.

Urn...

Stop it!

Billy?

My king.

If you'll allow me, I will fight for you

in defence of the crown.

These others will challenge.

Sh*t, I can't talk like that.

Morgan's agreed to fight

and if you promise to sit on your ass

and stay out of the way,

there's still some of us

that'll fight for you.

- All right.

- All right!

Hey! Come on! Let's go!

We've got a lot of work to do!

How in the hell can I tell you

how much it cost, huh?

You cannot put a price on reputation.

My reputation is at stake.

Look at that! That's grand larceny!

That's... that's grand theft auto!

- Oh, look. Look, look.

- Cycle! Grand theft cycle, man!

- Which is worse!

- Let's bring it down a few steps.

Let's just bring it down.

Now let's just talk like this.

- Yeah, OK, fine, fine.

- All right? Now, look.

The motel they smashed up,

now, they gave me a figure,

and they were real happy and

business-like and co-operated with me.

Now, all I'm asking from you is...

What are you telling me?

You're telling me that the deal is off?

That they don't have to

honour their commitments?

- Look. Look! Look, look!

- They have signed contracts, man!

If you want to know the future,

you'd better go talk to Merlin...

...because I sure as hell can't tell

who's gonna win or who's gonna lose.

Alan wins, then Billy's still King.

Lord knows what he's gonna do.

Now, if Morgan wins,

how in the hell am I supposed

to know what he's gonna do?

Well, I don't care

who wins or loses, man!

That's not my business!

I am not a bookie!

Can I interest you in a screwdriver?

- Try some knobs.

- Knobs? OK.

There are only about 24.

- Jesus! Are you hurt?

- Forget it, forget it.

Punch, Punch!

Come on, sit down, sit down.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Now, look,

you can figure it out better than I can.

- What are you guys doing?

- Getting ready for you.

I need a hack driver for tomorrow.

Got anybody?

Sure.

Somebody from my side, on my side.

- We play fair.

- Yeah, I know.

Take green.

Thanks.

OK!

- Whoo! Bitching, bro!

- OK, guy!

Say no more!

- What are the boundaries?

- No boundaries.

Wherever it takes you.

OK. Now, this is a toughie.

What constitutes surrender?

Surrender?

You gonna surrender?

Are you gonna surrender?

Nobody's gonna surrender,

and I don't think it's necessary

for anybody to get hurt bad.

So, any knight separated

from his machine is out.

Christ, I feel like

I caused the whole thing.

Hey, hey, hey.

Steve, you didn't cause anything.

- I caused it.

- That's right.

See, Billy the King

turned around one day

and seen how many of us

was looking to him.

He say, "What's all this noise?

"and what's all these folks

looking to me for?"

They think you're trying to look bad,

trying to get your ass whooped.

They think you're some Little cat trying

to prove you don't deserve to be king.

You're saying, "In you,

look past the mist,

"see what you be, your own majesty,

don't try to find yourself in me.

"I ain't that great, no-how.

Follow your own soul. "

Dig it.

For the crown!

The crown lives forever!

These are

the weapons you have chosen.

You may not

draw weapons from the rack.

Good luck.

Oh, boy.

God damn that bike!

It's not your fault, it's not that...

Come on, Joe, jump on it!

Come on,

you dumb stupid-ass machine!

Watch it, Alan!

All right, Bors! Yeah! Yeah!

- You're an a**hole, Ewing!

Oh, yeah? It's Ewain, schmuck!

Ah! Come on, let's get the...

- All right!

- Hey, hey, babe.

Let's just keep it in the family.

Basics, Morgan!

You forgot your basics!

Ha-ha! Basics, Rocky!

Basics!

Look out, look out, look out!

Rescue! Hey, Ban!

- Let's just keep moving, OK?

- All right.

Driver! Rescue driver!

What is that? Some kind of new move?

Improvisation.

It was sheer improvisation.

Come on, let's go.

Come on! Get off the field!

Come on!

Alan!

Morgan.

You know those contracts?

Burn 'em, baby.

Oh.

I love you... my master.

Goodbye.

Oh! Oh!

Oh!

Aaah!

I pledge allegiance to the flag

of the United States of America

and to the republic for which it stands,

one nation under God...

Indivisible with liberty and...

Excuse me.

All right, class.

Class, please come to order.

Sitting here alone in my father's home

Tomorrow I'll be leaving

I'll be on my own...

To the hills as a child I'll go

But I'd rather be a wanderer

Than to never go at all...

In my soul a song lies sleeping

Waiting to be born

I can hear weeping

Deep inside I can feel her dance

Go and run to me, lover

Touch my innocence...

I see that life is an open road

There'll be poeple who stay

There'll be poeple who go

I know at first it pains me so

To think I'm just learning how

To let go...

It's a pity there's just emptiness

But with sorrow there comes joy

And I would rather die in a hurricane

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George A. Romero

George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968), which is often considered a progenitor of the fictional zombie of modern culture. Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). Aside from this series, his works include The Crazies (1973), Martin (1978), Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), The Dark Half (1993) and Bruiser (2000). He also created and executive-produced the 1983–88 television series Tales from the Darkside. Romero is often noted as an influential pioneer of the horror-film genre, and has been called an "icon" and the "Father of the Zombie Film". more…

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