The captivating questions at the center of the Director's Cut just aren't really present in the theatrical version. There's a whole subplot with Sibylla and her son that hammers home the random cruelty of the world and how we can hope to find peace when we can be affected by the deepest loss at any time. These character stakes match up well with the fight over Jerusalem, a manmade conflict of pointless suffering over land that is both Holy and yet, as God's will is depicted in the movie, fickle and unpredictable.
Power over Jerusalem transfers hands and the fight continues. In the theatrical version, that's a neat story about military history. In the Director's Cut, it serves as a metaphor for life and the paradox of fighting for peace. There are plenty of minor ways in which the Director's Cut is just a richer experience, but it's all in service to illuminating themes and ideas that the theatrical version didn't have the time or capability to pursue.
But the Director's Cut shouldn't languish as some neat curiosity in Scott's filmography. It is unquestionably one of the best films Scott has ever made even though it never got a wide theatrical release.
While some Director's Cuts are nifty "what ifs" with some deleted footage put back in, the Director's Cut of Kingdom of Heaven changes the entire complexion and meaning of the movie.
After the battle of Kerak, as the army leaves, Guy looks at Balian and then at Sibylla and notices them looking at one another; the implication being that he knows Balian and Sibylla have been together.
As the Saracen doctors enter Baldwin's chamber, there is a newly added scene of Guy practicing with his sword in the hallway. Immediately after this, there is a new scene of Raynald walking around in circles in his cell repeatedly shouting out his name. The jail-keeper is trying to have his dinner and looses patience, slamming the inner door of the prison shut.
Eraclius leaves the chamber in disgust and meets Guy outside. After the departure of Eraclius, there is another new scene in which Guy rather unceremoniously seduces Sibylla's maid Samira Draa. There is then a new scene between Balian and Sibylla where Sibylla points out that, as Regent, she is going to have to run the Kingdom until her son is ready to do it himself.
Balian asks what role Guy will have in this new government, but Sibylla doesn't answer him. After leaving Balian, Sibylla arrives at the palace in the early morning. Once inside, she sees Guy with her son, followed by a scene in which Guy attempts to force her to accept his knights' allegiance, threatening that if she does not, her son's reign as King will be "brief and bloody.
There is a new scene of Sibylla teaching her son about England and France. Tiberias arrives and tells her that if she wants to say goodbye to her brother, she had better do it now. At first, she is reluctant, but Tiberias persuades her to go. After she and Tiberias leave, the boy places his palm on top of the fire lamp and feels no pain, despite blistering his flesh - thus indicating that he, like his uncle Baldwin IV, has leprosy.
Baldwin IV's death scene is slightly longer than in the theatrical cut, with some additional moments of silence between him and Sibylla. When Guy confronts Sibylla after Baldwin's death, an additional line of dialogue has been added; "If my son has your knights, you have your wife. In this version, after she removes the mask to look at his face, she then gently places the mask back on, and tucks it in under his hood. There is a new scene showing Baldwin V's coronation.
Immediately after the coronation, an interesting new scene between Balian and the Hospitaler has been added. Balian is throwing a stone at a bush, trying to get a spark so as to make the bush ignite.
As the Hospitaler arrives, Balian succeeds, and suggests this is proof God doesn't exist. The Hospitaler disagrees. They talk briefly, and as the Hospitaler rides away, a bush several feet away from the burning one suddenly ignites in flames without any apparent cause. Balian turns around in amazement, and then turns back to the Hospitaler, but he is gone; the plains are deserted for miles around.
As Balian looks around, his horse seems to jump in fright. A series of new scenes follow the bush scene. We see the new King signing various documents, and there is a close-up of some wax dropping onto his hand without him feeling anything. Eraclius and Sibylla both see this, and realize that something is wrong. There is then a short scene of a physician pricking the boy's feet with pins, without him feeling anything, and Sibylla beginning to cry. Next, Tiberias tells Sibylla that rumors are spreading that the boy is ill, and that he needs to be seen publicly to dispel such gossip.
Sibylla breaks down and Tiberius comforts her. Finally, there is a scene between Sibylla and her son in the palm orchard, where she pours poison into his ear so as to euthanize him, whilst singing him to sleep. The scene where Guy comes to let Raynald out of jail is slightly different. There is some additional dialogue at the start of the scene where Raynald inquires as to whether Baldwin V is dead. Raynald then asks if Guy has had Balian killed. However, in the theatrical cut he asked, "Have the Templars removed your problem?
Balian is lying on the ground after the attack by Guy's assassins, unconscious or possibly dead; blood is coming from one of his ears , and the Hospitaler walks over to him and touches him on the cheek with his finger.
As well as stabbing Saladin's messenger Karim Saleh in the throat, Guy now also decapitates him. After Guy's army leaves for war with Saladin, additional lines have been added into the exchange between Tiberias and Balian regarding Baldwin V's death and how Jerusalem has lost all hope of peace.
Saladin now decapitates Raynald as well as cutting his throat there is also more blood when his throat is slit. As he knights the men in Jerusalem, there is a new scene where Balian meets the gravedigger from the opening scene of the film and exchanges a few words with him.
During the siege, there is a new scene in the infirmary where Sibylla is tending to the gravedigger. They exchange some dialogue, and the gravedigger reveals that he knows she is the Queen. He then smiles kindly at her and leaves. The scene where Balian wakes up the morning after the final battle is longer.
Instead of waking and then immediately standing up, he wakes and looks around, seeing the body of the gravedigger nearby. He looks at the body and says, "Remember me in France, Master Gravedigger. During the negotiation of terms between Balian and Saladin, an additional line has been added, said by Saladin: "As for your king, such as he is, I leave up to you.
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How did you buy your ticket? View All Photos Movie Info. Still in grief over his wife's sudden death, village blacksmith Balian Orlando Bloom joins his long-estranged father, Baron Godfrey Liam Neeson , as a crusader on the road to Jerusalem. After a perilous journey to the holy city, the valiant young man enters the retinue of the leprous King Baldwin IV Edward Norton , which is rife with dissent led by the treacherous Guy de Lusignan Marton Csokas , who wishes to wage war against the Muslims for his own political and personal gain.
War, Drama, History, Adventure. Ridley Scott. William Monahan. May 6, wide. Oct 11, Orlando Bloom Balian of Ibelin. Eva Green Sybilla. Jeremy Irons Tiberias. David Thewlis Hospitaller. Brendan Gleeson Reynald. Marton Csokas Guy de Lusignan. Michael Sheen Priest. Liam Neeson Godfrey of Ibelin. Ed Norton King Baldwin. Ghassan Massoud Saladin. Alexander Siddig Imad. Khaled Nabawy Mullah. Kevin McKidd English sergeant. Jon Finch Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Ulrich Thomsen Templar master. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau village sheriff. Iain Glen Richard Coeur de Lion. Tim Barlow Old Guard. Velibor Topic Almaric. Ridley Scott Director. William Monahan Screenwriter. Janty Yates Costume Designer. Rate movie. Watch or buy. Based on 11 reviews. Based on 25 reviews. Get it now Searching for streaming and purchasing options Common Sense is a nonprofit organization.
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