“I have always had crusades in my skin. This is a period of history I loved at school because it is picturesque and tormented. As a child, I was certainly less attracted to politics and religion than Koboo, the beauty of the armor, the violence of the sword.
In this sense, Ridley Scott makes his distant memories of the project, which is celebrated on the 20th anniversary of his release: Kingdom of Heaven. A very big film was unjustly shaken when it came out for some, a supplies of film and never got rid of the types of Ridley Scott’s others, and the kingdom of heaven did not divide the thought.
The internal verdict was final: Great failure in the United States and Canada, as the film brought only $ 47 million from the investment. In the world cash registers, this barely shone more: more than $ 218 million.
Ridley Scott at that time many wanted to be marketing teams The fox of the twentieth centuryWhich, he said, was not able to completely sell the viewers with an exotic adventure film mixed with exotic and love history; Instead of cautiously checking the bloody conflict of religions during the crusade, which is brilliantly written by William Monahan’s expert and ultra -documented pen.
Napoleon’s wars in front of the crusade
In front of the Kingdom of Paradise, Scott imposed his sights on a completely different nature project that was announced, at least on paper, extraordinarily. Her name? Tripoli, from the scenario written by Monham, “Which has been stagnated for eight years” From its point of view. But, first of all, what happens in the distant period from the Middle Ages. An interesting story that makes Napoleon’s wars saliva, as Scott explains.
“The action took place in 1805, England was a war against Napoleon. He reigns from the Supreme Seas, especially in the Mediterranean. He has just sold Louisiana Americans for $ 11 million because he needs money.
At this exact time, he reigned in Tripoli in Pasha, whose work was racketeer and piracy. Therefore, the connection between the shores of barbarism and the piracy. The movie would be made Russell Kroow In the role of Tripoli Vice Consul, who decided to pursue his own foreign policy. The United States refused to participate, he raised his own army to overthrow Pasha. ”
With the creation of abnormalities, Scott does an accurate and authentic historical fact, Tripoli’s war, otherwise called the barbarian coastal warWhich took place in 1801 and 1805, which was the first war, which was declared and committed by the United States after their independence. In May 1804, William EatonyFormer Consul in Tunisia (and, consequently, the character who was to play Russell Kroow), arrives in Tripoli, on Pasha’s liberation mission Youssouf Karamanli.
Ridley Scott has a fixed idea
Scott was very active on Tripoli. “Ridley runs away Associations And every evening he returned to the office to move to Tripoli ” Lisa Elz tells her. “The teams have already formed: Arthur MaxDecorator, Terry Bronko … they planned for budget, planning, actors … we were filling all the racks with drawings, models, sketches … we were preparing to build the whole city on the coast of Morocco. On the weekends, we decided to scenari “. Fort de dernaOne of the high places of the Tripoli war is built.
Strangely, it is during this intense preparatory stage of the tripoli shooting that Scott Monham’s survey to know if he has anything under the elbow on the crusade, which remains a fixed idea for the filmmaker. “I immediately thought about Buduin and a silver mask. He was in my head because I read this story 14” Tells the screenwriter.
King Leper Buduin IV will be the starting point of the kingdom of heaven. Passionately towards this story, Scott then commands Monham to write about this idea, parallel to Tripoli’s ascension.
“It has always happened something that has blocked the movie”
The question is: Why was Tripol not done? “He did it almost three times. We had two green fires, but it always happened something that blocked the film at the last moment. Loose Lisa Elz.
If FOX has filed a few million dollars in a project that does not see the light of day, not everything is lost, as some decorations will be processed for the kingdom of heaven, in addition to it largely in Morocco. According to this, we still realize that one day is dreaming of a resurrected Tripoli project. Who knows …
Source: Allocine
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