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starring Sean Connery, Julia Ormond and Richard Gere...
...role of England's King Arthur was made for Sean Connery, even if he is Scottish and has never quite lost his burr. Britain's Julia Ormond puts a new twist on the familiar Lady Guinevere, giving her a '90s strength to match her fabled beauty. And while Lancelot, played by Richard Gere, is the least inspiring of the three, he still manages to make believable his part in the peculiar love triangle...
While Zucker's historical accuracy may not be completely flawless, he maintains its integrity by successfully bringing out Ormond's beauty without the aid of visible 20th century make-up. Her long hair falls naturally, her eyes need no extra emphasis and her lips bear no hint of extra coloring...
Richard Gere's Lancelot is a cheeky existentialist, Sean Connery's King Arthur is a temporizing leader for the Clinton era, and Julia Ormond's Guinevere is all up-to-date feminist spunk. The Camelot of Jerry Zucker's "First Knight," says TIME's Richard Schickel, is more a modern gated community than a myth-enshrouded, 6th century realm. And the great romance that was played out there -- legend's ur-Triangle -- comes across as not much more consequential than suburban adultery: "One can easily imagine Guinevere and Lancelot as Gwen and Lance, furtively smooching on the 18th tee during...
Least Attractively Photographed Beautiful People: Richard Gere and Julia Ormond in First Knight. As Lancelot and Guinevere, these two dishy stars look oddly washed out. Quick! Makeup...