Reclaiming the Blade

Name: Reclaiming the Blade
Director: Daniel McNicoll
Released: 2009
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Karl Urban, John Rhys-Davies, Richard Taylor, Bob Anderson

2009 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 1,709 VOTES · DIR. Daniel McNicoll

Overview

The Medieval and Renaissance blade, a profound and beautiful object handcrafted by master artisans of old. An object of great complexity, yet one with a singular use in mind- it is designed to kill. The truth of the sword has been shrouded in antiquity, and the Renaissance martial arts that brought it to being are long forgotten. The ancient practitioners lent us all they knew through their manuscripts. As gunslingers of the Renaissance they were western heroes with swords, and they lived and died by them. Yet today their history remains cloaked under a shadow of legend.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,261 lines

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00:00:17 [thunder claps]

00:04:12 presents an interesting concept

00:08:15 He turns around and introduces himself and says

00:10:44 And what is that?

00:13:30 and making the blades slimmer and making it shorter

00:17:15 [grunting]

00:20:21 And there's even the grittier films, I think

00:22:47 the noise and the violence that they engendered.

00:26:03 in a particular sort of ways.

00:28:56 from the wider craft consequently withered and died.

00:31:52 That name actually derives from Andalusian Spain

00:34:26 we who fence with electronic gear that lets us know

00:39:10 pinnacle of fighting skills and as skillful as they were

00:43:20 historical European fight clubs have emerged with the desire

00:46:13 in the westem martial arts.

00:49:13 When one looks at books on arms and armor

00:52:02 to give great performance even with materials and techniques

00:55:09 take a bend, than break.

00:57:50 with precious metals and precious stones.

01:01:16 From the manuals we can see the diversity

01:04:47 I think we're very soft nowadays despite our efforts

01:07:42 Classical fences and historical European martial artists

01:11:08 a lot of effort, and that changes a person

200:03:00 of evolution away from

Cast & Characters

Viggo Mortensen Self Karl Urban Self John Rhys-Davies Narrator Richard Taylor Self Bob Anderson Self John Howe Self Fabrice Cognot Gordon Hart Sydney Anglo Self Paul Champagne Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,261

Dialogue density14.0 lines / min

First line00:00:17

Final line200:03:00

Production Record

DirectorDaniel McNicoll

LanguageEnglish

Budget$300,000

IMDb votes1,709