One Night with the King

"Feel The Touch Of Destiny"

2006 2h 3m EN

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★6.7TMDB · 76

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In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

“Feel The Touch Of Destiny”

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Cast

Tiffany Dupont
Hadassah / Esther
Peter O'Toole
Samuel, the Prophet
Luke Goss
King Xerxes
John Noble
Prince Admantha
Omar Sharif
Prince Memucan
John Rhys-Davies
Mordecai
James Callis
Haman, the Agagite
Tommy Lister Jr.
Hegai, the Royal Eunuch

Credits

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Director: Michael O. Sajbel
Writers: Stephan Blinn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 69% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael O. Sajbel, shot by Steven Bernstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by J.A.C. Redford. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephan Blinn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tiffany Dupont and Peter O'Toole and Luke Goss carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Feel The Touch Of Destiny".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0430431 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Michael O. Sajbel directs. Steven Bernstein behind the camera. J.A.C. Redford scores. Stephan Blinn cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 69% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Directed by Michael O. Sajbel, shot by Steven Bernstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by J.A.C. Redford. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Stephan Blinn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tiffany Dupont and Peter O'Toole and Luke Goss carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Feel The Touch Of Destiny".
8IMDB entry: tt0430431 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 76 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "based on novel or book", "persia", "queen", "bible".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Steven Bernstein
Original score: J.A.C. Redford
Editing: Stephan Blinn
Production design: Aradhana Seth
Costume design: Neeta Lulla
Makeup / hair: Bridget Cook
VFX supervisor: Ted Fay
Sound: Adam Jenkins
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $13,728,450
Return: 69% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: One Night with the King (2006)

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CinemaSerf2023-11-05
★ 5/10
I only watched this because I thought the poster looked a bit like the cover of a Christian Jacq novel. Sadly, despite a pretty stellar cast on paper, this is a really lacklustre biblical tale that is epic only in it's failure to catch fire at any stage. Peter O'Toole makes the briefest possible appearance as the prophet Samuel discovering that a captured Jewish girl has escaped and that she is with child... Spool on several years and we discover that she had a child, and that King Xerxes of Persia is looking for a new bride. Might history be about to tie these two themes together? Well what do you think? It's a strong biblical story this - you might recall Joan Collins did a version in 1960 with Richard Egan - but this is all style over substance with way too much emphasis on the grand look of the film and nowhere near enough effort on the shocking casting of Luke Goss (Xerxes) and the underwhelming Tiffany Dupont as the girl destined to secure the future of her people. Perhaps Omar Sharif was taking a break from the poker table, but there can be little excuse for the hammy effort of an over-the-top John Rhys-Davies nor the one-gear only John Noble as this story develops, completely devoid of passion or pace. The screenplay seems determined to use an adaptation from a children's book of (verbose) bible stories and in the end it all just fails to deliver. It ends with a power balled "...One night with a king... changes everything..." Even Bros didn't stoop to rhymes quite that complicated. Enough said!

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