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Ironclad
Ironclad: A film about the battle for Rochester Castle
The feature film, Ironclad, travels back to 1215
to depict the battle for Rochester Castle in a story of honour,
action and excitement. You can visit
Rochester Castle to see the castle as it stands today and watch
the Ironclad trailer
on You Tube.
England in the 13th
century
Travelling back to the dark, brutal past of
13-century England, Ironclad plunges us headlong into one of the
most violent, pivotal moments in English medieval history - when a
few good men fought against insurmountable odds to defend their
country from a megalomaniac, blood-drunk king. Torn from the pages
of history, the devastating battle for the castle of Rochester is a
true story of honour, action and excitement. There will be
blood.
Plot
The year is 1215. King John (Paul Giamatti)
has been forced to sign the Magna Carta, a document that will
ensure the freedom of men and form the basis of common law in
England. Furious at having been forced to sign it, King John raises
a vicious mercenary army and begins a rampage across the country to
regain total power. But as the King’s army is on the brink of
reaching London and taking back control of the country, one last
castle stands between him and inevitable victory: Rochester.
Gathered together by Baron Albany,a small band
of rebel warriors gather inside Rochester intent on holding off
King John until reinforcements arrive: a Templar Knight whose
soul is wracked with guilt over the atrocities he has committed
during the crusades and his burgeoning feelings for Isabel, the
beautiful lady of the castle and lonely wife of the aging Reginald
de Cornhill; battle-hardened mercenaries such as Beckett ,
who fight not for God and country, but for money and bloodlust; and
young soldiers like Guy, who’ll taste blood and battle for the
first time – and perhaps the last.
Cast
The film stars Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Shoot
‘Em Up), James Purefoy (Vanity Fair, Rome), Jason Flemyng (Upcoming
X Men: First Class, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Brian Cox
(The Bourne Identity, Braveheart) Mackenzie Crook (Upcoming
Adventures of Tintin, Pirates of the Caribbean), Derek Jacobi (The
King’s Speech, Gladiator), Charles Dance (Gosford Park), Kate Mara
(127 Hours, Iron Man 2) and introducing Aneurin Barnard.
Director
Ironclad marks the third feature as director
of Jonathan English, from a script written by himself, Erick Kastel
and Stephen McDool. The producers are Rick Benattar (Shoot ‘Em Up),
Andrew Curtis (Lost in La Mancha) and Jonathan English, who have
assembled a high-impact team including director of photography
David Eggby (Mad Max, Pitch Black), editor Peter Amundson (Hellboy,
Gamer), production designer Joseph C Nemec III (Terminator II:
Judgement Day, The Hills Have Eyes) and costume designer Beatrix
Aruna Pasztor (The Brothers Bloom).
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