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Sample Review Quotes
"SENSATIONAL AND LONG OVERDUE!"
- IGN, DigiGods
"EPIC AND GRAND!"
- RowThree.com
"EXCELLENT, WONDERFUL!"
- Home Media Magazine
"GEEKS OUT THERE OUGHT TO CHECK OUT THIS INTERESTING NEW DOC."
- New York Post
"INCREDIBLY ENTERTAINING"
- AMC Filmcritic.com
"TRULY AMAZING!"
- Geek Out Online
"ENGAGING AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING."
- TheOneRing.net
"LONG OVERDUE"
- Film Ink
"YOU’LL GET A MAJOR KICK OUT OF THIS, AWESOME!"
- Scott Johnson, ExtraLife
"EXHILARATING!"
- Chivalry Today Podcast
"A POPULAR CHOICE FOR BOTH MOVIE AND HISTORY BUFFS."
- California Chronicle
FEATURED STARS
Reclaiming the Blade (RTB) features Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises), Karl Urban (Borne Supremacy, JJ Abrams’ new Star Trek), Richard Taylor (LOTR, King Kong, Narnia), Bob Anderson (Hollywood Sword-master to Errol Flynn, Johnny Depp, Star Wars, etc), legendary Illustrator John Howe (LOTR, Narnia). This highly anticipated film is narrated by acclaimed Welsh actor John Ryhs-Davies (Indiana Jones, LOTR) and was produced with the help of Peter Jackson, Weta Workshop, Skywalker Sound, and the Royal Armouries of Great Britain. The soundtrack features both an original orchestral score by composer David James Nielsen and rock hits form the Doves, Yo La Tengo, The Dandy Warhols, and Juliana Hatfield.
SWORDS IN MODERN FILM & CULTURE
All kids love epic adventures involving swords and the truth is, there’s a kid in all of us. Currently there are many feature narratives that hold the sword as a prominent part of the story telling process. By way of current examples, there’s a sword fight scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Fool’s Gold, Nim’s Island, and even in the cartoon, Bee Movie. It’s remarkable the attraction of swords in film. Swords are everywhere in films from the Chronicles of Narnia to the Pirates of the Caribbean.
The blade’s popularity shows no sign of waning with Warner Brothers geared up to produce War of the Gods and Legendary Pictures preparing for Clash of the Titans, not to mention the two Hobbit films in pre-production and the rest of the Narnia films scheduled for production and release over coming years. Swords hold a central theme in all these films. Reclaiming the Blade explores swords both in our modern media and in the hands of those practitioners and academics who study them in their historical context.
SWORDS AROUND THE WORLD
All over the world, groups of practitioners are reclaiming the knowledge of the Renaissance sword masters. Reclaiming the Blade showcases seven Historical Martial Arts groups in Europe and several in the United States. These groups are resurrecting these ancient techniques from manuals written in the 15th and 16th century by masters in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and many other western European nations. The interest in this resurgence is exploding as Fight Clubs form all over the world and membership flourishes.
NEWS AND LINKS
Sample News
USA Today: Western Martial Arts
WMA Breaking News
Swords Make the Cut in Hollywood
Reclaiming the Blade Google Results
The One Ring with RTB at Comic-Con
RTB on JohnHowe.com
RTB on Weta Workshop
RTB on the Frodo Franchise
NY Jedi Partner in news
RTB on scottsigler.com
Reclaiming the Blade Links
RTB Homepage
N.Y. Times Overview
IMDb Entry
RTB Production Videos
The Gathering
Reclaiming the Blade Newsletter Archive
Printable Press Kit and One Sheet available upon request. If interested in an interview for an article, video production, or radio show with one of the principals involved in Reclaiming the Blade, please contact Galatia Films at