Article: Aped Crusaders Ridley Scott's religious epic a weak imitation of 'Gladiator'.(Time Out!)

Article: The 'Kingdom of Heaven' has finally come -- Ridley ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Tiberias Jeremy Irons Saladin Ghassan Massoud Gravedigger Martin Hancock Priest ... film produced and directed by Ridley Scott. Written by William Monahan ... war on the Muslims. Saladin (Ghassan Massoud) leads a Muslim army against ...

Article: Director Ridley Scott tries to show truth of ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: TERRY LAWSON Knight Ridder When Ridley Scott was a young fellow becoming, as he ... Muslim side is Saracen leader Saladin (Ghassan Massoud), but the assault on Jerusalem cannot ... more complex. CAPTION(S): PHOTO RIDLEY SCOTT'S eye for detail has helped him craft ...

Article: BLOODY DIFFICULT RIDLEY SCOTT'S CRUSADE TO MAKE ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  May 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer Ridley Scott's Crusades epic ``Kingdom ... on the ground, and I asked Ghassan (Massoud, the Syrian actor playing Saladin ... It's a typical film of Ridley Scott,'' Dabashi says. ``A man ...

Article: Carnage and Faith; Ridley Scott's Surprisingly ...
The Stranger;  May 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ...IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S Kingdom of Heaven, Liam Neeson ... a few hours watching the cinema of Ridley Scott may know how he feels. This time ... winning. As the Muslim leader Saladin (Ghassan Massoud) tells Balian after the siege on ...

Article: Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven: The War on ...
The New York Observer (New York, NY);  May 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Andrew Sarris Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, from a screenplay by William Monohan ... portrayal of Saladin, played by Syrian actor and filmmaker Ghassan Massoud. Kingdom of Heaven begins on a quintessentially dreary French ...

Article: Why Ridley Scott's Story of The Crusades Struck ...
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... TOO FOUND TEARS OF LAUGHTER RUNNING DOWN MY FACE Long live Ridley Scott. I never thought I'd say this. "Gladiator" had a screenplay ... Saracens, Saladin, played by that wonderful Syrian actor Ghassan Massoud-and thank God the Arabs in the film are played by Arabs ...

Article: Crusade of controversy; Ridley Scott's 'Kingdom' ...
The Washington Times;  May 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Scott Galupo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES All Ridley Scott wanted to do was make a movie about a medieval knight ... dogmatists, while the Kurdish warrior Saladin (played by Ghassan Massoud) is written as a sort of pluralist ahead of his time ...