A Knight's Tale (Sep 28)

Now I know it's a stretch, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that A Knight's Tale was inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Common characters include Chaucer, Simon the Summoner, and Peter the Pardoner. The idea of courtly love also seems to be present in this story, which I hadn't really realized in my original viewings of the movie. I also love how at the end of the movie Chaucer remarks to himself that he should really write all this down. The more you know, the more clever the movie becomes!