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Title:
Musical: Camelot
Synopsis:
OSCAR WINNER - 1967
• Best Costume Design
• Best Production Design
• Best Music Score Adaptation
The legend of King Arthur in a legendary musical.
”Once there was a spot,” the song tells us, ”for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.”
A brief shining moment it may have been - but the exciting and romantic legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, the invincible Sir Lancelot, the beautiful Guenevere, Merlyn the Magician and the evil Mordred, all these tales of chivalry and intrigue have delighted young and old alike for centuries.
In our time, author T.H. White forged them into a classic novel, THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. And in 1960, the award-winning team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe brought them to life in the smash-hit Broadway musical CAMELOT.
Now, CAMELOT comes to the screen in an epic production that combines unforgettable spectacle with powerful human drama.
The dynamic Richard Harris is cast in the role of King Arthur. We see him first on the battle plain in full armor, ready to meet Sir Lancelot’s army in a futile war that will destroy the fellowship of the Round Table forever. How have events come to such a desperate pass? Arthur remembers, and the story begins.
Vanessa Redgrave is both attractive and convincing in the role of Guenevere, the girl destined to be Arthur’s queen - and to break the hard-won harmony of Camelot with her passionate love for Sir Lancelot, dashingly played by Franco Nero.
Directed with flair by Joshua Logan, CAMELOT is rich in detail, thrilling in action and compelling in emotion. It’s characters may be legendary, but their humanity is very real. Hearing such famous songs as the rousing title song and the unforgettable love theme ”If Ever I Would Leave You” let’s you look into their hearts, and makes their adventure a delight for the whole family.
SONG INDEX:
• Overture
• Main Title
• I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight
• The Simple Joys of Maidenhood
• Camelot
• Cest’ Moi
• The Lusty Month of May
• Take Me to the Fair
• How to Handle a Woman
• Entr’acte
• If Ever I Would Leave You
• Follow Me
• I Loved You Once in Silence
• Guinevere
• Finale Ultimo
• Exit Music
TRIVIA:
• In later years, Richard Harris would buy the rights to the stage version for $1 million, revamped the musical and took it on tour. This made him a very wealthy man.
• Lionel Jeffries was only forty when he played the elderly King Pellinore.
• Guenevere’s wedding dress was made of natural materials. The dress was made from fishing nets, the bodice had little seashells sewn on and on the train were hundreds of hand-sewn pumpkin seeds.
• Julie Andrews was offered the role for the film version but did not want to work with Richard Harris, as they had got along very badly while filming HAWAII the previous year.
• Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero who met on this film would marry later in life and had a child together within a year of finishing work on CAMELOT. They have also worked together since in LETTERS TO JULIET in 2010 as lovers who found one another after years apart.
• Alan Jay Lerner used his screenplay, rather than his original stage version, as the basis for the 1980s Broadway revival.
• Richard Harris disliked having to wear a wig and heavy eye shadow as King Arthur. He also annoyed producer Jack L Warner by insisting on singing the musical numbers live rather than lip-syncing.
• CAMELOT opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theater in New York on December 3, 1960. The original cast starred Richard Burton as Arthur, Julie Andrews as Guenevere, Robert Goulet as Lancelot and Roddy McDowell as Mordred. The production received 5 1961 Tony Award nominations and won four including Best Actor in a Musical (Burton), Best Musical Director, Best Costume Design of a Musical and Best Scenic Design of a Musical. The production never received the critical praise it deserved and closed on January 5, 1963 after 873 performances.
• Richard Burton, who had played the role of King Arthur on Broadway in the original 1960 production, was offered the role in the film. Burton had had a huge success with the show, winning a 1961 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, but he turned down the film adaptation, a decision he would later regret. Burton subsequently played Arthur in 1980 touring revival of CAMELOT, to make up for his prior decision, although he had to drop out in April 1981, due to ill health and was replaced, ironically, by Richard Harris.
• Despite being the only trained singer in the cast, David Hemings doesn’t get to sing at all during the movie.
• Richard Harris, a three pack a day smoker, lost his voice several times during filming.
• Marianne Faithful, Liza Minnelli, and Petula Clark were considered for the role of Guenevere.
• The song ”If Ever I Would Leave You” won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in a Morion Picture, even though it was not written especially for the film but for the original Broadway production. In addition Frederick Loewe won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score, a score that he had actually written for the Broadway stage, not motion pictures. This is the only instance in the history of the Golden Globe Awards that this has happened.
• Franco Nero was cast because he had the right look to play Lancelot.
• Oscar winner Hugh Griffith was asked to play King Pellinore.
• This was the last film produced by Jack L Warner before leaving Warner Bros.
• Cher was originally considered for the role of Guenevere.
• Much like their characters, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero were lovers at the time.
• Robert Goulet, who played Lancelot in the original stage version on Broadway, decades later played King Arthur in a touring stage revival in the early 1990s.
• It was Vanessa Redgrave’s idea to do the number, ”Take Me to the Fair,” in a constantly changing setting with new backgrounds and costumes for every change of verse to show the passage of time.
• As of September 2018, Vanessa Redgrave (Guinevere), Franco Nero (Lancelot Du Lac), Gary Marshal (Sir Lionel), Anthony Rogers (Sir Dinaden), Sue Casey (Lady Sybil), Gary Marsh (Tom of Warwick) and Nicolas Beauvy (Arthur as a Boy) are the film’s surviving principle cast members.
- Estelle Winwood (Lady Clarinda; d. Jun 20, 1984)
- Laurence Naismith (Merlyn; d. Jun 5, 1992)
- Peter Bromilow (Sir Sagramore; d. Oct 16, 1994)
- Pierre Olaf (Dap; d. Sept 13, 1995)
- Richard Harris (King Arthur; d. Oct 25, 2002)
- David Hemmings (Mordred; d. Dec 3, 2003)
- Lionel Jeffries (King Pellinore; d. Feb 19, 2010)
• Best Costume Design
• Best Production Design
• Best Music Score Adaptation
The legend of King Arthur in a legendary musical.
”Once there was a spot,” the song tells us, ”for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.”
A brief shining moment it may have been - but the exciting and romantic legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, the invincible Sir Lancelot, the beautiful Guenevere, Merlyn the Magician and the evil Mordred, all these tales of chivalry and intrigue have delighted young and old alike for centuries.
In our time, author T.H. White forged them into a classic novel, THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. And in 1960, the award-winning team of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe brought them to life in the smash-hit Broadway musical CAMELOT.
Now, CAMELOT comes to the screen in an epic production that combines unforgettable spectacle with powerful human drama.
The dynamic Richard Harris is cast in the role of King Arthur. We see him first on the battle plain in full armor, ready to meet Sir Lancelot’s army in a futile war that will destroy the fellowship of the Round Table forever. How have events come to such a desperate pass? Arthur remembers, and the story begins.
Vanessa Redgrave is both attractive and convincing in the role of Guenevere, the girl destined to be Arthur’s queen - and to break the hard-won harmony of Camelot with her passionate love for Sir Lancelot, dashingly played by Franco Nero.
Directed with flair by Joshua Logan, CAMELOT is rich in detail, thrilling in action and compelling in emotion. It’s characters may be legendary, but their humanity is very real. Hearing such famous songs as the rousing title song and the unforgettable love theme ”If Ever I Would Leave You” let’s you look into their hearts, and makes their adventure a delight for the whole family.
SONG INDEX:
• Overture
• Main Title
• I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight
• The Simple Joys of Maidenhood
• Camelot
• Cest’ Moi
• The Lusty Month of May
• Take Me to the Fair
• How to Handle a Woman
• Entr’acte
• If Ever I Would Leave You
• Follow Me
• I Loved You Once in Silence
• Guinevere
• Finale Ultimo
• Exit Music
TRIVIA:
• In later years, Richard Harris would buy the rights to the stage version for $1 million, revamped the musical and took it on tour. This made him a very wealthy man.
• Lionel Jeffries was only forty when he played the elderly King Pellinore.
• Guenevere’s wedding dress was made of natural materials. The dress was made from fishing nets, the bodice had little seashells sewn on and on the train were hundreds of hand-sewn pumpkin seeds.
• Julie Andrews was offered the role for the film version but did not want to work with Richard Harris, as they had got along very badly while filming HAWAII the previous year.
• Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero who met on this film would marry later in life and had a child together within a year of finishing work on CAMELOT. They have also worked together since in LETTERS TO JULIET in 2010 as lovers who found one another after years apart.
• Alan Jay Lerner used his screenplay, rather than his original stage version, as the basis for the 1980s Broadway revival.
• Richard Harris disliked having to wear a wig and heavy eye shadow as King Arthur. He also annoyed producer Jack L Warner by insisting on singing the musical numbers live rather than lip-syncing.
• CAMELOT opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theater in New York on December 3, 1960. The original cast starred Richard Burton as Arthur, Julie Andrews as Guenevere, Robert Goulet as Lancelot and Roddy McDowell as Mordred. The production received 5 1961 Tony Award nominations and won four including Best Actor in a Musical (Burton), Best Musical Director, Best Costume Design of a Musical and Best Scenic Design of a Musical. The production never received the critical praise it deserved and closed on January 5, 1963 after 873 performances.
• Richard Burton, who had played the role of King Arthur on Broadway in the original 1960 production, was offered the role in the film. Burton had had a huge success with the show, winning a 1961 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, but he turned down the film adaptation, a decision he would later regret. Burton subsequently played Arthur in 1980 touring revival of CAMELOT, to make up for his prior decision, although he had to drop out in April 1981, due to ill health and was replaced, ironically, by Richard Harris.
• Despite being the only trained singer in the cast, David Hemings doesn’t get to sing at all during the movie.
• Richard Harris, a three pack a day smoker, lost his voice several times during filming.
• Marianne Faithful, Liza Minnelli, and Petula Clark were considered for the role of Guenevere.
• The song ”If Ever I Would Leave You” won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in a Morion Picture, even though it was not written especially for the film but for the original Broadway production. In addition Frederick Loewe won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score, a score that he had actually written for the Broadway stage, not motion pictures. This is the only instance in the history of the Golden Globe Awards that this has happened.
• Franco Nero was cast because he had the right look to play Lancelot.
• Oscar winner Hugh Griffith was asked to play King Pellinore.
• This was the last film produced by Jack L Warner before leaving Warner Bros.
• Cher was originally considered for the role of Guenevere.
• Much like their characters, Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero were lovers at the time.
• Robert Goulet, who played Lancelot in the original stage version on Broadway, decades later played King Arthur in a touring stage revival in the early 1990s.
• It was Vanessa Redgrave’s idea to do the number, ”Take Me to the Fair,” in a constantly changing setting with new backgrounds and costumes for every change of verse to show the passage of time.
• As of September 2018, Vanessa Redgrave (Guinevere), Franco Nero (Lancelot Du Lac), Gary Marshal (Sir Lionel), Anthony Rogers (Sir Dinaden), Sue Casey (Lady Sybil), Gary Marsh (Tom of Warwick) and Nicolas Beauvy (Arthur as a Boy) are the film’s surviving principle cast members.
- Estelle Winwood (Lady Clarinda; d. Jun 20, 1984)
- Laurence Naismith (Merlyn; d. Jun 5, 1992)
- Peter Bromilow (Sir Sagramore; d. Oct 16, 1994)
- Pierre Olaf (Dap; d. Sept 13, 1995)
- Richard Harris (King Arthur; d. Oct 25, 2002)
- David Hemmings (Mordred; d. Dec 3, 2003)
- Lionel Jeffries (King Pellinore; d. Feb 19, 2010)
Format:
DVD
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Movie Release Year:
1967
Rating:
G
Barcode:
7321921110849
Genre:
Drama
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Show Type:
Movie
Original Aspect Ratio:
2.40:1
Actors:
Vanessa Redgrave
Richard Harris
David Hemmings
Franco Nero
Lionel Jeffries
Laurence Naismith
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Directors:
Joshua Logan
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Runtime:
179
Country of Purchase:
United States
Packaging:
Slip Sleeve
Date Added:
2018-02-07 18:27:30
