Excalibur

As the title would suggest, it follows the travels of the legendary sword Excalibur through Arthurian myth, from the violent, powerful hands of Uther Pendragon, to a long-years rest in the stone to being redrawn by Uthers son Arthur, who uses it to defeat the evil invaders and establish the great court of Camelot and the great Knights of the Round Table. It is there in Arthurs glory years and in his decline, brought on by the love affair between his wife Guenevere and best friend and best knight Sir Lancelot, the Holy Grail Quest which produces many casualties among the knights, and the arrival of Mordred, the son Arthur had by his evil half-sister, the sorceress Morgana. Through it all, the magician Merlin watches over everything, always ready to throw in a Charm of Making when its called for. The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in ”Excalibur”, from visionary director John Boorman (”Deliverance”, ”Hope and Glory”). All the elements of Sir Thomas Malory’s classic Le Morte Darthur are here: Arthur (Nigel Terry) removing the sword Excalibur from the stone; the Round Table’s noble birth and tragic decline; the heroic attempts to recover the Holy Grail; and the shifting balance of power between wily wizard Merlin (Nicol Williamson) and evil sorceress Morgana (Helen Mirren). With Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne and Liam Neeson in notable early screen roles, Excalibur serves up, The New Yorker’s Pauline Kael wrote, ”one lush, enraptured scene after another”.

1981

R

883929167982

Sword And Sorcery

Theatrical

Movie

72

7.3

2018-02-07 18:39:37

1.85:1

141

United States

2011-03-08

H.264 / AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10)

1080p

1.78:1

25 GB (Blu)

1

A

Snap Case

~$8.99

2026-04-09

2018-02-07 18:39:37