Movie Review Excalibur (1981) The Ace Black Blog
Explicit, violent, visually stunning film. Parents should know that one of the early scenes in this movie is a violent rape. There is a great deal of violence and gore. There are appealing characters in this film, but no role models — Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot are all famously unsympathetic, and their selfishness undoes Camelot.
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Excalibur - Murdering Morgana: Merlin (Nicol Williamson) comes to Morgana (Helen Mirren) in a dream and convinces her to use a spell which causes her to age.
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Excalibur is exquisite, a near-perfect blend of action, romance, fantasy and philosophy, finely acted and beautifully filmed by director John Boorman and cinematographer Alex Thomson.
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Then six years later along came Excalibur. As directors go, John Boorman has always been a weirdie, and a tough one to pin down. In the late '60s he gave us two of the most fundamental pictures.
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In the late 400s Merlin the sorcerer of Britain takes advantage of the lust of King Uther (Gabriel Byrne) for a Duke's wife, Ingrayne (Katrine Boorman), to grant him a boy who becomes King Arthur of Camelot (Nigel Terry) when he pulls Excalibur from the stone, a magical sword. Arthur marries Guenevere (Cherie Lunghi), but when Lancelot.
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Boorman's "Excalibur" is a record of the comings and goings of arbitrary, inconsistent, shadowy, figures who are not heroes but simply giants run amok. Still, it's wonderful to look at. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
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John Boorman's Excalibur is one of the very best fantasy movies from the 1980's and an all around well crafted, classy production. This is by far the best movie about the legend of King Arthur. The cast is excellent and played stone cold serious with some really excellent Shakespearian British actors.
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Release Date: April 10, 1981The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in Excalibur, from vis.
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Excalibur: Directed by John Boorman. With Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi. Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
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A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.
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Excalibur. The King Arthur roars to life of Arthur's rise to power, the Knights of the Round Table, Merlin the Magician, the golden age of Camelot and the search for the Holy Grail. 6,433 2 h 20 min 1981. X-Ray R. Excalibur: Behind the Movie. Free trials, rent, or buy.
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Excalibur (1981) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more. 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 (Gabriel Byrne), to a long-years' rest in the stone to being redrawn by Uther's son Arthur (Nigel Terry), who uses it to defeat the evil invaders and establish the great court of.
‘The Past, Present and Future of Humanity’ John Boorman's ‘Excalibur’ • Cinephilia & Beyond
Excalibur: Behind the Movie is a retrospective documentary that looks back at the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie, Excalibur.Self-described as the toughest film he ever made, Excalibur told the tale of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone and helped start the careers of actors Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren and Patrick Stewart.
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Original theatrical trailer for director John Boorman's epic retelling of the King Arthur legend, 'Excalibur', starring Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, and He.
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The 1980's had it's fair share of medieval, fantasy films and it all started in 1981 with Excalibur, a retelling of the legend of King Arthur.John Boorman (Deliverance, Hope and Glory) adapted Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur into an epic, visual masterpiece.Boorman was coming off his box-office flop, Exorcist II: The Heretic, but was still a respected director due to his previous.
