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| Year: | 1967 |
| Rating: | 6.4(2676) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance |
| Directed by: | Joshua Logan |
| Actors: | Richard Harris Franco Nero David Hemmings Lionel Jeffries Laurence Naismith Vanessa Redgrave |
| "The Most Beautiful Love Story Ever!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Joshua Logan | |
| Actors | |
| Richard Harris | as King Arthur |
| Franco Nero | as Lancelot |
| David Hemmings | as Mordred |
| Lionel Jeffries | as King Pellinore |
| Laurence Naismith | as Merlyn |
| Pierre Olaf | as Dap |
| Gary Marshal | as Sir Lionel |
| Anthony Rogers | as Sir Dinadan |
| Peter Bromilow | as Sir Sagramore |
| Gary Marsh | as Tom of Warwick |
| Nicolas Beauvy | as King Arthur as a Boy |
| Fredric Abbott | as Sir Geoffrey |
| Leon Greene | as Sir Turloc |
| Michael Kilgarriff | as Sir Paul |
| Christopher Riordan | as Serf at Execution |
| Actresses | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | as Guenevere |
| Estelle Winwood | as Lady Clarinda |
| Sue Casey | as Lady Sybil |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | June 1966 - November 1966 |
| Budget: | USD 13,000,000 |
| Plot: | Merlin taught King Arthur well. He establishes the perfect kingdom of Camelot, the best knights in the world at the Round Table, and even finds himself a kind, loving wife in Queen Guenevere. Then, along comes the French knight, Lancelot. At first hated by all, he eventually proves himself and becomes the King's best friend and the best knight of the Round Table. He also becomes the Queen's lover, no matter how guilty both feel. Alas, Camelot cannot last! For Mordred, the king's treacherous illegitimate son, catches on, and works to undo everything Arthur worked for. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Richard Harris "The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Vanessa Redgrave "Camelot" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Richard Harris Reprised by Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Harris and chorus "C'est Moi" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Gene Merlino (dubbing Franco Nero) "The Lusty Month Of May" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Vanessa Redgrave and Chorus "Then You May Take Me To The Fair" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Vanessa Redgrave, Gary Marshal , Anthony Rogers and Peter Bromilow "How to Handle A Woman" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Richard Harris "If Ever I Would Leave You" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Gene Merlino (dubbing Franco Nero) "What Do The Simple Folk Do?" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Harris "Follow Me" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by chorus "I Loved You Once In Silence" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Vanessa Redgrave and Gene Merlino (dubbing Franco Nero) "Guenevere" Lyrics By Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by chorus "Finale: Camelot" Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loewe Sung by Richard Harris , Gary Marsh and Chorus |
Goofs
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DATE: In one scene, Arthur is sporting a band-aid on his neck. DATE: Guenevere's party stops along the way for a cup of tea; tea wasn't imported to England until much later. Crew: The dolly cam can be seen in the segment where Arthur and Guenevere first meet in the woods (this is only visible in the wide-screen version). Continuity: Pellinore appears in the background of Arthur and Guinevere's wedding, although Arthur does not meet him until later in the film. Continuity: When Arthur is required to go to the window to view Guenevere at the stake and is speaking to Mordred, his gold "cape" disappears. Continuity: In the throne room of the Great Hall, where Lancelot is to be dubbed, we see assorted people gathered throughout the hall as King Arthur and Queen Guenevere make their way to the throne, but no knights. Shortly thereafter, as Sir Lancelot rides his horse into the hall, we see both sides of the hall lined with knights in armor, where there had been no knights before. When it was originally filmed, the entire scene included lengthy shots of pageantry, and one section was filmed of all the knights of the round table filing into the hall and lining up on each side, just below the steps to the throne room; but this sequence was dropped in the final cut. Brief glimpses of the knights filing into the hall in this scene may be viewed in one of the trailers. Continuity: The positions of the knight Bruce and his sword change between shots after he is knocked to the ground for the second time during his fight with Lancelot. Continuity: The size of the flame changes heights between shots after Guenevere lights a matchstick while laying down in bed. Continuity: As Guenevere and Lancelot go to meet with Arthur before the battle, Guenevere can be seen running ahead in one shot, but in the next shot she and Lancelot are standing next to each other. Continuity: In the scene when Arthur is explaining to Pellinore about the court system, the people in the background change and disappear between shots. Continuity: When Mordred first meets Arthur and Pellinore, Mordred's hat changes from being on his head to in his hands and then back on his head between shots. As Modred is speaking to Arthur about the thrones, Arthur is seen with his fingers on his forehead, in the next shot his hand is in a fist and on his mouth. Later in the scene, Arthur is squatting on his throne in one shot and then in the next shot one of his feet is down on the ground. Continuity: As Arthur is talking to Guenevere in the stable, she can be seen looking in Arthur's direction. When Arthur squats down to talk to her, Guenevere is facing away from him. Continuity: When Guenevere first lays down on the hill in the group at the beginning of the song "The Lusty Month of May" only one of her arms are above her head, but as she begins to sing both arms are up above her head. Continuity: When Arthur is speaking to Guenevere in their bedroom, Guenevere is laying down on the bed in one shot and then in the next shot she is seen sitting up facing away from Arthur. Continuity: As Mordred leaves Arthur in the forest, Arthur can be seen holding a limb of a tree. In the next shot, Arthur is not holding the branch and is facing the other direction. Continuity: When Lancelot and Guenevere are in her bedroom on the night Arthur has left the castle to hunt, Guenevere is seen standing by a pillar facing Lancelot as he is approaching her. In the next shot when Lancelot reaches her, she is turned away from him. Later in the scene, Lancelot has his arm around Genevere's neck as they are walking across the room. In the next shot, Mordred jumps out to catch them and they are in the middle of a kiss. Continuity: In the scene were Lancelot is singing the song "If Ever I Should Leave You," Lancelot and Guenevere are seen laying on the ground holding hands, in the next shot Lancelot is holding her other hand and his arm is under her neck. Continuity: When King Arthur proclaims the establishment of the Round Table, heralds ride throughout the countryside to recruit the knights, all of which are seen in a montage of shots. At the conclusion of the montage; when those knights other than Lancelot are collectively dubbed by King Arthur in the castle courtyard, King Pellinor is seen standing to the right of King Arthur. King Pellinore does not enter the story until after Lancelot's arrival and on the May Day Festivities, well after the knights in the montage had been assembled. |
Quotes
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King Arthur: [singing] Don't let it be forgot / That once there was a spot / For one brief shining moment / That was known as Camelot! King Arthur: Merlin, make me a hawk! Let me fly away from here! King Arthur: [singing] In short, there's simply not / a more congenial spot / for happily ever aftering than here in Camelot. King Arthur: Merlin told me once, "Never be too disturbed if you don't understand what a woman is thinking. They don't do it very often". Guinevere: Must we talk about Mordred? This is the first time in a month that he's not coming to dinner and not having him makes it seem like a party! King Arthur: All we've been through, for nothing but an idea! Something that you cannot taste, smell, or feel; without substance, life, reality, memory. King Arthur: I love them and they answer me with pain and torment. Be it sin or not sin, they betray me in their hearts and that's far sin enough. I can feel it in their eyes, I can feel it when they speak, and they must pay for it and be punished. I shall not be wounded and not return it in kind! I'm through with feeble hoping! I demand a man's vengeance! [Calming down] Proposition: I'm a king, not a man. And a very civilized king. Could it possibly be civilized to destroy the thing I love? Did they ask for this calamity? Can passion be selected? Lancelot Du Lac: Dap, you are older than I. You know this Earth better than I. I only fell upon it a few hours ago. Dap: What are you talking about? Lancelot Du Lac: Guenevere! King Arthur: [to Mordred] Far more seasoned rascals than you have polished their souls, I advise you, get out the wax. Better to be rubbed clean than rubbed out. King Arthur: Wrong or right, they have the might, so wrong or right, they're always right, and that's wrong... right? Guinevere: Absolutely. King Arthur: [sardonically] Mordred, I must remind you that I am a civilized man. With occasional lapses. King Arthur: But even the thought, "I'm not thinking a thought" is thinking, isn't it? Merlyn: Yes, and thinking is the sort of thing you should get into the habit of doing as often as possible. King Arthur: Arise, Sir Lancelot. Lancelot Du Lac: If the king grants you clemency, you shall be banished. If not, you hang. King Arthur: Clemency is granted. Lancelot Du Lac: Ginny, I - I love you. God forgive me, but I do. Guinevere: Then God forgive us both, Lance. Lancelot Du Lac: The next time you traffic with me, remember... you challenge the right hand of King Arthur! King Arthur: I *am* King Arthur! Lancelot Du Lac: What? You... are the king? King Arthur: Almost the *late* king... Chorus: [singing offscreen] Guinevere, Guinevere / In that dim, mournful year / Saw the men she held so dear / Go to war for Guinevere King Arthur: We must arrange for your knighthood. Lancelot Du Lac: No, sire! Invest me because of deeds, not words! Give me an order! King Arthur: Now? Lancelot Du Lac: This moment! Is there some wrong I can right, some peril I can face, some quest I can undertake? King Arthur: Well... actually... there's not much going on today. The Queen and some of her court have gone a-maying. Lancelot Du Lac: Gone... a-maying? King Arthur: Well, it's a sort of... um... picnic? They pick flowers and chase young... Lancelot Du Lac: Picnic? King Arthur: It's a custom we have here. This is England, you know. And this is the season for gathering flowers. Lancelot Du Lac: Knights? Gathering FLOWERS? King Arthur: Well, SOMEONE has to do it! Chorus: [singing offscreen] Guinevere, Guinevere / Oh, they found Guinevere / In the dying candle's gleam / Came the sundown of a dream Mordred: I like my women married, my willpower weak, my wine strong, and my saints fallen. [first lines] A Knight: The rules of battle are not for Lancelot Du Lac, Your Majesty! Let us attack now while they sleep! King Arthur: [firmly] We will attack when I give the command - at dawn. [the knight leaves, and Arthur begins to talk to himself] King Arthur: Oh, Merlyn, Merlyn, why is Ginny in that castle, behind walls I cannot enter? How did I blunder into this agonizing absurdity? Where did I stumble? How did I go wrong? Should I not have loved her? [sighs] King Arthur: Then I should not have been born! Oh, Merlyn, I haven't got much time. Within an inch of sunlight, the arrows begin to fly. If I am to die in battle, please, please do not let me die bewildered! Merlyn: [voice only, far off in the distance] Think back, Arthur! Think back! King Arthur as a Boy: What's the best thing for being sad? Merlyn: The best thing for being sad is to learn something. |
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