Description
The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table receives its most impressive screen treatment in Excalibur, from visionary moviemaker
John Boorman (Deliverance, The General). 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."
Details
Released: Mon 6 Mar 2000
Catalogue Number: DVS22018
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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- Actors: Nicholas Clay, Paul Geoffrey, Cherie Lunghi, Helen Mirren, Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson
- Director: John Boorman
- Distributor: Warner Home Video
- Studio: Orion
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- French Dolby Digital 1.0
- Italian Dolby Digital 1.0
- English
- French
- Subtitles: Arabic, English for the Hearing Impaired, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian for the Hearing Impaired, Bulgarian, Romanian
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: PAL
- Layers: 2
- Release Year: 1981
- Running Time: 135 minutes
- Sides: 1
- Transfer Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Availability
Estimated despatch 5-10 days after ordering.
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