Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300271791 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 630027179X Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: April 01, 1992 Running Time: 141 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1981 Sales Rank: 3600
Amazon.com essential video: This lush retelling of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a dark and engrossing tale. Director John Boorman (Deliverance) masterfully handles the tale of the mythical sword Excalibur, and its passing from the wizard Merlin to the future king of England. Arthur pulls the famed sword from a stone and is destined to be crowned king. As the king embarks on a passionate love affair with Guenevere, an illegitimate son, and Merlin's designs on power, threaten Arthur's reign. The film is visually stunning and unflinching in its scenes of combat and black magic. Featuring an impressive supporting cast, including early work from the likes of Liam Neeson and Gabriel Byrne, Excalibur is an adaptation of the legend both faithful and bold. --Robert Lane
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Rating: - Far better than the trilogy of the ring
The lord of rings movie trilogy was good, but Peter Jackson stole the best of its ideas from Boorman's Excalibur. This one is absolutely my favorite movie of all times. Not a crowd pleaser, anyway, as ... Read More
Rating: - A classic from a most unsual film maker
John Boorman is a hard director to pin down. He can do a gritty crime drama like POINT BLANK with Lee Marvin and then he does a film like this! EXCALIBUR is the finest Arthur film of them all. Forget ... Read More
Rating: - Well stagged King Arthur movie
This movie presents the Arthur movie in terms of the magic sword legend.
It modifies Vivian into Morgan Le Fey and takes several other liberties with the traditional plot, but it is well written , ... Read More
Rating: - Excaliber DVD
I just love this movie! it is a classic that everyone can enjoy over & over.
Rating: - A Classic for your collection...
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- Far better than the trilogy of the ring
- Well stagged King Arthur movie