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Excalibur (1981)
IMDB rating: 7.40
Plot: 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 Uther’s 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 Arthur’s 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 it’s called for.
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Directors: Boorman John
Actors: Terry Nigel,Clay Nicholas,Geoffrey Paul,Williamson Nicol,Addie Robert,Byrne Gabriel,Buckley Keith,Neeson Liam,Redgrave Corin,O’Brien Niall,Stewart Patrick,Swift Clive,Fantasy,Adventure,
I'm confused. Did Arthur pull the sword out of an anvil or out of a stone?
And was it the Excalibur he pulled? ‘Cause I thought he received Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake….
In La Mort D’arthur there were two swords. The first was from the stone. After the first sword was broken in the fight with King Pellinore Arthur recieved Excalibur from the Lady In the Lake.
| Jan 20, 2010
Arthur pulled it Excalibur out of a stone, but it was placed there by Merlin, who originally got the sword from the Lady of the Lake.
Alien N | Jan 20, 2010
Dear confused - Please go back and read the book - you seem to have
missed about 5 chapters before you arrived at the Lady in the Lake
KlemKiddleHopper | Jan 20, 2010
No
Merlin put the sword in the lake.
the sword comes out of the lake. it never got pulled out of a stone.
Arthur Pendragon x | Jan 20, 2010
Like many of the early folk hero tales, there are different versions. In a few, Arthur pulls it out of an anvil…this was shown in the Disney version only that I am aware of. Most tales has him pull the sword out of the stone. The sword itself was placed there from Merlin who received it from the Lady of the Lake. Other versions have Arthur receiving Excalibur from the hand of the Lady after the first sword broke in battle. Other fictional writers have said Excalibur came from Pendragon, or from other sources. It is only a story, albeit perhaps about a historical person.
harpertara | Jan 20, 2010
Sure.
Why not?
Look in the real world.
Decode this lyrics " You’ll see "
"Wonderful world"
When King Arthur return and pulled the Excalibur out from the rock in " Camelot"
The knights at the round table.
All cried out with the "Rapture"
And all disappear out of sight.
Luke 21.30-36
Luke 24.44-45,47-48
Revelation 5.2-5
What do you think?
wild-man of Borneo | Jan 20, 2010
the sword in the stone is not the excalibur. He received the sword excalibur from the lady of the lake after his sword broke in battle.
mrzwink | Jan 20, 2010
I only heard the version of Arthur pulling it out of the stone and then I thought he returned to the lake when he went there to heal or some thing.
Lynn | Jan 20, 2010
The sword was in a stone, and whoever could withdraw it was destined to be king. Arthur was living with Sir Ector and his son Sir Kay who were unaware that the was the lost son of King Uther Pendragon. He withdrew the sword to take it to Sir Kay and became King of Britian. Years later, he broke that sword in a duel with King Pellinore, and Merlin took him to Nimue or Vivien the Lady of the Lake to find a new sword. It was held by a hand in a lake. It was unbreakable, and its scabbard protected the wearer from bleeding to death.
Chen-Chu L | Jan 20, 2010
it autopends on your source - from what i’ve read he received it out of the lake
fishy man | Jan 20, 2010
Many answers seem confused also.
King Arthur is a fictional character, though possibly based on a real character. Accordingly anything written about him is mostly fiction, especially modern novels. One should not expect consistency.
The earliest story of the sword in the stone survives in the medieval
| Dec 14, 2009
Eric Patel