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Excalibur ()

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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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King Arthur
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Morgana
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Lancelot
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Guenevere
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Perceval
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Merlin
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Mordred
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Uther Pendragon
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Uryens
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Igrayne
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Gawain
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Cornwall
Niall O'Brien ...
Kay
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Leondegrance
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Ector
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Lot (as Ciarin Hinds)
Liam O'Callaghan ...
Sadok
Michael Muldoon ...
Astamor
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Boy Mordred
Gerard Mannix Flynn ...
Mordred's Lieutenant (as Mannix Flynn)
Garrett Keogh ...
Mador
Emmet Bergin ...
Ulfius
Barbara Byrne ...
Young Morgana
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Lady in Waiting
Kay McLaren ...
Aged Morgana
Eamon Kelly ...
Abbot (as Eamonn Kelly)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hilary Joyalle ...
Lady of the Lake (uncredited)
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Puppeteer (uncredited)
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Sunshine (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Boorman

Written by

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Thomas Malory ... (book "Le Morte d'Arthur")
 
Rospo Pallenberg ... (adaptation)
 
Rospo Pallenberg ... (screenplay) and
John Boorman ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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John Boorman ... producer
Michael Dryhurst ... associate producer
Robert A. Eisenstein ... executive producer
Richard M. Greenberg ... executive producer (uncredited)
Edgar F. Gross ... executive producer

Music by

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Trevor Jones

Cinematography by

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Alex Thomson

Editing by

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John Merritt
Donn Cambern ... (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Michael Kelliher ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Mary Selway

Production Design by

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Anthony Pratt

Art Direction by

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Tim Hutchinson

Set Decoration by

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Bryan Graves

Costume Design by

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Bob Ringwood

Makeup Department

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Anna Dryhurst ... makeup artist
Anne Dunne ... hair stylist
Anne McFadyen ... hair stylist
Basil Newall ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Jack Phelan ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Barry Blackmore ... assistant director
Robert Dwyer-Joyce ... second assistant director
John Lawlor ... second assistant director
Peter MacDonald ... second unit director
Andrew Montgomery ... second assistant director
Ted Morley ... second assistant director
David Murphy ... second assistant director
Martin O'Malley ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Trisha Edwards ... production buyer
Anthony Freeman ... model maker
Bob Hedges ... property master
Joe Lear ... master plasterer
Joe Lee ... construction manager
John Lucas ... associate art director
Owen Murnane ... master painter
Paddy Murray ... property man
David Rayner ... property man
Mervyn Rowe ... scenic artist
Bertram Tyrer ... associate art director
John Alvin ... poster artist (uncredited)
Cos Egan ... set dresser (uncredited)
Mark Hedges ... trainee propman (uncredited)
Jimmy Kavanagh ... drapes (uncredited)
Owen Monaghan ... set dresser (uncredited)
Brian Muir ... sculptor (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Pat Brennan ... assistant sound editor
Tom Curran ... sound recordist
Ron Davis ... sound editor
John Fortune ... boom operator
Tony Message ... dialogue editor
Doug E. Turner ... sound mixer (as Doug Turner)
Lionel Strutt ... adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Michael Doyle ... special effects
Peter Hutchinson ... special effects
Gerry Johnston ... special effects
Alan Whibley ... special effects
Gerry Johnston ... special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Wally Veevers ... special optical effects

Stunts

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Ken Byrne ... stunts
Dominick Hewitt ... stunt double
Paul Kelly ... stunts
Chris King ... stunts
James McHale ... stunts
Ed McShortall ... stunts
Donal O'Farrell ... stunts
Bernard O'Hare ... stunts
Peter Spelman ... stunts
Alan Walsh ... stunts / stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mike Brewster ... camera assistant
John Campbell ... camera assistant
Jack Conroy ... electrical supervisor
Louis Conroy ... electrician
Terry Eiffe ... electrician
Derek Hate ... electrician
Martin Holland ... electrician
Peter MacDonald ... photographer: second unit
Shane O'Neill ... camera assistant
Luke Quigley ... camera grip
Bob Smith ... camera operator
Arnaud Sélignac ... stillsman
Peter Versey ... camera assistant
Mike Fox ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Ian Millar ... camera operator (uncredited)
Jon Sorensen ... camera assistant (uncredited)
Des Whelan ... second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Robert Willoughby ... special still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Daryl Bristow ... wardrobe master
Janet O'Leary ... wardrobe mistress
Graham Churchyard ... costume assistant (uncredited)
Deborah Phipps ... assistant costumer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Kevin Moriarty ... location manager

Music Department

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Trevor Jones ... conductor: original music
Dick Lewzey ... music recording engineer (as Richard Lewzey)
John Richards ... music recording engineer
John A. Coleman ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Jean Skinner ... continuity

Transportation Department

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Arthur Dunne ... transportation manager

Additional Crew

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Terry Baker ... standby crew
Philip Bernon ... rider
Telsche Boorman ... general assistant
Richard Collins ... rider
Seamus Collins ... rider
Con Cremins ... assistant accountant
Joe Cullen ... rider
Barry Cunningham ... standby crew
Daithi Curren ... rider
Tony Doyle ... rider
Terry English ... armorer
Nick Fitzpatrick ... armorer
Martin Forrestal ... standby crew
Donal Fortune ... rider
David Gavaghan ... rider
Beryl Harvey ... production assistant
William Hobbs ... fight arranger
Neil Jordan ... creative associate
Brendan Kelly ... runner/craft service
Eddie Kennedy ... rider
Peter Leicht ... armorer
Tom Lundy ... standby crew
Marie McFerran ... production assistant
Bronco McLoughlin ... rider (as Bronco McLaughlin)
Michael O'Farrell ... rider
Ray O'Toole ... rider
Michael Rowland ... horse master
Arthur Tarry ... production accountant
Steve Tidiman ... armorer
Anthony Van Laast ... choreographer
Christy Yourell ... standby crew
Wayne Docksey ... animal wrangler (uncredited)
Richard Goulding ... producers office assistant (uncredited)
Craig Miller ... marketing consultant (uncredited)
Bob Peak ... movie poster illustration (uncredited)
Philip Sharpe ... technician (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

The myth of King Arthur (Nigel Terry) brought once again to the screen. Uthur Pendragon (Gabriel Byrne) is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlin. At his death, Uthur buries the sword into a stone, and the next man that can pull it out will be King of England. Several years later, Arthur, Uthur's bastard son, draws Excalibur and becomes King. Guided by Merlin, Arthur marries Guenevere (Cherie Lunghi) and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur's evil half-sister Morgana (Dame Helen Mirren) sires a son with him, who may prove to be his downfall. Written by Greg Bole

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Taglines No mortal could possess it! No kingdom could command it! See more »
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Also Known As
  • John Boorman's Excalibur (United Kingdom)
  • The Knights (United States)
  • Excàlibur (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Excalibur - Sankarin miekka (Finland)
  • Екскалибур (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
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Runtime
  • 140 min
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Box Office

Budget $11,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $11,811,616

Did You Know?

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Trivia The initial fight scene had to be filmed three times. It was filmed at night, and all of the film came out underexposed the first two times, due to a fault in the exposure meter. The cameraman had a nervous breakdown over the issue and quit. See more »
Goofs During the final battle scene against Mordred, the background audio track of men yelling and swordplay is clearly a re-tread of the Leon De Grance castle battle. In the final battle scene, one can clearly hear the "throw the rope" line that Merlin yells to Arthur from Leon De Grance castle battle, as well as the yell from Arthur as he jumped from the castle into the moat. (00:37:02 same as 02:88:18, 00:40:12 same as 02:09:58). See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Kidnap (1983). See more »
Soundtracks Prelude to Parsifal See more »
Quotes Merlin: STAND BACK! Be silent! Be still!... That's it... and look upon this moment. Savor it! Rejoice with great gladness! Great gladness! Remember it always, for you are joined by it. You are One, under the stars. Remember it well, then... this night, this great victory. So that in the years ahead, you can say, 'I was there that night, with Arthur, the King!' For it is the doom of men that they forget.
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