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Title Excalibur / an Orion Pictures release thru Warner Bros, a Warner Communications Company ; directed and produced by John Boorman ; screenplay, Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman ; executive producers, Edgar F. Gross, Robert A. Eisenstein.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment : distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
©2010

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 Moore Video  PN1997 .E9613 2010    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Widescreen version.
Description 1 DVD (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
surround
Dolby
video file
region 1
System Details DVD; region 1; Dolby Surround 5.1 (English) or mono. (French); dual-layer; matted widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs.
Cast Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Robert Addie, Gabriel Byrne, Keith Buckley, Katrine Boorman, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Niall O'Brien, Patrick Stewart, Clive Swift, Ciarin Hinds, Liam O'Callaghan, Michael Muldoon, Charley Boorman, Mannix Flynn, Garrell Keogh, Emmel Bergin, Barbara Byrne, Brid Brennan, Kay McLaren, Eamonn Kelly.
Credits Director of photography, Alex Thomson ; production designer, Anthony Pratt ; film editor, John Merritt ; original music composed and conducted by Trevor Jones ; costume designer, Bob Ringwood ; associate producer, Michael Dryhurst ; fight arranger, William Hobbs ; choreographer, Anthony Van Laast ; art director, Tim Hutchinson ; set decorator, Bryan Graves.
Note Adapted from Malory's Le morte d'Arthur by Rospo Pallenberg.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
CHVRS rating: 18A.
Summary Tells the story of King Arthur with all the elements of Sir Thomas Malory's classic tale: Removing the sword Excalibur from the stone; The Round Table's noble birth and tragic decline; The heroic attemps to recover the Holy Grail; The shifting balance of power between Merlin and Morgana.
Note Special features: Cast & crew filmographies; Commentary by director John Boorman; Theatrical trailer.
Language In English or dubbed French soundtrack with optional English or French subtitles; close captioned.
Subject Arthur, King -- Drama.
Arthur, King.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
Britons -- Kings and rulers.
Knights and knighthood -- Drama.
Knights and knighthood.
Europe -- History -- 392-814 -- Drama.
Europe.
History.
Chronological Term 392-814
Genre/Form Arthurian romances.
Arthurian romances.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Action and adventure films.
Action and adventure films.
Fantasy films.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Added Author Boorman, John, 1933- screenwriter, producer, director.
Pallenberg, Rospo, screenwriter.
Gross, Edgar F., producer.
Eisenstein, Robert A., producer.
Thomson, Alex, 1929-2007, cinematographer.
Pratt, Anthony, 1937- designer.
Merritt, John, 1920-1999, film editor.
Jones, Trevor, 1949 March 23- composer.
Ringwood, Bob, costume designer.
Hobbs, William, 1939- choreographer.
Van Laast, Anthony, choreographer.
Hutchinson, Tim, artistic director.
Graves, Bryan, set designer.
Terry, Nigel, actor.
Mirren, Helen, actor.
Clay, Nicholas, actor.
Lunghi, Cherie, 1952- actor.
Geoffrey, Paul, actor.
Williamson, Nicol, actor.
Addie, Robert, 1960-2003, actor.
Byrne, Gabriel, 1950- actor.
Buckley, Keith, 1941-2020, actor.
Boorman, Katrine, 1958- actor.
Neeson, Liam, actor.
Redgrave, Corin, actor.
O'Brien, Niall, 1946-2009, actor.
Stewart, Patrick, 1940- actor.
Swift, Clive, actor.
Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur.
Orion Pictures.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN 0790732998
9780790732992
Standard No. 085392201822
Music No. 22018 Warner Bros. Entertainment