Excalibur (1981)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Boorman
Starring: Cherie Lunghi, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Nigel Terry
Merlin, the wizard, gives the mythic sword Excalibur to the king Uther Pendragon. Uther is killer in an ambush, but before he died, he craved Excalibur in a rock. The knight who is able to take the sword out of the rock, shall be the new king.
Gustavo Valente
Visible crew/equipment: After Arthur drinks from the Grail and goes to visit Gwinevere at the convent and she gives him the sword back, he paces around her chamber- you can clearly see the film crew reflected in his armor.
Arthur: Which is the greatest quality of knighthood? Courage? Compassion? Loyalty? Humility? What do you say, Merlin?
Merlin: Hmm? Ah. Ah. Ah, the greatest. Uh, well, they blend, like the metals we mix to make a good sword.
Arthur: No poetry. Just a straight answer. Which is it?
Merlin: All right, then. Truth. That's it. Yes. It must be truth above all. When a man lies, he murders some god of the world. You should know that.
Trivia: Patrick Stewart plays Cherie Lunghi's father in the movie, even though in real life he's only 12 years older than Lunghi.
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