September 25, 2009
Absolute classic. Not a great film at all but a real childhood favourite!
Barrie Ingham, David Hemmings, Estelle Winwood
The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
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August 8, 2007A rousing version of the Broadway musical. Perhaps the definitive Camelot version. It's very fresh and lively. The songs are great for the most part, with only a few sappy and boring ones to contend with. It's a delight to view the lushness of the sets and costumes.
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May 17, 2007I hate musicals, and this a a perfect example why. Seeing Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave, great actors both, embarrass themselves bursting into song at inappropriate moments at the expense of any suspension of disbelief or drama is just shocking. Dreadful.
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July 10, 2009T.H. White would love it! Singing and dancing and presenting a gloriously naive view of the Arthurian legend.
I think setting the Arthurian mythos to music is just simply a terrible idea, and the score really confirms my point. Though I must give credit to the lyrics, they are ve...( read more) -
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January 17, 2009Guenivere was portrayed as a shameless flirt who we are supposed to believe was faithful and loving to Lancelot when she wasn't to anyone else. Arthur was impotent and powerless against the sequence of events around him. The music was ok but sometimes hokey and annoying. I love g...( read more)
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September 10, 2008"Why is Jenny in that castle, behind walls I cannot enter? How did I blunder into this agonizing absurdity? Where did I stumble? How did I go wrong? Should I not have loved her?... Then I should not have been born."
Proposition: I am a man, not a woman. And a very heterosexual m...( read more) -
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