The classic tale of King Authur (Nigel Terry) and the Knights of the Round Table as it follows the mighty sword Excalibur from its beginnings when Merlyn (Nicol Williamson) gives the sword to the then King Pendragon (Gabriel Burne). Upon his death, he buries the sword in stone to prevent anyone but his true heir from becoming King. Many years later, his bastard son Arthur draws the blade from the stone and begins his reign over Camelot. With Merlyn's guidance, Arthur rules well until his evil step-sister Morgana (Helen Mirran) tricks him into having a child. This child and other betrayals from within his trusted Knights of the Round Table might be Arthur's undoing and crack the honor of his Kingdom.
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Nigel Terry | King Arthur |
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Helen Mirren | Morgana |
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Nicholas Clay | Lancelot |
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Cherie Lunghi | Guenevere |
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Paul Geoffrey | Perceval |
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Nicol Williamson | Merlin |
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Robert Addie | Mordred |
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Gabriel Byrne | Uther Pendragon |
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Keith Buckley | Uryens |
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Katrine Boorman | Igrayne |
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Liam Neeson | Gawain |
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Corin Redgrave | Cornwall |
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Niall O'Brien | Kay |
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Patrick Stewart | Leondegrance |
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Clive Swift | Ector |
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Ciarán Hinds | Lot |
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Liam O'Callaghan | Sadok |
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Michael Muldoon | Astamor |
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Charley Boorman | Boy Mordred |
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Gerard Mannix Flynn | Mordred's Lieutenant |
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Garrett Keogh | Mador |
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Emmet Bergin | Ulfius |
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Barbara Byrne | Young Morgana |
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Brid Brennan | Lady in Waiting |
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Kay McLaren | Aged Morgana |
| Director | John Boorman |
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| Writer | Thomas Malory, Rospo Pallenberg, John Boorman | |
| Producer | John Boorman, Michael Dryhurst, Robert A. Eisenstein, Richard M. Greenberg, Edgar F. Gross | |
| Musician | Trevor Jones | |
| Photography | Alex Thomson | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Screen Ratios | 1.85:1 |
| Audio Tracks | English Dolby Digital 5.1 French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
| Subtitles | Arabic | Bulgarian | Dutch | English | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | Spanish |
| Distributor | Warner Home Video |
| Edition Release Date | May 15, 2000 |
| Regions | Region 2 |