Excalibur, King Arthur, and the Land of Camelot

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Excalibur

Excalibur: The classic tale of The Sword in the Stone, following King Arthur's story in Camelot, and my all time Favorite Movie!

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Here you will find summaries of the movie, Excalibur, some info about King Arthur, Camelot, and the Sword Excalibur including some Swords fit for a King, some really cool armor, and some other Excalibur collectibles.

Excalibur 

Excalibur

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The Sword in the Stone, The Search for the Holy Grail, Lancelot of the Lake, Merlin, King Arthur, the Lady of the Lake, and Avalon: all of these legendary icons in one story.

Raised by merlin young Arthur draws the mystical sword of Excalibur from the stone and becomes King. He grows to manhood and with his wife Guenevere and first knight Lancelot unites the country and founds the Knights of the Round Table. But the love between Lancelot and Guenevere and the treachery of his sister Morgana and son Mordred cause King Arthur's pride to jeopardize the kingdom. An epic battle between the knights of good and evil decides the fate of Camelot

Excalibur Movie Trailer 

EXCALIBUR FILM TRAILER REDUX!

HiDef.com is pleased to present its first in its series of "Movie Trailers Done Better!!!!!" In celebration of the newly released EXCALIBUR HD-DVD, HiDef.com has had its secret "Masters of the Cut" take a look at the original theatrical trailer used to sell and position the film back in 1981. After much debate within the inner circle, it was agreed that the original EXCALIBUR theatrical trailer just didn't do the film justice - so the Masters took it upon themselves to correct this grave imbalance in the universe by creating their own EXCALIBUR theatrical trailer. Hidef.com now brings you the exclusive look at what the "Masters of the Cut" created and asks YOU, "Did they improve upon the original trailer?" Take a look, and YOU decide if the Masters were successful...

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Excalibur - The Plot 

Excalibur, the movie, follows the The myth of King Arthur and the Legendary sword, Excalibur. Uthur Pendragon is given the mystical sword Excalibur by the wizard Merlyn. Nearing his death Uthur forces the sword into a stone, and it is decreed that whoever can pull the sword out of the stone will be King. Years later Arthur, Uthur's bastard son draws Excalibur and becomes king. Guided by Merlyn, Arthur marries Guenivere and gathers the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur's magical half-sister Morgana desiguised as Authors Wife, sires a son with him, who may prove his downfall.

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Excalibur is the best movie ever.

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Excalibur IS the best.

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i love the movie!! haha!!
its very educational!!
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meg says:

i really love it. at frst i dont get the story but as the movie continue rolls im getting the sequence and it is very BEATIFUL! LoVE iT....
So MuCH...

mengot says:

it really amaze me! eventhough there are bloody scenes there it is still amazing! EXCALIBUR ROCKS!!!!

Wrong! It's the worst!

oistt.. says:

..duh? it was the worst movie I've ever seen!! it's even worse than the clash of the titans..
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King Author 

Nigel Terry as King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians., has a summary of the debate on this point. The sparse historical background of Arthur is gleaned from various sources, including the Annales Cambriae, the Historia Brittonum, and the writings of Gildas. Arthur's name also occurs in early poetic sources such as Y Gododdin.; . Y Gododdin cannot be dated precisely: it describes 6th-century events and contains 9th- or 10th- century spelling, but the surviving copy is 13th-century.

The legendary Arthur developed as a figure of international interest largely through the popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's fanciful and imaginative 12th-century Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain)., but see also However, some Welsh and Breton tales and poems relating the story of Arthur date from earlier than this work; in these works, Arthur appears either as a great warrior defending Britain from human and supernatural enemies or as a magical figure of folklore, sometimes associated with the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn.See ; ; ; and How much of Geoffrey's Historia (completed in 1138) was adapted from such earlier sources, rather than invented by Geoffrey himself, is unknown.

Although the themes, events and characters of the Arthurian legend varied widely from text to text, and there is no one canonical version, Geoffrey's version of events often served as the starting point for later stories. Geoffrey depicted Arthur as a king of Britain who defeated the Saxons and established an empire over Britain, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Gaul. In fact, many elements and incidents that are now an integral part of the Arthurian story appear in Geoffrey's Historia, including Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, the wizard Merlin, the sword Excalibur, Arthur's birth at Tintagel, his final battle against Mordred at Camlann and final rest in Avalon. The 12th-century French writer Chrétien de Troyes, who added Lancelot and the Holy Grail to the story, began the genre of Arthurian romance that became a significant strand of medieval literature. In these French stories, the narrative focus often shifts from King Arthur himself to other characters, such as various Knights of the Round Table. Arthurian literature thrived during the Middle Ages but waned in the centuries that followed until it experienced a major resurgence in the 19th century. In the 21st century, the legend lives on, not only in literature but also in adaptations for theatre, film, television, comics and other media.

Swords Fit for a King 

"the king without a sword , the land without a king"

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Excalibur the Sword 

Excalibur is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone (the proof of Arthur's lineage) are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was associated with the Arthurian legend very early. In Welsh, the sword is called Caledfwlch.

Excalibur Collectibles 

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The Land of Camelot 

Category: File - :Idylls of the King 3.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Gustave Doré's illustration of Camelot from ?Idylls of the King?, 1868.

Camelot is the most famous castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the fabulous Arthurian world. The stories locate it somewhere in Britain and sometimes associate it with real cities, though more usually its precise location is not revealed. Most modern scholars regard it as being entirely fictional, its geography being perfect for romance writers; Arthurian scholar Norris J. Lacy commented that "Camelot, located no where in particular, can be anywhere.".Lacy, Norris J. (1991). "Camelot". In Norris J. Lacy (Ed.), The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, pp. 66?67. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8240-4377-4. Nevertheless arguments about the location of the "real Camelot" have occurred since the 15th century and continue to rage today in popular works and for tourism purposes.

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Knights of the Round Table 

Nigel Terry as King Arthur


Knights of the Round Table were those men awarded the highest order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur in the literary cycle the Matter of Britain. The table at which they met was created to have no head or foot, representing the equality of all the members. Different stories had different numbers of knights, ranging from only 12 to 150 or more. The Winchester Round Table, which dates from the 1270s, lists 25 names of knights.

Sir Thomas Malory describes the Knights' code of chivalry as:

*To never do outrage nor murder

*Always to flee treason

*To by no means be cruel but to give mercy unto him who asks for mercy

*To always do ladies, gentlewomen and widows succor

*To never force ladies, gentlewomen or widows

*Not to take up battles in wrongful quarrels for love or worldly goods

Suits of Armor fit for a King 

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