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Plot.
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the round
table of Camelot even as forces conspire to tear it apart. According to
reports from the set, director John Boorman commandeered the Arthurian
adventure Excalibur in the manner of a medieval war lord, expecting his cast
and crew to figuratively die with swords in hand if need be. As a result,
everyone in the film looks as though he or she is prepared to slit the throat
of anyone who looks at them cross-eyed. Nigel Terry stars as the idealistic
King Arthur, whose establishment of the idyllic Camelot does not take into
account the fact that others are not as noble or altruistic as he is. The
fly in the ointment is the covetous Morgana (Helen Mirren), who sets the
wheels of Camelot's destruction in motion by bringing Arthur's attention to
the love affair between Queen Guenevere (Cherie Lunghi) and Sir Lancelot
(Nicholas Clay). Props essential to the action are the elusive Holy Grail,
and of course, the magical Excalibur sword. Far removed from the prettiness
of the musical Camelot, Excalibur is set amidst the mud and maggots of
Boorman's grim (and occasionally erotic) vision of pre-Norman England. Thomas
Malory's Morte D'Arthur is listed as the source material for Excalibur, but,
as is customary with Boorman, there is plenty of embroidering on the original.
Stars.
=>-Nigel Terry : King Arthur.
=>-Helen Mirren : Morgana.
=>-Nicholas Clay : Lancelot.
=>-Cherie Lunghi : Guenevere.
=>-Paul Geoffrey : Perceval.
=>-Nicol Williamson : Merlin.
=>-Liam Neeson : Gawain.
=>-Patrick Stewart : Leondegrance.
Director.
=>-John Boorman.
Info.
=>-Genre : Mystery : Adventure : Sci-Fi : Fantasy.
=>-Release Date : 1981.
=>-Language : English : Italian : Spanish.
=>-File Size : 3.54 GiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 3 603 Kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 2h 20mn.
=>-Chapters : 45 Named.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 16:9.
=>-Resolution : 1920 x 1080.
=>-Bit rate : 2 890 Kbps.
Audio 1 English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 128 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 171 Kbps.
Audio 2 English.
=>-Codec : Digital Audio Compression AC-3.
=>-Channels : 6-Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE.
=>-Bit Rate : 320 Kbps.
=>-Bit rate mode : Constant.
Audio 3 Italian.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 125 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 160 Kbps.
Audio 4 Spanish.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel.
=>-Bit Rate : 125 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 173 Kbps.
Subtitles Softsubbed SubRip MicroDVD.
=>-English.
=>-Italian.
=>-Spanish.
