Knights of the Round Table
by Richard Thorpe
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Actor: Anne Crawford, Ava Gardner, Johnny Green, Mel Ferrer, Robert TaylorDirector: Richard Thorpe
Brand: TAYLOR,ROBERT
Producer: Johnny Green
Cinematographer: Freddie Young
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Writer: Jan Lustig
Writer: Noel Langley
Writer: Talbot Jennings
Writer: Thomas Malory
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.55:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 65236
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Long live King Arthur and Camelot! Yet in all of ancient England's newfound peace there is "a fraying link in Arthur's chain:" the growing passion between heroic knight Sir Lancelot and beautiful Queen Guinevere.One of history's most beloved legends is vibrantly retold in an adaptation downplaying fantasy elements and giving 6th-century England a new kind of fantasy: a dazzling Hollywood sheen bur
DVD Reviews of Knights of the Round Table
DVD Review: The greatest knight of all
Summary: 4 Stars
Based on Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (Collector's Library Editions), which is probably the best-known of the pre-19th-century versions of the Arthurian legend, this sumptuously colorful film has all the strengths and weaknesses of its time. Sir Lancelot (matinee idol Robert Taylor), son of King Ban of Benwick (a small realm in Brittany), comes to England in search of King Arthur (Mel Ferrer), whose reputation has convinced him that he is the perfect liege-lord. When the two encounter each other in the woods and anonymously duel to a standstill, their friendship is cemented forever. But when Arthur sends for Guinevere (Ava Gardner), whom he has long loved, to become his queen, and Lancelot rescues her from the Green Knight (Niall MacGinnis) and finds himself struck by love as well, a serpent enters Eden.
The production designers wisely assumed, as did Malory himself, that Arthur, if he existed, presided not over a court of 6th-Century Celts, but over a country much like Malory's own in both technology and sociopolitical organization. The script suggests that Lancelot and Guinevere never physically consummated their passion; indeed Lancelot is determined not to betray Arthur, and allows himself to be married off to Elaine (Maureen Swanson), sister of Percival (Gabriel Woolf), who loves him and whom he comes to genuinely care for, and sent up to the northern border country so temptation will be removed from both of them. Merlin (Felix Aylmer) meets a fate unlike the traditional one familiar to most of us, and some viewers may wonder how Arthur's legitimate half-sister Morgan le Fay (Anne Crawford) can describe Mordred (Stanley Baker) as her heir, since no blood link between them (or between Arthur and Mordred) is ever mentioned. There is, however, a real feel for chivalric tradition in the script, and several good action sequences ranging from single combats to full-scale battles, and like Errol Flynn's classic The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition), the film is so splendidly mounted that you can forget the inaccuracies and just enjoy it for its own sake.
Description of Knights of the Round Table
All is not well in King Arthur's court; his queen and Lancelot are falling in love.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: NR
Release Date: 1-JUL-2003
Media Type: DVD
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