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Christian symbolism revolves around the Grail, perhaps most strongly in the baptismal imagery of Perceval finally achieving the Grail quest. "That's what my story is about: the coming of Christian man and the
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called it both a "wondrous vision" and "a mess". Elaborating further, Ebert wrote that the film was "a record of the comings and goings of arbitrary, inconsistent, shadowy figures who are not heroes but simply giants run amok. Still, it's wonderful to look at".
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is all images flashing by... We miss the dramatic intensity that we expect the stories to have, but there's always something to look at".
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3355:Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2014:Adventures of a Suburban Boy
1584:Basil Newall, Anna Dryhurst
1227:
1147:. The armor was designed by
1046:the charm of death and life,
514:retrieves the magical sword
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3968:British coming-of-age films
3953:American dark fantasy films
3948:American epic fantasy films
3579:King Arthur Was a Gentleman
3571:Knights of the Square Table
3445:Unidentified Flying Oddball
3279:Gawain and the Green Knight
2339:Manthey, Dirk, ed. (1981).
2104:"John Boorman in Interview"
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1456:British Academy Film Awards
1417:Best Artistic Contribution
1178:. Other locations included
842:John Boorman had planned a
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4043:Films about sibling incest
4038:Films about the Holy Grail
3515:In the Shadow of the Raven
3187:Knights of the Round Table
2360:. 1 July 1981. p. 29.
2178:"Merlin's Charm of Making"
1484:Best Dramatic Presentation
1322:Christopher John reviewed
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3011:Exorcist II: The Heretic
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1677:, the crew nicknamed it
1240:" sculpture, located at
298:$ 35 million (US/Canada)
4048:Fiction about matricide
3635:Kids of the Round Table
2505:"Boorman's 'Excalibur'"
2075:"Boorman's 'Excalibur'"
1981:Der Ring des Nibelungen
1808:American Film Institute
1689:, ("Basque-language").
1552:Best Supporting Actress
1332:#9 and commented that "
924:Fisher (or Sinner) King
798:as Mordred’s Lieutenant
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587:Influenced by Morgana,
501:
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225:10 April 1981
3993:Films about witchcraft
3732:The Sword in the Stone
3203:Lancelot and Guinevere
2159:Geoffrey of Monmouth:
1889:British Film Institute
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1859:Swedish Film Database
1656:The 2018 adaption of
1537:Best Supporting Actor
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4083:1980s American films
4073:Films set in castles
4058:Orion Pictures films
4018:Films set in Ireland
4003:Films based on poems
3978:Films about adultery
3791:Merlin and the Sword
3523:Tristan & Isolde
3456:(1988; Soviet Union)
3429:A Connecticut Yankee
3287:Sword of the Valiant
3091:The Tailor of Panama
2394:www.tipperarylive.ie
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1985:Twilight of the Gods
1398:Cannes Film Festival
995:Geoffrey of Monmouth
747:King Uther Pendragon
656:as the young Morgana
429:Arthurian literature
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4088:1980s British films
3998:Films about wizards
3988:Films about royalty
3983:Films about orphans
3912:Speculative fiction
3823:A Knight in Camelot
3724:Knighty Knight Bugs
3491:The Woman Next Door
3348:Perceval le Gallois
3333:Foreign adaptations
3211:Siege of the Saxons
2979:Hell in the Pacific
2963:Catch Us If You Can
2642:Matière de Bretagne
2341:Cinema Programme 27
1611:In 2009, filmmaker
1567:Best Costume Design
1461:Best Costume Design
1436:Best Cinematography
1049:thy omen of making.
1001:The Charm of Making
650:as the aged Morgana
496:Best Costume Design
488:Best Cinematography
4063:Warner Bros. films
3973:British epic films
3933:1981 fantasy films
3659:Merlin: The Return
3563:modern adaptations
3411:Connecticut Yankee
3407:Films from Twain's
3051:I Dreamt I Woke Up
3043:Where the Heart Is
3027:The Emerald Forest
2949:Films directed by
2644:in John Boorman's
2566:. 31 December 1980
2540:. pp. 146–151
2534:"Boorman's Plunge"
2509:The New York Times
2408:"Excalibur (1981)"
2343:. pp. 15, 20.
2079:The New York Times
1973:Tristan and Isolde
1885:"Excalibur (1981)"
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902:works such as Sir
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3059:Two Nudes Bathing
2725:Bloody Disgusting
2695:"1982 Hugo Award"
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1580:Best Make-up
1557:Helen Mirren
1466:Bob Ringwood
1441:Alex Thomson
1408:John Boorman
1383:Alex Thomson
1355:Institution
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796:Mannix Flynn
778:Ciarán Hinds
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421:Leondegrance
393:Helen Mirren
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290:$ 11 million
253:Running time
211:Warner Bros.
183:Trevor Jones
173:John Merritt
163:Alex Thomson
135:Robert Addie
110:Helen Mirren
93:John Boorman
76:
65:John Boorman
48:John Boorman
18:
3847:Avalon High
3314:King Arthur
3083:The General
2995:Deliverance
2971:Point Blank
2704:13 December
2621:. Salon.com
2613:"Excalibur"
2587:"Excalibur"
2560:"Excalibur"
2474:"Excalibur"
2439:"Excalibur"
2324:21 December
1948:"Excalibur"
1855:"Excalibur"
1839:28 November
1829:"Excalibur"
1813:28 November
1804:"Excalibur"
1711:, entitled
1705:Neil Jordan
1627:Bruce Wayne
1613:Zack Snyder
1479:Hugo Awards
1271:Roger Ebert
1158:, in Cahir
1081:Nigel Terry
830:Development
808:Eamon Kelly
734:Liam Neeson
725:Clive Swift
648:Kay McLaren
630:Nigel Terry
574:Round Table
551:Leodegrance
401:Liam Neeson
367:as Arthur,
365:Nigel Terry
363:. It stars
348:Round Table
344:King Arthur
257:141 minutes
145:Liam Neeson
105:Nigel Terry
90:Produced by
44:Directed by
3928:1981 films
3922:Categories
3651:The Mighty
3270:Pearl Poet
2730:27 October
2452:Retrieved
2444:Metacritic
2180:. Evertype
1869:5 February
1788:1 December
1756:References
1680:Euskalibur
1587:Nominated
1561:Nominated
1546:Nominated
1531:Nominated
1518:Nominated
1498:Nominated
1470:Nominated
1445:Nominated
1412:Nominated
1403:Palme d'Or
1387:Nominated
1265:Metacritic
825:Production
754:as Prince
609:Stonehenge
601:Holy Grail
446:Boorman's
331:is a 1981
295:Box office
240:1981-07-02
229:1981-04-10
201:Cinema ‘84
190:Production
54:Written by
3799:Guinevere
3708:Animation
3499:Lovespell
3367:Wagner's
3227:Excalibur
3163:Arthurian
3161:based on
3019:Excalibur
2905:Excalibur
2894:Excalibur
2814:Indiegogo
2777:El Correo
2699:isfdb.org
2646:Excalibur
2289:1759-0922
2163:, VII, 3.
1774:Excalibur
1739:Excalibur
1709:Excalibur
1675:Excalibur
1647:Joe Chill
1639:Excalibur
1617:Excalibur
1606:Excalibur
1358:Category
1339:The Times
1334:Excalibur
1324:Excalibur
1316:Excalibur
1291:Excalibur
1249:Excalibur
1228:Reception
1221:Excalibur
1217:Excalibur
1184:Roundwood
1176:waterfall
1125:Excalibur
1107:Excalibur
1074:Excalibur
1014:Old Irish
991:Old Irish
867:Excalibur
675:Guenevere
555:Guinevere
518:from the
516:Excalibur
508:Dark Ages
473:Excalibur
448:Excalibur
437:Carl Orff
389:Guenevere
328:Excalibur
320:Excalibur
262:Countries
192:companies
169:Edited by
24:Excalibur
3783:TV films
3396:Parsifal
3380:Parsifal
3370:Parsifal
2783:31 March
2756:3 August
2751:Newsweek
2596:19 March
2299:22 March
2293:Archived
2229:22 March
2205:22 March
1977:Parsifal
1863:Archived
1835:Database
1728:See also
1683:, after
1625:(2016),
1364:Outcome
1361:Nominee
1251:was the
1209:R rating
1007:linguist
955:Morgause
951:Bedivere
928:mythical
810:as Abbot
782:King Lot
684:Perceval
582:Perceval
566:Lancelot
381:Lancelot
279:Language
179:Music by
98:Starring
73:Based on
37:Bob Peak
3876:England
3862:Portals
3219:Camelot
3165:legends
2908:at the
2850:17 July
2824:17 July
2625:17 July
2570:17 July
2564:Variety
2544:17 July
2514:17 July
2485:17 July
2184:17 July
2115:17 July
2084:17 July
2052:17 July
1957:17 July
1927:11 July
1833:Lumiere
1776:(1981)"
1299:Variety
1202:Release
1098:Filming
1092:Charley
1088:Katrine
1069:Macbeth
1054:Casting
973:Galahad
877:Writing
791:Sir Kay
773:Igrayne
756:Mordred
597:Mordred
578:Camelot
528:Igrayne
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