Camelot (1967) USA
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Director:Joshua Logan
Studio:Warner Home Video
Writer:T.H. White, Alan Jay Lerner
Rating:3.5 (69 votes)
Rated:G
ASIN:6304712944
UPC:9786304712948
Price:$19.98
Awards:Won 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations
Genre:Musical
Release:1998-07-29
IMDb:0061439
Duration:179
Picture Format:Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
Features:Special Edition
Musical score on a separate sound channel mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1
Featurette "The Story of Camelot"
Five theatrical trailers
Joshua Logan  ...  (Director)
T.H. White, Alan Jay Lerner  ...  (Writer)
 
Richard Harris  ...  King Arthur
Vanessa Redgrave  ...  Guenevere
Franco Nero  ...  Lancelot Du Lac
David Hemmings  ...  Mordred
Lionel Jeffries  ...  King Pellinore
Laurence Naismith  ...  Merlyn
Pierre Olaf  ...  Dap
Estelle Winwood  ...  Lady Clarinda
Gary Marshal  ...  Sir Lionel
Anthony Rogers  ...  Sir Dinadan
Peter Bromilow  ...  Sir Sagramore
Sue Casey  ...  Lady Sybil
Gary Marsh  ...  Tom of Warwick
Nicolas Beauvy  ...  King Arthur as a Boy
Comments: The Most Beautiful Love Story Ever!

Summary: Joshua Logan's 1967 film of the hit Broadway musical about the love triangle between King Arthur (Richard Harris), Guenevere (Vanessa Redgrave), and Sir Lancelot (Franco Nero) is strong on star emphasis and weak on such fundamentals as story and sets. Except for a handful of solidly dramatic scenes--such as Guenevere grieving, late in the film, for the ruination she and Lancelot have caused--there's not a lot to get excited about. (The story's theme of a lost, great society, however, certainly struck a chord in the 1960s.) The Lerner-Loewe songs ("If Ever I Would Leave You," "Camelot") pretty much sell themselves, even if they are, at best, only proficiently performed in this movie. "--Tom Keogh"