Excalibur is truly a great adaptation of the Arthurian legends. It used so many different aspects and stayed true to the story. The cinematography, score, acting, everything was great, especially for the time it was made.

Cast		Crew
Nigel Terry	King Arthur	John Boorman	Director, Writer, Producer
Helen Mirren	Morgana	Thomas Malory	Writer(book: Le Morte d'Arthur
Nicholas Clay	Lancelot	Raspo Pallenberg	Writer
Cherie Lunghi	Guenevere	Alex Thomson	Cinematographer
Paul Geoffrey	Perceval	Trevor Jones	Musician
Nicol Williamson	Merlin	Carl Orff	Musician
Robert Addie	Mordred	Richard Wagner	Musician
Gabriel Byrne	Uther	Anthony Pratt	Production Designer
Keith Buckley	Uryens	Bob Ringwood	Costume Designer
Katrine Boorman	Igrayne	Donn Cambern	Film Editor
Liam Neeson	Gawain	Edgar F. Cross	Executive Producer
Corin Redgrave	Cornwall	Michael Dryhurst	Associative Producer
Niall O'Brien	Kay	Robert A. Eisenstein	Executive Producer
Patrick Stewart	Leondegrance
Clive Swift	Ector
Ciarán Hinds	Lot
Liam O'Callaghan	Sadok
Michael Muldoon	Astamor
Charley Boorman	Boy Mordred
Mannix Flynn	Mordred's Lieutenant
Garrett Keogh	Mador
Emmet Bergin	Ulfus
Barbara Bryne	Young Morgana
Brid Brennan	Lady in Waiting
Kay McLaren	Aged Morgana
Eammon Kelly	Abbot

(Sorry that they're not the best quality, I'm not the best at taking stills)

Percival hands arthur the grail.	Mordred as a child.
Morgana	Merlin and Morgana in the cave.
Lancelot and Guenevere kiss in the forest	The knights around the Round Table.
Lancelot at the wedding.	Guenevere and Arthur kissing at their wedding.
Morgana and Merlin talk outside the wedding.	Lancelot escorting Guenevere to Arthur.
The Lady of the Lake returning Excalibur to Arthur.	Merlin

(Again, these arn't the best quality)

truth.wav(242KB) Merlin says responding to which virtue is the most important: "Alright then, truth, thats it, yes, it must be truth, above all, when a man lies he murders part of the world."
silent.wav(98KB) Merlin tells the noisy troops: "Be silent, Be still."	gossip.wav(97KB) Guenevere: "In the idle of the comfort peace gossip has spread its own evil."
moments.wav(349KB) Merlin: "It is a lonely life, the way of the necromancer... oh, yes. Lacrimae Mundi - the tears of the world." Morgana: "But the power, the joy!" Merlin: "Moments, fleeting moments."	champion2.wav(309KB) Lancelot: "I gave up my castle and my lands, here is my domain, in this special skin. And I pledge all that I still own, muscle, bone, blood, and the heart that pumps it."
gawain.wav(146KB) Guenevere tells Gawain: "Come, drink from Lancelot's cup and partake of his goodness."	defend.wav(151KB) Lancelot says: "Save me from myself, purge me of this love, so that I can defend her."
morgmer.wav(189KB) Merlin says to Morgana: "The one god comes to drive out the many gods, the spirits of wood and stream grow silent."	moment.wav(216KB) Merlin tells the Troops: "Thats it. And look upon this moment, savor it, rejoice in great gladness."
done.wav(504KB) Arthur: "I need you now more than ever." Merlin: "No, this is the moment you must face at last, to be king." Arthur: "And you, old friend, will I see you again?" Merlin: "No. There are other worlds, this one is done with me."

Merlin: You have broken what could not be broken!

Merlin: Now look, I once stood exposed to the Dragon's Breath so that a man could lie one night with a woman. It took me nine moons to recover. And all for this lunacy called, "love," this mad distemper that strikes down both beggar and king! Never again! Never!

Arthur: Merlin, where are you going?
Merlin: Where do you think? You have a kingdom to rule.
Arthur: But how? I don't know how.
Merlin: You knew how to draw the sword from the stone.
Arthur: That was easy.
Merlin: Was it? I couldn't have done it.

Merlin: It is a lonely life, the way of the necromancer... oh, yes. Lacrimae Mundi - the tears of the world.

Merlin: You must remember, there's always something cleverer than yourself.

Merlin: You're not listening... well, your heart is not.

Arthur: Any man who would be a knight and follow a king... follow me!

Merlin: Looking at the cake is like looking at the future, until you've tasted it what do you really know? And then, of course, it's too late. [Arthur takes a bite.] Too late.

Merlin: Good and evil, there never is one without the other.

Merlin: When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

Merlin: Love's not only blind, it's deaf as well.

[About Lancelot]
Arthur: Will he live?
Merlin: Yes.
Arthur: And he and Guinevere will...?
Merlin: Yes.
Arthur: Merlin, will I ever have a son?
Merlin: Oh, yes.
Arthur: Just "yes"? No riddles? That frightens me.

Merlin: He who draws the sword from the stone, he shall be king. Arthur, you're the one!

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