Excalibur • O Fortuna/Carmina Burana • Carl Orff
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This film blew me away as a kid and when the Knights were charging through the cherry blossom to this music I was captivated.
I still think that scene is one of the greatest cinematic movements of all time.
TechSys Engineer absolutely. It's forever burnt into my retinas
Problem being. It was mostly filmed in Ireland.
THis is beautiful and heavy on meanings. For the celts king and land were the same, when the king rise again so does the land.
@@kenhanson27 there is nothing wrong being filmed in Ireland so was father Ted
The thing that makes Excalibur special is that its really the only film version of the King Arthur story that actually took the medieval legends seriously, rape and incest included, and to present the entire legend in a single movie. No other version has even dared to attempt that.
"the only film version of the King Arthur story that actually took the medieval legends seriously"
_Perceval le Gallois_ (1978) took it way, way more seriously. It's far more literal in its Medievalism than _Excalibur_ . I still like _Excalibur_ best.
how about Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
i think a Black Knight getting both arms and one leg chopped off and then saying "Tis but a scratch!!" was very faithful to the King Arthur books, also when the French guy said King Arthurs mom was a hamster who smelled of elderberries was in book, and King Arthur sieged castles by throwin cows at them ALL THE TIME
I always thought the Merlin TV show was pretty awesome.
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I kid, I kid. Put the pitchfork down.
@@youboob6297 no, no no - your mother was a hamster and your Father smelled of elderberries!
@@stvdagger8074 yes i just read *Le' Morte de Arthur* and that was the exact line in the book. fun fact: hamsters were royal pets in the Dark Ages and owned primarily by women. noble mens had hunting hawks and noble women had hunting hamsters. sometimes hunting hawks would eat hunting hamsters which led to the War of the Sexes, which is why women hate men to this day: because hamsters
Strangely still the best film based on the Arthurian legend I've seen.
And Jesus ... Nicol Williamson as Merlin is perfect. Whimsical, sinister, mysterious, powerful and playful. Nobody since has come close.
so true dude the best Arthus Movie with great cast. also Patrick Stewart
@@angolanischeziegenmafia1905 and lian neeson
"A dream to some.. A nightmare to others!!!!!" When I was little, I would walk around the house w/ a sheet draped on me, saying that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I've always said Nicol Williamson's turn as Merlin is one of the greatest acting performances of all time. Just his voice alone is absolutely perfect for the role. Doesn't hurt that nearly every line he has is completely epic.
""Family, hearth and home. They are not for you, Uther:"
"What is for me? To kill and be king? Is that all?"
"Maybe not even that."
"Your words are like knives, Merlin."
"You killed the Duke, you stole his wife, you took his castle. Now, nobody trusts you."-----
I suggest you watch Kaamelott. It's a French série, worth every minute.
Young actors: Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Nelson, Patrick Stewart . Lords and Ladys, what a cast
Helen Mirren, 36 évesen már nem volt olyan fiatal, 😉
Helen Mirren and Nicol Williamson(Merlin) had acted together before and HATED each other. John Boorman said "Great! You're working together.".
it's Liam Neeson
Also Ciaran Hinds
Don't forget Clive Swift of Keeping Up Appearance fame.
Best King Arthur movie ever. You can't change my mind.
I wouldn't think of trying. It 'is' the best.
No doubt!!
Are you a dream, Merlin?
A dream to some....a NIGHTMARE to others!
Damn, what a movie....
This movie has aged far better than most films have. a masterpiece.
EVERY movies is Hyped on release. But the Cream rises to the top. Decades later you see what it cherished, and what is free on "B" movies sites all over the web.
the best film on excalibur legend ever
The movie definitely should be remastered and released in theaters....I’d totally go see it on big screen.
I would to, I watched this as a kid in the 80s and was blown away!!!
I got the chance to see it two days ago on a big screen. Trascendental
This is the remaster made for the most current BluRay release :-)
I saw this again at a theater in Portland, OR in 2012. It was awesome!
@RitterVonBek68 I for one am sick of Hollyweird doing remakes of classic films. I prefer this movie because it was made by John Boorman
He made Zardoz. Now,that movie will trip you out. His daughter was in this film. She played Igran. Uther's lover who gave birth to Arthur. A better version was made with Sam Neil who played Merlin in the 90's. I know long winded. Don't include me as being thick. I also love this music. Some done by Wagner.
I had the distinct honor singing in a choir that performed the entire work of this. It was grand
I have heard two operatic/ choral pieces in person, my favorites mind you, and I wept like a we babe basking in the awe of sound. If I were in the choir,, I would undoubtedly faint.
i hate opera and operatic singing.
except for this piece. i love it.
Awesome
As did I.. I can still remember the thrill of being in the moment. "In taberna, quando suumus, non curamus quid si humus.." 🎶🎶 please forgive the spelling. 😊
Thank you!!
The last ride through the trees in full blossom, the desperation, the determination...always chokes me up. My favorite film of all time.
Yeah I just finished being wrecked all over again after 40 years wow
The flowers bloom in the foreground as the knights pass, the symbolism should not be overlooked...
Great scene! I didn't know what the music was until I was about 20 (about 4 years after the movie came out). An older woman (probably only about 34 at the time) said her boyfriend was playing some wild music last night that made her think of me. She brought it in and I played it. I think it was one of the nicest complemements I ever got. For some reason women tend to say I belong to a much different time.
I never noticed as a kid, but watching it as a grown up, I learned that there was even more to that scene; Percival saying to Arthur "You and the land are one! Drink and you shall be reborn and the land with you!" wasn't just a cool-sounding line, it was the culmination of the narrative. It was foretold by Merlin in Arthur's youth, it was the secret Arthur had lost and was thus the 'Test' for the Knights of the Grail on their quest and we see it all through the movie, without really thinking about it. The land is prosperous throughout Arthur's reign. After he's wounded, the land grows stagnant and bleak and when he's finally healed, the land is healed with him. When we witness their ride through the cherry blossoms, it's the realisation of that narrative, come full circle.
The part that always got my blood pumping was a bit earlier. When his 'brother' announces to the castle "Guards! Knights! Squires! Prepare for battle!!!" As he says those last few words, the music for Oh Fortuna starts to swell... It's such a wonderfully uplifting scene! It's such a wonderfully crafted movie!! People may object to the anachronistic armour and things like stirrups, which simply didn't exist at the time (certainly not in Britain). To me, however, it all adds to the pageantry of the movie and it would suffer without such things. Jon Boorman created a perfect movie and if he had to take artistic licence in the process, then I have no objections.
Favorite movie of all time
When people refer to movies as “Cinema.”, this is what they’re talking about.
This film is the apex of great Cinema. An absolute classic.
@Andy Derksen may be you mean "Porky's" ? Buuuuu
This is art. I wrote a paper about this movie in college and my Professor was delighted.
Great music.. great movie.. the best Arthurian legend on screen
This movie is so damn great
Epic, its such a shame movies like this get lost in time, true storytelling, amazing soundtrack,acting and a true tribute to the lore of king arthur.
Yuo u don't see movies like that anymore u just don't back in the 80's 90's those where good movies movies like those should be persevere in museums and old movie theaters. So generations could watch the movies.
@@victorperez5530 The movies are still around, dude
How is this lost? You could watch this movie right now.
@@chesterdonnelly1212 You can. But it's still lost if you haven't heard of it and aren't made aware that it exists.
@@CoffeeConnected I see what you mean. I hope in comes on TV some time soon. I would love to watch it again.
When I first saw this movie I absolutely loved it. Then when I found out that the costumes, especially the suits of armour, were pure fantasy I felt cheated. The movie had such an impact on how I imagined dark ages Britain. But now I have a better appreciation of storytelling and cinematography. I really want to see this again.
The designer and builder of the armor in Excalibur was Terry English, who also designed the Colonial Marine armor from Aliens.
Go watch a multi part series on TH-cam with Terry English and Adam Savage. They make a suit together.
Adam was just on TV yesterday during the SpaceX launch attempt. He showed many of his very accurate Space Suits and changed into many of them and planned to make a SpaceX suit as well.
I have a picture of me in Uthors armour .... mad good stuff!!!!!
Its to this date, the best armor made in any movie
Nice piece of movie trivia.
Excalibur! great movie!
I was completely blown away when I saw this movie for the first time.
One of my all time favorite movie. Don’t believe the Arthurian legend was better depicted than in this masterpiece. It will never be surpassed.
Knights of the Round Table (1953) directed by Richard Thorpe.
Imagine as an 8 year-old in 1983 watching this movie for the first time. Thank you for enriching my childhood. This is the quintessence of all Arthurian versions, films, portrayals there was and is.
An 8 year-old ??? I was 5...!!!
How is this movie better than Monty Python's Holy Grail?
Probably the greatest Arthurian movie of all time, and this video was amazing, thank you!
Nah, It's a fantasy movie, I never liked it, much better the Knights of the Round Table (1953) directed by Richard Thorpe.
Agreed.
@unmarkedX Too much fantasy to my taste.
Probably? Hands down.
@unmarkedX its a legend, no history about arthur etc
One of my all time favorites…….beautiful film….
"Behold! The Sword of Power! Excalibur! Forged when the world was young, and bird and beast and flower were one with man, and death was but a dream!"
areasevenpro I swear this is why I can’t get right.
“Some watery tart....
If I yield to the sword Excalibur what will you yield?
@@kirkstinson7316 Me? Yield? I gots me Excalibuh, biatch!
Speak the words!!!
"Guards, knights, squires prepare for battle." Love that line.
Not a shred of CGI, yet still mesmerized the eye and imagination. Every scene in this film was brilliant and beautiful. Today’s film makers producing this cartoonish, computerized schlock have no idea how embarrassing they are.
No CGI but tons of magic, tons of amazing scenes, amazing lighting and costume all blended skillfully with an artist's eye. I couldnt agree with you more.
Well said
Reality is slowly fading into a virtual dystopia...😔⏳⚰️
Great story is everything.
Well, you don’t have to be so cheerful about it. 😒
" I did not know how empty was my soul until it was filled"
.....Knights! Squires! Prepare for battle!
...ceste la ve
one of my favourite quotes in all cinema.
Igrayne: "You used that line on me too, Arthur."
Great and ideal soundtrack for this Fabulous movie.
A dream to some.... A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS!! This movie is what got me into D & D as a teenager, decades before LOTR. Just amazing....
This was the film of my childhood.
It was awesome.
Un chef d œuvre
Pour une génération de chanceux et pour tout
Les autres avec celles avenirs
Long vie à Arthur !!! Et à l’idéal chevaleresque
😉👍👍👍
Lancelot to Arthur as he lay dying " It is the old wound my king it has never healed" I will always remember that statement it resonates life and loves we have lost.......................................
Indeed.
Sir! I give you infinite upvotes!
Dennis thank you
...mistakes we have not yet forgiven ourselves for.
@@thegreatbamboozler4837 ........ some don’t fade with time they are just there.
Beautiful cinematography on this movie..
This movie is absolutely perfect
So many fine actors in this film! And Nigel Terry’s turn as a gangly kid to a wise king is truly remarkable. 👑
😊
"You have broken -- what could not BE broken! Hope, is... broken."
this is exactly what i felt when Hela broke Thors hammer by squishing it. i almost cried because Thor without a hammer is like ice cream without sprinkles, or chocolate syrup without milk, or Beyonce without Jay-Z
Doomsday killing Superman in BvS. Hope is broken.
One of the Best Films showing the Beauty of My Homeland Ireland !
"EXCALIBUR" --- Everything the "GREEN KNIGHT" will never be.
yup
I remember I was around maybe 13 yrs old when I first saw this movie...I was home sick from school and this came on our cable movie channel....I sat and watched and was enchanted from start to finish....honestly I can say this is one of the movies where I can admit it changed by life ("Gladiator" is the other) in many ways....this movie and it's many powerful scenes stay in your mind for ever after...….and while I was serving in Iraq with the Army back in 2004 I used a line from this movie...it went like this....my Platoon Sergeant told me to tell everyone get prepared for "the big day" of the Iraqi elections on Jan 30, 2005 and it was expected to be a day where we received the most resistance from the insurgency....so I left the Platoon Sergeant's office, walked down the halls between the soldiers' rooms and shouted "PRIVATES!!….SPECIALISTS!!!...CORPORALS!!!!…..PREPARE FOR BATTLE!!!"......now all of those young soldiers had no idea why I shouted it like that but a Staff Sergeant poked his head out his door with a smile and said "that's from Excalibur....that was so cool...ha ha!!…….we went on to have a hard exhausting 22 hours outside the wire protecting polling sites and besides just one inaccurate mortar attack there were no more insurgent attacks on us that day.
The greatest Excalibur movie ever made!!!
If Arthur is sleeping as legend says he needs to wake up now
You are so right
Wake up and send him to Michigan
@@fkrr5 Why Michigan? - there are many rioters and looters to smite in Minnesota!
@@stvdagger8074 Save me from Whitmer lol
it is ... too late ... for that...
I love this movie. Remember watching it as a kid
Great movie! The best King Arthur-movie there is.
Raw and shiny. Dark and tragic . As it should be.
Well said 👌
I love this movie so much. The dialog is tremendous, for example: "When a man lies, he murders a part of the world" ... so true!
Putin on Ukraine!
Biden on Hunter!
Metallica used this line on a song on and justice for all
"Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government ... You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"
Spoken like a true moistened bint!
Bloody Peasant!
Given recent outcomes, I think we ought to give a watery tart-based system of government a try.
If I started calling myself an emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they'd lock me away
Relax..
"Come Father; let us embrace at last." Epic movie.
I've used that line before in the past, I just didn't use the word father. I used it in a very competitive karate match with an opponent that had long felt animus against me. I said that to him right before..it unnerved him a bit..lol. Some great lines in that film..."For it is the doom of men that we forget"..--Merlin
This video had me teary eyed. Not just from the memories of being amazed by this movie when I first saw it as a kid. The visuals & use of Carmina Burana are awe inspiring.
I'll never forget this film
This film is a masterpiece, the music, the story, must seen this King Arthur ✨
Still the best movie.. better than all those remakes 👍
This movie, this story the way it was told, with the music, is beyond beautiful. The actors and actresses are amazing.
STAND BACK! Be silent! Be still!
That's it... and look upon this moment. Savor it! Rejoice with great gladness! Great gladness! Remember it always, for you are joined by it. You are One, under the stars. Remember it well, then... this night, this great victory. So that in the years ahead, you can say, 'I was there that night, with Arthur, the King!' For it is the doom of men that they forget.
Merlin, your words have forged this ring....
''When a man lies, he murders some part of the world..''
That movie had some pretty deep quotes, no?
Wise words that need repeating in today's political climate.
"It is the doom of men that they forget."
The movie is based on 'Le Morte d' Arthur' (The Death of Arthur) a 15th Century Middle-English prose...
Yes. I have a copy of it but the reading is so difficult.
@@nancydemoss8421 I certainly was interested in getting my own copy. But unfortunately I heard just what you said. Some say more difficult than Shakespeare, wich is certainly difficult enough for me.
The best version ever produced.
For it is the doom of men that they forget.
An entire generation grew up knowing the Carmina Burana and Wagner's Death March of Siegfried because of this movie.
"A King Without a sword the land without a king"
this is glorious but the ending with Siegfried's Funeral Music makes me cry every time
Unforgettable Film.
Absolutely so glorious and scenes so darn powerful its divinely majestic.
I’d have to say that this is possibly the first “EPIC” film that I remember viewing as a child. And still one of my favorite movies, also my favorite of the King Arthur films.🐉💥⚔️
My favourite version of Merlin :)
The cinematography, the Knights, Merlin, and the Soundtrack is what makes the Movie better than the other King Arthur movies.
its like being in a dream
Easily the best rendition of the Arthur legend. Boorman nails it. And Nichol Williamson’s Merlin is colossal.
Hollywood is still chasing this masterpiece!
This was the best movie and soundtrack ever made...ever!!
A true classic & by far, THE best of The Legend Of Arthur. -------------MJL, 77 y/o
I remember this movie when I was a teenager. I loved it. And will always remind me of my youth.
i saw this movie as child. I must rewatch this.
It has real magic.
Whenever i get migraine attack, i think of this movie.
My vission starts to shine, shimmer. Like the rivers in this movie.
This is by Far My FAVORITE ARTHER MOVIE!
I remember getting chills the first time I watched, when Arthur rode out with his knights for the last time and the land bloomed around them.
The Classic and only greatest King Arthur movie ever made, plus the Excalibur O fortune played by the orquéstese is the best soundtrack I ever seen.
EXCALIBUR BEST MOVIE EVER,I DONT GET TIRED OF SEEING IT,
This movie is timeless even today! In my view the best King Arthur film to date. Merlin was superb played by the actor Nicol Williamson my favorite character! Movies as how they were meant to be made! No CGI or fakery just good story telling/plot with an ending!
Agree!
And no "woke morals" , just a great story and plot.
This movie is awesome
“Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government…”
It’s just a flesh wound….
Not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!
Now you have fill out a 30 page questionnaire before you can even ask for an Excalibur allowance...
Look, if I went round saying I was Emperor just because some watery tart lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
@@mikehickey7383 supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses
I was a 2o year old film student in college when this movie broke. All my buddies were film geeks and even bigger Excalibur geeks. We could quote every line from this ground breaking movie! All the trillions of dollars spent on Marvel and DC movies and they can't touch this level of simple perfection.
for most of us, this film was our introduction to this song. One of the finest pieces of music ever written. There couldn't be a soul alive that wouldn't eagerly storm the gates after hearing this. One could die content with an arrow in the eye.
Truth
All hail, one of the greatest movies!! The story. The acting. The passion. The love. The betrayal. The rebirth. The blood.
"Come father, let us embrace at last."
"Any man who would be a knight, and follow a king, follow me!"
"Here you enter the coils of the Dragon. Here my power was born. Here all things are possible and all things meet their opposite.
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"I have awakened the Dragon. Can't you see all around you the Dragon's breath? A beast of such power that if you were to see it whole and all complete in a single glance, it would burn you to cinders."
Seen this film many times now, underrated classic in my opinion!
I don't think it's underrated, I think it's just not prevalent enough as part of classic cinema. Perhaps because it isn't really suitable for children to see, even though I read L'Morte D'Arthur in middle school, it's not really something that most kids would handle well...there's rape (though not really forcibly), incest (even though not voluntarily), various degrees of nudity, ultra-violence, adultery, and adult subject matter in general. You know your children and what they are mature enough to handle, but I will forever love this film and the score/soundtrack. Adults should at least be aware of this movie as a masterpiece and check it out when they are ready for a real movie that will last within your mind.
La mejor película sobre El Rey Arturo y sus caballeros de La Tabla Redonda,Una Obra Maestra Cinematográfica.
Still gives me chills
I was 13 when this came out. My friends and I got tickets to a movie and snuck into this one in the next theater over to see it. What a movie! That cast, the soundtrack, the fight scenes and acting, all superb! What a masterpiece then and still is today!
Ah, the young Helen Mirren. Star of many of my teenage fantasies. And actually...
I remember the first time I travelled abroad, went to visit my sister who lives in Germany. I visited the monastery where Carl Orff is burried which is half an hour walk through a forest from where my sister lives. I didn't know he was layed there in eternity. I got very touched because he is my favourite composer.
The best movie ever made about King Arthur and the soundtrack is great, a spectacular fusion
The best movie ever!
Between this and Conan my chest hairs want to rampage.
@Archit misal It has been used in movies, trailers, commercials... It's all over the place. I may be mistaken, but i think it was also in Dracula starring Gary Oldman. The lyrics are 700+ years old, but they were put to music somewhere around 1935.
Conan the Barbarian also came to mind as well. It was a great time for fantasy films!
@Archit misal imagine if Conan the barbarian used excalibur
I dont remember much chest hair in either xD
One of the greatest movies, one of the greatest stories, ever told.
Fantastic movie, with an equally amazing cast. Too many scenes but one of the scenes that still hits me, is during the end, right before the great battle with Mordred's army, Arthur calls out to Merlin. Merlin appears to Arthur..."Where have you been, these many years"...and after some dialogue, Merlin says, "You brought me back, your love brought me back"...amazing.
A true masterpiece.
My favourite film
Most impressive of all the Arthur films, in storylines, cinematography, action,romance, in your face mysticism, yet it seems to all make sense with human nature
Boorman's visual epic, the Excalibur story has never been told better than this and the soundtrack is suberb.🤩👌
“Guards, Knight’s, Squires...Prepare for Battle!!!” My favorite line from my favorite King Arthur movie. This movie deserves 5 Bourbon Shots 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
I was 11 when this came out. I don't know how long it was before I saw it on that NEW WONDERFUL THING we had just received called CABLE/HBO... but I remember watching it over and over. I had forgotten all about it. I need to
watch it again...
Before being Batman's trainer, A jedi Master, an Ex CIA agent, Darkman, Rob Roy, Jean ValJean, A knight's Templar, and Zeus....her was Sir Gawain.
bluehavencd Star Wars (at least) was inspired heavily by the Legend of Arthur, so it makes sense.
He was Jean Valjean? (Edit: I remember when the '98 movie came out, but I never saw it and had forgotten about it.)
Also, he was Aslan from Chronicles of Narnia who also happens to be God. Someone should get together all the actors who have ever played God.
Of course, on the other end of things, he also played a horny Irish ghost in a movie called High Spirits. I guess every Conan the Barbarian has its Kindergarten Cop.
You forgot...Michael Collins
And Oskar Schindler
He was also a films' director in Dirty Harry 's "Deadpool"
Own DVD and watched countless times. Boorman made a movie so realistic, yet with touch of magic. Best film ever made
Bel pezzo grazie.... 😁
(Standing ovation, thunderous applause) "Bravo!!! Bravo!!"
Arguably one of the best movies ever made!