Camelot (1967)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Joshua Logan

Writers:

Alan Jay Lerner (play)
Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)
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Release Date:

25 October 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

The Most Beautiful Love Story Ever!

Plot:

The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot...

Plot Keywords:

Knight | Camelot | Adultery | Based On Musical | Historical Fiction

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fredric Abbott	...	Sir Geoffrey (uncredited)
Leon Greene	...	Sir Turloc (uncredited)
Michael Kilgarriff	...	Sir Paul (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan	...	Serf at execution (uncredited)

Directed by
Joshua Logan

Writing credits
Alan Jay Lerner		(play "Camelot")
Alan Jay Lerner		screenplay &
T.H. White		from "The Once and Future King"

Produced by
Jack L. Warner	....	producer
Joel Freeman	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Frederick Loewe

Cinematography by
Richard H. Kline		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Folmar Blangsted

Production Design by
John Truscott
Edward Carrere		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Edward Carrere

Set Decoration by
John Brown		(as John W. Brown)

Costume Design by
John Truscott

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor
Jean Burt Reilly	....	supervising hair stylist

Production Management
Joel Freeman	....	production supervisor (uncredited)
Tadeo Villalba	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur Jacobson	....	assistant director

Art Department
Edward Carrere	....	set designer
John Truscott	....	scenery designer
Craig Binkley	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ward Preston	....	set designer (uncredited)
José María Tapiador	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)

Sound Department
M.A. Merrick	....	sound
Dan Wallin	....	sound
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist: restoration (restored version) (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chief	....	leather shop foreman (uncredited)
Charles E. Dolan	....	prop shop: leather work (uncredited)
Stanford Overbay	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Robie Robinson	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paula Dell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tom Dittman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lee Faulkner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Russ McCubbin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Orrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Jacobsen	....	electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Haleen K. Holt	....	costume illustrator (uncredited)
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer: women (uncredited)

Music Department
Ken Darby	....	music associate
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator
Pete King	....	orchestrator
Alfred Newman	....	conductor
Alfred Newman	....	music supervisor
Trude Rittman	....	music liaison
Buddy Schwab	....	musical staging associate
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator
Gus Levene	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Gene Merlino	....	singing voice: Lancelot Du Lac (uncredited)

Other crew
Joel Freeman	....	assistant to producer
Moss Hart	....	play director
Dr. Daniel Vandraegen	....	speech consultant
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer (uncredited)
Crayton Smith	....	script supervisor trainee (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (presents) (as Warner Bros. - Seven Arts)

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1973) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Jenny Productions  produced on the stage by
• Warner Bros. Cosmetics  Miss Redgrave's makeup

Runtime:

179 min | Canada:175 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | USA:G | Singapore:PG | Australia:G | Canada:G

Filming Locations:

Alcázar de Segovia, Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain

Company:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Trivia:

Reg Whitehead was very seriously considered For Sir Paul.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lancelot and Guenevere are in her bedroom on the night Arthur has left the castle to hunt, Guenevere is seen standing by a pillar facing Lancelot as he is approaching her. In the next shot when Lancelot reaches her, she is turned away from him. Later in the scene, Lancelot has his arm around Genevere's neck as they are walking across the room. In the next shot, Mordred jumps out to catch them and they are in the middle of a kiss.

Quotes:

[first lines]
A Knight: The rules of battle are not for Lancelot Du Lac, Your Majesty! Let us attack now while they sleep!
King Arthur: [firmly] We will attack when I give the command - at dawn.
[the knight leaves, and Arthur begins to talk to himself]
King Arthur: Oh, Merlyn, Merlyn, why is Ginny in that castle, behind walls I cannot enter? How did I blunder into this agonizing absurdity? Where did I stumble? How did I go wrong? Should I not have loved her?
[sighs]
King Arthur: Then I should not have been born! Oh, Merlyn, I haven't got much time. Within an inch of sunlight, the arrows begin to fly. If I am to die in battle, please, please do not let me die bewildered!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: The King Is Dead (#2.7)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

The Lusty Month Of May

I Wonder What The King Is Singing Tonight?

CAMELOT (3+ outta 5 stars) I've heard for years how bad this movie version of the hit musical was supposed to have been... so I was never really in a hurry to see it... much as I admire the work of Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero and the rest of the cast. Finally I decided to take the plunge... and found the movie to be not too bad at all. Yes, some of the musical arrangements sound a little stale... the activity on the screen doesn't seem to expand much beyond what one would have seen on the stage... and there may be an over-reliance on extreme close-ups of the stars... but the movie still moves along at a brisk pace (even at 3 hours the movie doesn't seem overly long) and there is a lot to appreciate. The three leads have seldom looked more attractive on screen (you can see why Redgrave and Nero engaged in a torrid love affair of their own soon after filming). Richard Harris is in fine voice and form... but when he is EVER not worth watching? Franco Nero's accent is a little off-putting at first... his voice reminded me of Mandy Patinkin in "The Princess Bride", of all things! (I wonder if Patinkin modeled his vocal inflections after Nero?) The movie isn't really big on action scenes... though there is a rousing escape scene at one point... and a clamorous rescue scene. I wouldn't say every song in the score was a winner... but the clunkers seem to be over with soon enough... and the good songs more than make up for the duds. Maybe not the best version of the Arthurian saga ever... but definitely worth a look.