Excalibur is a American epic historical fantasy film directed, produced, and co-written by John Boorman that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table , based on the 15th-century Arthurian romance Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory. The film is named after the legendary sword of King Arthur that features prominently in Arthurian literature. The film's soundtrack features the music of Richard Wagner and Carl Orff , along with an original score by Trevor Jones. Excalibur was shot entirely on location in Ireland, employing Irish actors and crew. Film critics Roger Ebert and Vincent Canby criticized the film's plot and characters, [7] [8] although they and other reviewers [9] praised its visual style.
Lancelot and King Arthur have sex | CHILDREN OF ARTHUR
For those who want to explore the love between Arthur and Lancelot, they will find a few explicit sex scenes, but also a convoluted plot. The story begins with Lancelot having left Camelot in shame and in exile in France although I was well into the book before I realized he was in France. Anyway, through his interactions with Eleanor de Clare, Lancelot comes to learn that evil spirits are threatening Camelot and he must return there to save Arthur. At one point, she refers to Wessex—where and what is that?
Sign in. See the list. Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the Crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people. Alexander Colin Farrell , the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest army leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
The film is unusual in reinterpreting Arthur as a Roman officer rather than a medieval knight. Despite these departures from the source material, the Welsh Mabinogion , the producers of the film attempted to market it as a more historically accurate version of the Arthurian legends , supposedly inspired by new archaeological findings. The film also replaces the sword in the stone story with a more dark and tragic backstory of how Arthur got his sword Excalibur.