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The Sword in the Stone

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7.2/10 • 3.8K

1963-12-251h 19m

AnimationFamilyFantasy

Tired of living in a Medieval mess... Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny little boy into a legendary hero!

Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.

Directors
Wolfgang Reitherman
Editors
Donald Halliday

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  1. Sebastian Cabot

    Sebastian Cabot

    The Narrator/Sir Ector (voice)

  2. Karl Swenson

    Karl Swenson

    Merlin (voice)

  3. Junius Matthews

    Junius Matthews

    Archimedes the Owl (voice)

  4. Martha Wentworth

    Martha Wentworth

    Madam Mim / Old Lady Squirrel (voice)

  5. Norman Alden

    Norman Alden

    Kay (voice)

  6. Rickie Sorensen

    Rickie Sorensen

    Wart (voice)

  7. Ginny Tyler

    Ginny Tyler

    Little Girl Squirrel (voice)

  8. Alan Napier

    Alan Napier

    Sir Pellinore (voice)

  9. Richard Reitherman

    Richard Reitherman

    Wart (voice)

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Kamurai

Jul 11, 2020

5/10

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. Now it's been a while since I've seen this one, and now I remember why. There just isn't anything in the well in which to return. Sure all the magic is amusing, and the animal adventures are cute, as well as a nice reminder of how good we have it as humans, but I really feel like we ruined that squirrel's life, and I'm sad about it. The actual story of the sword in the stone is very short, because it's not interesting: it's all the adventures that Arthur has growing the kingdom, establishing rule over (what would be) England, and his adventures as an adult king (most of which were his knights') to include warring with neighbors. While the jocks versus nerds analogy through the movie is interesting, it feels polarizing, and the message of education / knowledge is mixed throughout the movie. Future references to the (1963) present just dates the movie and aren't all that funny, and it tells the audience that just because you have knowledge, doesn't mean you can use it. Then in the 3rd act, we start a controversy over having knowledge / skills can be used to better or worsen things, and other than inspiring Star Wars, I don't know what the point of it was. My favorite part was when Archimedes got to laugh: he seemed like he really needed it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3,000,000.00
Revenue
$22,200,000.00
Keywords
witchbased on novel or bookmagictransformationknightking arthurturns into animalexcaliburwizardwartwhimsical