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: Walt Disney Video
: Kids, Animated, Coming of Age , Animation, Cel, Disney, Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Myths, Sword & Sorcery
: 79 min.
: English, Spanish, French
: English, Spanish, French
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1963's The Sword in the Stone is Disney's animated take on Arthurian legend. In the midst of the Dark Ages, when England has no rightful ruler, a sword imbedded in a stone mysteriously appears in a London churchyard, bearing the inscription "Whoso pulleth out the sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of England." Scores of would-be kings travel to London to attempt the feat and thereby claim the throne. They all fail. Years later, in the English countryside, an 11-year-old squire nicknamed Wart (Rickie Sorensen) is devotedly helping his incompetent foster brother, Kay (Norman Alden), train to become a knight, when he meets the great magician Merlin (Karl Swenson). The well meaning, but absentminded, wizard declares himself Wart's mentor and claims that he will lead the boy to his destiny. Spirited and full of spunk, Wart (whose real name is Arthur) approaches Merlin's lessons with the same determination that he applies to Kay's hopeless training and to the monotonous chores he is assigned by his guardian. He soon finds himself accompanying Kay to London for a jousting tournament that will determine England's new king. There, Wart forgets to bring Kay's weapon to the joust, but finds an abandoned sword in a nearby churchyard -- which he effortlessly pulls out of a stone. ~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, All Movie Guide
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| Simply, a classic.
by troublemaker
June 17, 2008 - 1:16 AM PDT
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| What more can I say. This is one of the most beautiful examples of the beginnings of Disney's golden era of cel animated features. As much as I love Pixar and the company's ability to at least capture the spirit that characterized the Disney we all want to remember, it makes me all the more lament the demise of hand-drawn animation. For me, this is a classic that sits right up there with Aladdin and The Lion King. There's something beautiful in the "vintage" quality to this film that takes me right back to the 6-year old kid who sat in front of the television set in awe, watching this for the first time. |
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