Excalibur (1981 film)

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epic film fantasy film film

Excalibur (1981 film) is a British fantasy epic directed by John Boorman that retells the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table with a dark, mythic tone.

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Label	Occurrences
Excalibur	8
Excalibur (1981 film) canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epic film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ film ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Thomas Malory ⓘ
basedOn	Arthurian legend ⓘ Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur
castMember	Cherie Lunghi ⓘ Gabriel Byrne ⓘ Helen Mirren ⓘ Liam Neeson ⓘ Nicholas Clay ⓘ Nicol Williamson ⓘ Nigel Terry ⓘ Patrick Stewart ⓘ Paul Geoffrey ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Alex Thomson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
director	John Boorman ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	John Merritt ⓘ
filmingLocation	Ireland ⓘ
genre	adventure ⓘ drama ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Queen Guinevere ⓘ surface form: Guinevere King Arthur ⓘ Sir Lancelot ⓘ surface form: Lancelot Merlin ⓘ Mordred ⓘ Morgana ⓘ
musicBy	Trevor Jones ⓘ
notableElement	depiction of the Knights of the Round Table ⓘ retelling of King Arthur legend ⓘ use of Wagner’s music in soundtrack ⓘ
producer	John Boorman ⓘ
productionCompany	Orion Pictures ⓘ Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseYear	1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	140 ⓘ
screenwriter	John Boorman ⓘ Rospo Pallenberg ⓘ
setInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
setting	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain
titleRefersTo	Excalibur ⓘ
tone	mythic ⓘ
visualStyle	dark ⓘ
weaponFeatured	Excalibur ⓘ