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The Sword in the Stone (1963)

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Merlin the Magician teaches a young boy who is destined to be King Arthur.

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
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Sir Ector / Narrator in opening sequence (voice)
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Merlin (voice)
Rickie Sorensen ...
Wart (voice)
Junius Matthews ...
Archimedes (voice)
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Little Girl Squirrel (voice)
Martha Wentworth ...
Madam Mim / Old Lady Squirrel (voice)
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Sir Kay (voice)
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Sir Pellinore (voice)
Richard Reitherman ...
Wart (voice)
Robert Reitherman ...
Wart (voice)
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Storyline

Arthur (aka 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 Wart beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give Wart an education (whatever that is), believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way. Written by Tim Pickett <quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au>

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

squire | owl | wizard | sword | castle | See more »

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A legendary story. A classic in animation. See more »


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Release Date:

25 December 1963 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

La espada en la piedra  »

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Sound Mix:

(RCA Sound Recording)

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(Technicolor)

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1.75 : 1
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Trivia

Two songs written for the film but scrapped before production began were "The Blue Oak Tree" and "The Magic Key". The latter was to be Merlin's lecture to Arthur about the value of an education. It was replaced with the more amusing "Higitus Figitus". See more »

Goofs

When the sugar bowl flies to Merlin's bag, it is seen flying under the lid and spoon on the table. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Beginning singer: A legend is sung, of when England was young, and knights were brave and bold. The good king had died, and no one could decide who was rightful heir to the throne. It seemed that the land would be torn by war, or saved by a miracle alone. And that miracle appeared in London town: The Sword in the Stone.
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Soundtracks

"Blue Oak Tree"
(1963) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Sung a bit by Sebastian Cabot and Alan Napier
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User Reviews

 
Not quite the book, but nice indeed..
27 March 1999 | by (Houten, The Netherlands) – See all my reviews

This very nice Disney Classic was based on the children's novel by TH White. This was not yet that very well-known, heavy novel titled "the Once and Future King" that so many later movies were based upon, but the lighthearted earlier version. Many agreed that the later novel has disfigured the first, so that we may be thankful for the Disney version!

Though it does not quite follow the book (this is hardly possible, at times) it is a very good version as animated movies go. Not tedious, though of an age where children were meant to learn something from a movie...

A collectors item!


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