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The Sword in the Stone (1963) -- Merlin the Magician teaches a young boy who is destined to be King Arthur.
The Sword in the Stone (1963) -- Merlin the Magician teaches a young boy who is destined to be King Arthur.
The Sword in the Stone (1963) -- Merlin the Magician teaches a young boy who is destined to be King Arthur.

Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   9,062 votes
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Writers:
Bill Peet (story)
T.H. White (book)
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Release Date:
25 December 1963 (USA) more
Tagline:
Tired of living in a Medieval mess...Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny little boy into a legendary hero! more
Plot:
Merlin the Magician teaches a young boy who is destined to be King Arthur. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Great Animation more (48 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Rickie Sorensen ... Wart (voice)
Karl Swenson ... Merlin (voice)
Junius Matthews ... Archimedes (voice)
Sebastian Cabot ... Sir Ector (voice)
Norman Alden ... Sir Kay (voice)
Martha Wentworth ... Madam Mim / Old Lady Squirrel (voice)
Richard Reitherman ... Wart (voice)
Robert Reitherman ... Wart (voice)
Alan Napier ... Sir Pelinore (voice)
Ginny Tyler ... Little Girl Squirrel (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
79 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

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Trivia:
The only animated Disney movie from the 1960s not to have a Platinum DVD, a sequel, a TV show, or a live-action remake. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Merlin is packing his bag by magic to go to the castle, the flow of items stops halfway into the bag as the sugar bowl fights with the teapot. When Merlin says, "Where was I?" there are no items near the bag. The camera cuts to Wart and when it goes back to Merlin, the items are back where they were. more
Quotes:
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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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Movie Connections:
Featured in Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Under the Sea (1990) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Higitus Figitus more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Great Animation, 6 July 2008
7/10
Author: on_the_can from Canada

I only had very vague recollections of this movie until I watched it again just recently and I've decided this is kind of an underrated film.

I'm not all that familiar with the original story of the Sword in the Stone aside from the obvious more famous bits but I imagine the story guys on this movie took a lot of liberties. When it comes right down to it the plot is little more than a lot of fluff to fill running time until Arthur AKA Wart gets to the sword. Fluff or not though the film's entertaining enough and allows for the great animation that I found to be the stand out quality here.

I'm an animator myself so maybe this means more to me than the average audience, but the character animation on Merlin and Madam Mim can easily go head to head with Disney's more highly regarded classics and the use of effects is remarkable (in classical animation, effects refer to any animation that's not a character i.e. water, smoke, fire, dust etc.) Everything from rain storms to pixy dust is masterly handled and adds a whole layer of wonder to the whole thing. The highlight for me was a showdown between Merlin and Mim in which they morph into a variety of creatures to battle one another and no morph looks the same twice.

This is just light hearted entertainment. It's definitely geared more for kids but if you're an animation fan it's worth watching for that alone.

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