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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   8,599 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 | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Lowbrow fun more

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 Anniversary DVD release has censored one of Mad Madam Mim's lines: "I do hope it's serious, something dreadful, ha, ha, ha!" 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:
[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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "House of Mouse: House of Scrooge (#3.5)" (2002) more
Soundtrack:
The Legend of the Sword in the Stone more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Lowbrow fun, 15 January 2004
8/10
Author: R_O_U_S from United Kingdom

This isn't usually counted as being one of the top-ranking Disney films, but I insist on not being snobbish in this list, and remembering the films that brought me joy as a kid. Wart gets to be a squirrel, a bird and a fish during this film which plays fast and loose with Arthurian legend. Merlin is great, and his battle with Madam Mim the stuff of legend. It's not big, it's not clever, but it is fun!

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