The Reel King Arthur: King Arthur at the Movies
Filmography

Barron, Steve, dir.  Merlin.  Perf. Sam Neill, Rutger Hauer, Isabella Rossellini.  Lion’s Gate/Artisan, 1998.

Boorman, John, dir.  Excalibur.  Perf. Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson.  Warner, 1981.

Bresson, Robert, dir.  Lancelot du Lac.  Perf. Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas.  Mara Films, 1974.

Delannoy, Jean, dir.  L’Éternal Retour.  Discina International, 1943.

Edel, Uli, dir.  The Mists of Avalon.  Perf. Anjelica Huston, Joan Allen, Julianna Margulies.  Turner, 2001.

Fuqua, Antoine, dir.  King Arthur.  Perf. Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd.  Touchstone, 2004.

Gilliam, Terry, and Terry Jones, dirs.  Monty Python and the Holy Grail.  Perf. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin.  Python (Monty) Pictures, 1974.

Hathaway, Henry, dir.  Prince Valiant.  Perf. Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh, James Mason.  Twentieth Century Fox, 1954.

Hayers, Sidney, Patrick Jason and Patrick Sasdy.  King Arthur—Young Warlord.  Perf. Oliver Tobias, Michael Gothard, Jack Watson.  Heritage Enterprises, 1975.

Logan, Joshua, dir.  Camelot.  Perf. Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero.  Warner, 1967.

Reitherman, Wolfgang, dir.  The Sword in the Stone.  Walt Disney, 1963.

Rohmer, Eric, dir.  Perceval le Gallois.  Perf. Fabrice Luchini, André Dussolier, Pascale de Boysson.  Les Films du Losange, 1978.

Syberberg, Hans-Jürgen, dir.  Parsifal.  Gaumont-TMS Films, 1982.

Thorpe, Richard, dir.  Knights of the Round Table.  Perf. Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer.  Warner, 1953.

Weeks, Stephen, dir.  Sword of the Valiant.  Perf. Sean Connery, Peter Cushing.  Cannon, 1983.

Wilde, Cornel, dir.  Sword of Lancelot.  Perf. Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Brian Aherne.  Universal, 1963.

Zucker, Jerry, dir.  First Knight.  Perf. Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond.  Columbia, 1997.

Bibliography

“Dossier: Excalibur.”  Positif Oct. 1981: 29-43.

Hanlon, Lindley.  Fragments: Robert Bresson’s Film Style.  Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1986.

Harty, Kevin J.  “Film Treatments of King Arthur.”  King Arthur through the Ages.  Vol. 2.  Ed. Valerie M. Lagorio and Mildred Leake Day.  New York: Garland, 1990.  278-90.

- - - .  The Reel Middle Ages.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.

- - - , ed.  Cinema Arthuriana: Twenty Essays.  Rev. ed.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002.

- - - , ed.  King Arthur on Film: New Essays on Arthurian Film.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.

Kennedy, Harlan.  “The World of King Arthur According to John Boorman.”  American Film Mar. 1981: 30-37.

Laufe, Abe.  Broadway’s Greatest Musicals.  New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1969.

Lerner, Alan Jay.  Camelot: Book and Lyrics.  London: Chappell, 1960.

Logan, Joshua.  Movie Stars, Real People, and Me.  New York: Delacorte, 1978.

Shichtman, Martin B.  “Hollywood’s New Weston: The Grail Myth in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and John Boorman’s Excalibur.”  Postscript 4 (1984): 35-48.

Sloan, Jane.  Robert Bresson: A Guide to References and Resources.  Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.

Teisch-Savage, Nadja.  “Rehearsing the Middle Ages.”  Film Comment Sep.-Oct. 1978: 50-56.

Williams, Alan.  “On the Absence of the Grail.”  Movietone News Jan. 1976: 10-13.