Fun fact: director John Boorman had been hired some years previous to this to do a live-action adaptation of Lord of the Rings, and did some location footage in Ireland before the production fell through. When he got the funding to do Excalibur he went back to those Ireland locations and did the filming there. So you're getting a good idea of what a 70's film version of LOTR might have looked like here...
@BarokaiRein
6 жыл бұрын
Thank the gods it didn't happen.
@victorm152
5 жыл бұрын
@@BarokaiRein it did. Ralph Bakshi made animated film that only covered Fellowship and Two Towers
@dyingearth
4 жыл бұрын
It's also very close to where he actually lives.
@TBStudios91
4 жыл бұрын
@@BarokaiRein It baffles me how the same director made such a good Arthurian movie yet wrote such a deranged script for LotR
@LandersWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
@@TBStudios91 In what way was the script deranged?
@CallMeDean97
5 жыл бұрын
"Do nothing. Be still, sleep. Rest in the arms of the Dragon..." *"DREEEEEEEAAAAMMMMM..."*
@tokenblack7983
3 жыл бұрын
Merlins character was all time great.
@tricia5792
7 ай бұрын
I wish 🤞! Nicol Williamson was glorious in Excalibur (& just as good narrating The Hobbit). "Are you a dream then, Merlin?" Merlin smiles gently:- "A dream to some . . . A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS!"
@antennawilde
4 жыл бұрын
Merlin explains the dragon much like Yoda did the Force.
@lewstone5430
Жыл бұрын
“Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have.” - Master Yoda
@Dahstin
Жыл бұрын
Yoda is a rip off artist!
@oceanberserker
Жыл бұрын
@@DahstinI mean, technically, 'Star Wars' came out first, so...
@technofilejr3401
10 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same thing. The Dragon is essentially The Force.
@lex6819
6 ай бұрын
@@oceanberserker Dagobah was in The Empire Strikes Back, which was later actually
@caiusKeys
4 жыл бұрын
Excalibur is like the best movie -- every scene is amazing, including this one...
@MaxxTheMerciless
12 жыл бұрын
The Allegory of Nature itself.
@5Dworld
6 жыл бұрын
"A beast of such power that if you were to see it whole and all complete with a single glance, it would burn you to cinder"
@BlackCatFilmProductions
4 жыл бұрын
The scriptwriter was doing a great job with the dialogue in this movie. Making it sound like Shakespeare or Poetry.
@MeAbroad2004
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@Deutschritter.
2 жыл бұрын
the dragon is everywhere and invisible to us, he sees us and is on the other side, the spiritual side, a spirit being as he speaks of satan, the old serpent the dragon who was thrown down to earth to seduce people - i saw satan fall from heaven like lightning the creatures are energetic, not visible to us but all around us, that's no fun, that's dead serious
@Whaddayamean13
2 ай бұрын
@@BlackCatFilmProductionsrhapsody. This would get slammed as hokey or “characters not acting like real people” in today’s movie culture where we expect characters to talk like babbling idiots on TikTok.
@mattr.1887
2 ай бұрын
Boy is that the truth.
@JnEricsonx
Жыл бұрын
I love Merlin's bit about lightning. Very funny and just...fit.
@blackolantern5666
Жыл бұрын
@Jon Ericson. When I saw this for the first time many years ago and he said, "Whoa! like lightening"...😆😆dead!
@Mahi-jg5dx
Жыл бұрын
Need to watch this movie. I love stumbling upon these older gems.
@h.harrison5841
8 жыл бұрын
Rest in the arms of the dragon.
@cidleparesseux1277
7 жыл бұрын
dream!
@KageMinowara
5 жыл бұрын
Whenever I think of that line I feel like relaxing and sleeping.
@ImperialKnight770
3 жыл бұрын
WHOA! Like lightning! Yes, that's it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@JnEricsonx
Жыл бұрын
Always a legendary funny moment.
@williefinn4932
7 жыл бұрын
hard to beat the arthur tale which has survived longer and been passed on in many more forms than lord of the rings game of thrones harry potter etc..john boormann wanted to create magic and he did....many outstanding moments in excalibur.
@johnmaddin8533
8 жыл бұрын
I saw this film with my father when it first came out, and it's still just as good today, one of those films you see some new aspect to it every time you view it. You hear a lot of jokes about the shiny armor for example, but next time you see it you'll notice how the armor changes throughout the film: dark, battered, and dingy under Uther and in the immediate years afterwards, bright and shiny under the young Arthur, and then the armor gets more battered and dingy after Arthur's reign begins to fall. Just one aspect among many. And it's so amazing to see such great actors in this, before they got famous in Hollywood!
@johnmaddin8533
7 жыл бұрын
Oh, Mordred is wonderful, and you're right, the visuals going on around him are a real treat. The two scenes with Mordred that stick with me are the one you mentioned with Morgana sprinkling magic dust around him and the final scene with Arthur. A nice fun fact with that final scene that you don't hear about even in the critic write-ups is how Boorman was influenced by N.C. Wyeth's illustrations for The Boy's King Arthur. Wyeth painted a dazzling final fight scene with Arthur and Mordred going at each other with spear and sword against the dying sunlight, and lo and behold what does Boorman do...?commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boys_King_Arthur_-_N._C._Wyeth_-_p306.jpg
@genom27
6 жыл бұрын
Nicol Williamson played such a delightful likable Merlin... When Merlin wasn't kidnapping infant Kings. xD
@LordZontar
6 жыл бұрын
If Merlin had left the baby Arthur at Tintagel, he would certainly have been killed by Uther's rivals looking to eliminate his heir. Merlin had foreseen this when he made Uther agree to the bargain in the first place.
@aboybaker123
4 жыл бұрын
Merlin didn’t kidnap Arthur though. Uther gave him to Merlin because he made an agreement with him to do so. In another note, Arthur would have been killed by Cornwall’s knights if he stayed. Everything worked out in the end.
@godstomper
4 жыл бұрын
Merlin knew Pendragon wasnt fit to be king.
@tokenblack7983
3 жыл бұрын
This movie didn’t need to be carried but Merlin carried this film. Love it DREEEEAAAMMM
@persebra
4 жыл бұрын
my favorite Merlin!
@AntaresBottia
4 жыл бұрын
The only Merlin!
@danielwilliamson6180
3 жыл бұрын
I like Arthur's character development. How he goes from a idiotic squire to a great and wise king.
@pricejoss
8 ай бұрын
Arthur is an allegory for mankind’s journey from ignorance to gnosis, the quest for the grail within.
@genom27
5 жыл бұрын
“Rest in the arms of the dragon.... dreeeeeeam.” :)
@funkydozer
Ай бұрын
The character development of Arthur from this gormless southwest England village idiot to a wise well spoken king was perfectly written, directed, and acted.
@AntaresBottia
12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and completely unforgiving.
@viv1921
7 жыл бұрын
Best film ever 🔮
@medmar76
2 жыл бұрын
All the power that Merlin had and could give, and all Arthur wanted was friendship and to gain the wisdom to always do right by the people who served him.
@AntaresBottia
2 жыл бұрын
He had power but he also had to observe fate/chance - he couldn't forsee everything. The powers were a drain on him also he had to rest for 9 moons if you recall after one particular spell he did for Luther. But for mankind, especially for a king one must find there way through the labyrinth of life along with all its lessons and finer the student harder the lesson..... Greater the reward.
@medmar76
2 жыл бұрын
@@AntaresBottia and Arthur could have very well demanded those things for his service as Uther did, but he didn't. He wanted to be a good and wise king, harmony for his people, and Guinevere.
@AntaresBottia
2 жыл бұрын
@@medmar76 He was full of good virtues, intentions, yes. He explained to Guinevere that first he must be king, it proceeded over the role of being a man and a husband. The role of King was to do God(s) work. He had to detach from his earthly wants that a average man would aspire to. Guinevere understood from her own holy work that these physical/romantic unions are not as important as the divine work.
@pricejoss
Жыл бұрын
@@AntaresBottiaGreat to read comments from people who really understand the depth of this film
@AntaresBottia
Жыл бұрын
@@pricejoss thank you 🙏💯
@sitoudien9816
Ай бұрын
The force is with you young Arthur!
@silversnail1413
Жыл бұрын
Nigel Terry looks so young and fresh-faced in this scene compared to how he looks later in the film. Amazing what a shave, a haircut and some movie magic can do.
@lex6819
6 ай бұрын
He was soooooo handsome!
@chaunceypope5492
7 жыл бұрын
After the flop of a Guy Ritchie film I had to dust this gem off. Rest in the arms of the dragon Dream
@don417
11 жыл бұрын
1 idiot has never rested in the arms of the dragon.
@caseywatson621
4 жыл бұрын
Make that 3
@JefferyMitchell-j3t
3 ай бұрын
I'm certainly no expert or scholar, but the Arthurian legend is the only historical lore I know of that's come to attempt to marry the philosophies of Christianity and Paganism. Merlin is clearly a Pagan. However, instead of dwelling on the differences of their orientations, he nurtures Arthur, a genuine Christian, and teaches him about truth, power and nobility. Their alliance sees the creation of a perfect government on Earth. What a beautiful idea. "The Dragon," for me, is a deceptively simple metaphor for God. It's an idea crafted with complex values somehow condensed into accessibility for non-Judeo-Christian Pagans. Like the Judeo-Christian God, The Dragon appears omnipodent, omniscent and motivated by justice. On the other hand, like many Pagan nature dieties (Gaia, Ceres, Hecate, etc.), The Dragon is very much protective and empowering of the Earth and its aboriginal spiritualists, a sort of Anima Mundi. When Merlin teaches Arthur about The Dragon, he uses his own metaphors and parables, ones that are informed by a pre-Christian perspective. The Dragon's bolt of lightning upon Merlin's attempt to elucidate its power points to both a Pagan and a Christian form of naturally-occurring magic that most understand as coincidence, but some believe to be a sign of diefic involvement. A miracle, if you will. Or magick if you prefer.
@AntaresBottia
3 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed your thoughts and agree on most. I do believe the dragon was symbolic for a great deal of reasons like you stated and also the lineage (Pendragon) over the last few years there has been more online about Dragon bloodlines, grail links, elite families. Johthan Mercedes wrote a recent book on the bloodline and I enjoyed listening to the likes of Micheal Tsarion on the subject. I've adored this version Merlin from the off and became enchanted with his story. I feel he was a mediator between the two faiths and the changing of the guard. I loved "this world is done with me. There are other worlds" The Dragon has served me well this year personally. My son being born in the year of the dragon (my wife born on St Georges day) and the company I'm being published by for my collection of poems possesses dragon symbolism. It's very lucky so it seems. 🐲💯🙏
@JefferyMitchell-j3t
3 ай бұрын
@@AntaresBottia You're absolutely right. I completely forgot about the Pendragon element. This takes some more reading, watching and consideration.
@mattr.1887
2 ай бұрын
Western Europe should have followed Merlin's Dragon, instead of the Christian God.
@robertmcpherson1617
4 ай бұрын
So...the dragon is the force...
@ThompPL1
Жыл бұрын
Perfect crop of perfect scene ! 🧙♂
@redstar7292
5 жыл бұрын
Interestingly geologists regard the earth, as a bit like a dragon. With it's fiery molten core, volcanos, and great land plates that move around like scales.
@Crusader-Ramos45
4 жыл бұрын
What trope would that go under?
@Crusader-Ramos45
4 жыл бұрын
Where did they learn that from?
@NorthForkFisherman
2 жыл бұрын
@@Crusader-Ramos45 At bit by bit over centuries. No one person saw it all at once...and perhaps it was best they couldn't?
@AntaresBottia
2 жыл бұрын
Few believe the world is number of carcasses
@marcinzysko1653
Жыл бұрын
@@NorthForkFisherman And if they did (see it as a whole)...It would burn them to cinders? Considering that earths core is basicaly an inner sun.
@discotanzo
7 жыл бұрын
"Look into the eyes of the dragon and despair..."
@seanmoran2743
2 жыл бұрын
Glaurung
@isammolina4842
6 жыл бұрын
que maravilla. nigel terry.exquisito actor.y un Merlin inolvidable. Gran film
@michaelbooher612
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha ha ha ha You know me well.. To this day i recite exerpts from this movie in particular amd also clash of the titans.. But this movie is very special to me.. Best Merlin ever.. These writers are amazing This is mans movie.. Ha ha ha ha ha When men were men And Lee Cook had the extended version.. I remember seeing him growing up i believe But its beenso long i sometimes begin to doubt it exists even though i remembered it years ago.. Time is a funny thing
@isammolina4842
6 жыл бұрын
Hermosa escena .Gran reparto de actores excelentes. Sobretodo Merlin y Arturo .fascinantes.😀🌹💜👍💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
@thomasericson5318
6 жыл бұрын
Whoa! Like lightening! Yes, that’s it.
@isammolina4842
6 жыл бұрын
Me fascina esta escena.Que bello.Nigel Terry. Grande John BOORMAN. 😁😚💖💎💎💎💎💎💎💎
@askain111
8 жыл бұрын
Excalibar!!!! It's pawht of the dragon too!!!
@srb9
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yes ! You learn quickly ! I like that !
@MegaFafnir
3 жыл бұрын
Nicol Williamson sure had fun as Merlin XD
@isammolina4842
6 жыл бұрын
Que hombre bello.Nigel Terry.😀😁😚
@tomrodgers6629
10 ай бұрын
Merlins speech goes through my head when I bed down at camp. 😁
@InweTaralom
8 жыл бұрын
Nigel Terry played this so differently than the role of Prince John back in 1968.
@johnmaddin8533
8 жыл бұрын
+Karyl Miller I didn't even realize he'd been in The Lion in Winter until I first saw that some years after I saw Excalibur. My jaw just dropped. To this day those are the only two films I've ever seen him in.
@speculesgorgoth4055
3 жыл бұрын
In a deep sleep awakened by the dragons."" Now waiting for the worms to come""
@Creadorfilms
2 ай бұрын
A LSD trip. The tripper and the Shaman. The Dragon is the Nature, reality itself.
@mikuhaile3931
3 жыл бұрын
That last “DREAM” hit a different type of way
@tokenblack7983
3 жыл бұрын
His acting and character were brilliant. I think about this movie all the time
@JuraIbis
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds different because it is a spell.
@joelperry8187
4 жыл бұрын
The Dragon and Tao are the same!
@NorthForkFisherman
3 жыл бұрын
And yet, they're still just symbols we poor mortals have to use to represent that which is so much greater than ourselves we can't even name it.
@AntaresBottia
3 жыл бұрын
@@NorthForkFisherman well said, once again.
@oceanberserker
Жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@crackshack2
2 жыл бұрын
WHOA LIKE LIGHTNING YES THATS IT! Lol
@mr.nibblenips4231
4 жыл бұрын
Dreammmmmm
@spartanwarrior1
5 жыл бұрын
The dragon is the land...britannia hence the dragon on Arthur’s coat of arms
@AntaresBottia
5 жыл бұрын
Cap America the sword was the land and who had dominion of the sword was King. Yet there is some truth in what you say for the dragon is life (fire/essence) in short. Its quite a broad subject. In esoteric circles the Pendragon's are viewed as demonic and others say were from the bloodline of Christ (the Sangreal)
@mistersharpe4375
5 жыл бұрын
The Dragon is such a powerful and multifaceted symbol. To me it can be anything from nature, the universe, mankind, or even God. It is mysterious, yet comfortably familiar. It terrifies us, but inspires us. It is uplifting, but infinitely dangerous. It is life, but devours all.
@AntaresBottia
5 жыл бұрын
Mister Sharpe Well said, I concur with you the dragon represents duality and from the extremities, we may find balance. Michael Tsarion speaks well of this subject.
@NorthForkFisherman
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in the theater and not knowing that the entire world had changed for me in that dialogue. This was the moment I became a pagan.
@AntaresBottia
3 жыл бұрын
Nice to read you again.
@mattguthrie4044
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! xxx
@CryptidMech
2 жыл бұрын
Terrible reason
@oceanberserker
Жыл бұрын
@@CryptidMech Says you. Inspiration, epiphanies, 'Eureka!' moments can come from anywhere and anything.
@travishimebaugh8381
6 жыл бұрын
The Dark Ages. A time of strife, of superstition. A world of ham.
@applesandgrapesfordinner4626
3 жыл бұрын
A good kind of ham
@WilliBond0007
11 жыл бұрын
If you watch The Psychic Matrix here on uTube, or listen to Edgar MItchell talk about the holographic nature of the universe, ... psychology, quantum physics ... well, it looks like they're catching up with Merlin and Yoda. Thanks for this upload. This is the truth.
@faqiu1066
Жыл бұрын
Then, Symbolically, what is the dragon? Is it the “force”? Is it “ God”? What are your opinions?
@oceanberserker
Жыл бұрын
All of them, and none of them.
@mattr.1887
2 ай бұрын
I think it's just a pantheist understanding of God.
@AntaresBottia
13 жыл бұрын
@druittlover1 I don't mind who plays Merlin, just as long as its not Russel Brand!
@lex6819
6 ай бұрын
Did the Empire Strikes Back plagiarize this for the Dagobah scene with Luke Skywalker?
@Dahstin
Жыл бұрын
Is the Dragon Akin to the Force?
@AntaresBottia
Жыл бұрын
Yes and an actual dragon bloodline
@warlingham24
2 жыл бұрын
What are you afraid of? It is everywhere it is everything…..that is the truth.
@Howyaduing
2 жыл бұрын
An allegory on the earth
@AntaresBottia
Жыл бұрын
And parables
@paulpaulsen7245
4 жыл бұрын
הַרְפּ֣וּ וּ֭דְעוּ כִּי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים Psalm 46:10 ὅτι ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ δι’ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν τὰ πάντα· αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν. Rom 11:36 That is all I have to say to that wonderful movie. Greetings and Christ from Germany!
@ez3333
6 ай бұрын
🌹
@Dahstin
Жыл бұрын
Dream....
@killercaritas9442
6 жыл бұрын
The force no that’s not it the dragon yes that’s it
@isammolina4842
6 жыл бұрын
Hummm mm. Churro bárbaro 😚
@annalisavajda252
2 жыл бұрын
The dark ages...
@117rebel
4 жыл бұрын
So is the universe the dragon?
@AntaresBottia
4 жыл бұрын
There are few metaphors. I like the dragon one. Precious time being gold, the dragon hordes. Truth is also like a Dragon, if you wake it prepare for its fire. You could go on and on making analogies. What are your thoughts?
@117rebel
4 жыл бұрын
Antares Bottia well when Merlin says if you saw the dragon in its complete form it would burn you to cinders I thought “well it can’t be the earth because we can see it in its entirety. The universe is the only thing we haven’t seen in its entirety that fits what he’s describing.”
@AntaresBottia
4 жыл бұрын
@@117rebel Yes, you would face oblivion.
@117rebel
4 жыл бұрын
Antares Bottia this scene also reminds me of the scene in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back when Yoda describes the force to Luke. Telling Luke “you must feel the force around you! Here....between you...me...the tree...the rock...everywhere! Yes! Even between land and ship!” Hey maybe Merlin knew how to use the force but he called it “the dragon” instead of “the force” lol
@AntaresBottia
4 жыл бұрын
@@117rebelI agree, a good add. So many films that reference this to a degree. Have you watched David Lynch's "Dune" ?? Highlander also lol
@ShadowArtist
7 ай бұрын
the ancient Druids had a bit of animism in their beliefs, that gods, spirits, other beings were manifested from land, trees, rivers, lakes, mounds/hills and the sky, that basically all nature was an inter-connected "divine" and the gods were a part of it intrinsically, yes even a dragon was a part of the land, and could emanate from nature itself
@AntaresBottia
7 ай бұрын
✨Anima mundi ✨ It was all synonymous to life, definitely. Art too, be that song, paint, literature, weaving and so on, it was all infused with that holy ancient energy. It is way of life, method I introduced into my own life and works. Not that I am a trained shaman or anything but I've understood life it's many divinations/languages from a very young age due to my culture and upbringing and the perfect in environment to harness it, which was very nomadic (Roma) You wrote it perfectly my friend
@WilliBond0007
11 жыл бұрын
The best actors to play a role are unknowns for the most part. Some of these "actors/actresses" shouldn't be allowed out of a Disney movie.
@druittlover1
13 жыл бұрын
Christopher Heyerdahl should play Merlin in the remake. He would knock it out of the park.
@thomasthompson6378
3 жыл бұрын
Please, no remakes. You can't improve on perfection.
@mattr.1887
2 ай бұрын
In today's world, we all know what the remake would look like.
@surreptitious5869
Жыл бұрын
1:03
@extrasolar213
6 жыл бұрын
lol
@justglitchman
7 жыл бұрын
Anyone who came here after song Blend by band named Blind Dog? Anyone?
@emhyremreis7070
6 жыл бұрын
я, дружище
@Deutschritter.
2 жыл бұрын
the dragon is satan, the dragon the old snake, all the old heathen religion pray to the dragon, he had many regional names and hid among the peoples, merlin is one like an old druid, sorcerer who still direct the dragon's enegries white, that's magic, magic always comes from Satan, no matter what I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven
@AntaresBottia
Жыл бұрын
The red dragon, nomos, annuakai, Enki, pendragon
@Deutschritter.
Жыл бұрын
@@AntaresBottia das ist Satan, wer meinst du wer hinter den Annuakai steckt, Satan und seine Gefallenen Engel ...diese angeblichen "Aliens" genau so die die Menschen besuchten
@Balinux
6 жыл бұрын
How can people like this stuff.
@AntaresBottia
6 жыл бұрын
Balinux Same can be said about every type from their era. Especially today's standard.
@Gorilla_Jones
5 жыл бұрын
Hey look everyone, a moron. Awwwwwwww
@Balinux
4 жыл бұрын
@Alfio Gravitas If I didn't, maybe I'd be impressed by an outdated film.
@applesandgrapesfordinner4626
3 жыл бұрын
@@Balinux Outdated? I guess the Epic of Gilgamesh is outdated too
@Balinux
3 жыл бұрын
@@applesandgrapesfordinner4626 I've read it, and yeah. stories need to be told convincingly, especially in a movie.
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