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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Creator/MelFerrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin. Music/MiklosRozsa composed the soundtrack.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Creator/MelFerrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker Creator/StanleyBaker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin. Music/MiklosRozsa composed the soundtrack.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even explicitly related to Arthur in the original legends, making this some form of RevisitingTheRoots.
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** Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even explicitly related to Arthur in the original legends, making this some form of RevisitingTheRoots.
** Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even explicitly related to Arthur in the original legends, making this some form of RevisitingTheRoots.
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* RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation: Mordred is Morgan's husband instead of nephew (later more modern works would upgrade them to being mother/son, but in the legends Mordred's mother is another sister of Arthur's, Morgause).
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* RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation: RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Mordred is Morgan's husband instead of nephew (later more modern works would upgrade them to being mother/son, but in the legends Mordred's mother is another sister of Arthur's, Morgause).
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* AgeLift: Mordred is made into Arthur's chief rival who is around his age instead of being his nephew/son.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The main thrust of Arthur and Morgan's claims to the throne of Britain. Arthur is Uther's only son but is illegitimate, Morgan is Uther's legitimate child but as a woman cannot inherit in her own right and her husband would take the throne. Neither contender has a strong enough advantage which is why they resort to other means of reinforcing their respective claims.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The main thrust of Arthur and Morgan's claims to the throne of Britain. Arthur is Uther's only son but is illegitimate, Morgan is Uther's legitimate child but as a woman cannot inherit in her own right and her husband would take the throne. Neither contender has a strong enough advantage which is why they resort to other means of reinforcing their respective claims. Arthur ultimately secures the throne through the sword in the stone and beating Mordred's army in battle, though Mordred and Morgan remain thorns in his side.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: The incest stuff with Arthur and Mordred being both uncle/nephew and father/son is removed, and Lancelot and Guinevere's physical affair is limited to a kiss. That said, a few moments like showing a decapitated head on a spike are surprisingly and suddenly gory for this type of movie.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: The incest stuff with Arthur and Mordred being both uncle/nephew and father/son is removed, and Lancelot and Guinevere's physical affair is limited to a kiss. That said, a few moments like showing a decapitated head on a spike are surprisingly and suddenly gory for this type of movie.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Amidst the [[BigBadassBattleSequence battle]], Mordred lifts a head on a spike, proclaiming it as Arthur's and saying the day is his. Then Arthur lifts his visor and proclaims he still lives, and that the day is his instead.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Amidst the [[BigBadassBattleSequence battle]], battle when Arthur and Mordred's armies first face off]], Mordred lifts a head on a spike, proclaiming it as Arthur's and saying the day is his. Then Arthur lifts his visor and proclaims he still lives, and that the day is his instead.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Mordred and Arthur usually go out in a mutual kill at Camlann. Here Mordred survives only to be killed by Lancelot afterwards.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Mordred and Arthur usually go out in by going for a mutual kill MutualKill at Camlann. the battle of Camlann, with Mordred dying before the mortally wounded Arthur does (or before he's forced to [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence go to Avalon for healing]]). Here Arthur is mortally wounded in the battle and later dies after giving his final commands to Lancelot, and Mordred survives the battle and retreats to his castle, only to be killed by Lancelot afterwards.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Here Gawain and Gareth escape death at Lancelot's hands.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: RelatedDifferentlyInAdaptation: Mordred is Morgan's husband instead of nephew (later more modern works would upgrade them to being mother/son, but in the legends Mordred's mother is another sister of Arthur's, Morgause).
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Here Gawain and Gareth escape death at Lancelot'shands.hands due to the fallout of his affair with Guinevere.
** Percival is beside Lancelot at the end when they are granted a vision of the Holy Grail, the quest and his possible death due to it having not happened yet.
** Arthur is also the only named character confirmed to die due to Camlann despite that in the legends the battle wiped out most of the named knights who weren't dead already, and Lancelot and Percival both survive it whereas in the legends they weren't part of the battle.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Here Gawain and Gareth escape death at Lancelot's
** Percival is beside Lancelot at the end when they are granted a vision of the Holy Grail, the quest and his possible death due to it having not happened yet.
** Arthur is also the only named character confirmed to die due to Camlann despite that in the legends the battle wiped out most of the named knights who weren't dead already, and Lancelot and Percival both survive it whereas in the legends they weren't part of the battle.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even related to Arthur in the original legends, making this some form of RevisitingTheRoots.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even explicitly related to Arthur in the original legends, making this some form of RevisitingTheRoots.
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until 2004's ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}''), Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until 2004's ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}''), Arthur|2004}}'' that is), Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until 2004's ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}'' and ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' that is), Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until 2004's ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}'' and ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' that is), Arthur|2004}}''), Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until ''Film/KingArthur2004'' that is), Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until ''Film/KingArthur2004'' 2004's ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}'' and ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' that is), Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Creator/MelFerrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfQuentinDurward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values. All three were filmed at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London.
The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfQuentinDurward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values. All three were filmed at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Creator/MelFerrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
Merlin. Music/MiklosRozsa composed the soundtrack.
The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfQuentinDurward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred RobertTaylor]]), Taylor]], and both this film and ''Ivanhoe'' had a soundtrack by Miklós Rózsa), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values. All three were filmed at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London.
The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfQuentinDurward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert
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* AdaptationalMundanity: Most of the magical elements are all removed. Myth/{{Merlin}} is just a royal advisor/spymaster whose poisoned instead of the powerful wizard imprisoned in a cave or tree. Morgan is an ambitious woman rather than a Witch-Queen. However the Sword in the Stone still plays an important role and the Holy Grail appears in a vision.
* AdaptedOut: Sir Tristan, although Mark of Cornwall shows up as one of the rebel kings. The Lady of the Lake.
* AdaptedOut: Sir Tristan, although Mark of Cornwall shows up as one of the rebel kings. The Lady of the Lake.
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* AdaptationalMundanity: Most of the magical elements are all removed. Myth/{{Merlin}} is just a royal advisor/spymaster whose who's poisoned instead of the powerful wizard imprisoned in a cave or tree. Morgan is an ambitious woman rather than a Witch-Queen. However the Sword in the Stone still plays an important role and the Holy Grail appears in a vision.
* AdaptedOut: Sir Tristan, although Mark of Cornwall shows up as one of the rebel kings. The Lady of theLake.Lake is also cut.
* AdaptedOut: Sir Tristan, although Mark of Cornwall shows up as one of the rebel kings. The Lady of the
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* CompositeCharacter: Merlin takes Sir Ector's role as Arthur's foster-father.
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* CompositeCharacter: BothSidesHaveAPoint: The main thrust of Arthur and Morgan's claims to the throne of Britain. Arthur is Uther's only son but is illegitimate, Morgan is Uther's legitimate child but as a woman cannot inherit in her own right and her husband would take the throne. Neither contender has a strong enough advantage which is why they resort to other means of reinforcing their respective claims.
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** Merlin takes Sir Ector's role as Arthur's foster-father.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Merlin takes Sir Ector's role as Arthur's foster-father.
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** Niall MacGinnis' character is referred to as the Green Knight, but has more in common with Sir Turquine or Sir Melligrance.
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** Niall MacGinnis' Macginnis' character is referred to as the Green Knight, but has more in common with Sir Turquine as the guy hanging knight's shields in a tree or Sir Melligrance.Melligrance as the guy who kidnaps Guinevere.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Here Gawain and Gareth escape death at Lancelot's hands.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Gawain and Gareth
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Gawain and GarethGareth are always seen together.
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until 2004's ''Film/KingArthur'' that is), Arthurians myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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* AnachronismStew: Like most literary and movie depictions (until 2004's ''Film/KingArthur'' ''Film/KingArthur2004'' that is), Arthurians Arthurian myths are portrayed with [[TheLateMiddleAges Late Middle Ages]] clothes, armors, weapons, {{Jousting Lance}}s, English language and stone castles. The real trouble starts when the story is said to take place right after the end of Roman Britannia (circa 410 AD), right at the beginning...
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer Creator/MelFerrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'' and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's version of the Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'' d'Arthur]]'', and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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* AdaptationalMundanity: Most of the magical elements are all removed. Myth/{{Merlin}} is just a royal advisor/spymaster whose poisoned instead of the powerful wizard imprisoned in a cave or tree. Morgan is an ambitious woman rather than a Witch-Queen. However the Sword in the Stone still plays an important role and the Holy Grail appears in a vision.
* AdaptedOut: Sir Tristan, although Mark of Cornwall shows up as one of the rebel kings. The Lady of the Lake.
* AdaptedOut: Sir Tristan, although Mark of Cornwall shows up as one of the rebel kings. The Lady of the Lake.
* CompositeCharacter: Merlin takes Sir Ector's role as Arthur's foster-father.
** Elaine here composites Elaine of Corbenic the mother of Galahad, the name of Elaine of Astolat, and Percival's sister Dindrane.
** Mordred seems to be a mix between Morgan's husband King Urien and the original Mordred.
** Niall MacGinnis' character is referred to as the Green Knight, but has more in common with Sir Turquine or Sir Melligrance.
** Lancelot's takes over Arthur's role as the one who kills Mordred and Bedivere's as the knight who throws Excalibur into the water.
** Elaine here composites Elaine of Corbenic the mother of Galahad, the name of Elaine of Astolat, and Percival's sister Dindrane.
** Mordred seems to be a mix between Morgan's husband King Urien and the original Mordred.
** Niall MacGinnis' character is referred to as the Green Knight, but has more in common with Sir Turquine or Sir Melligrance.
** Lancelot's takes over Arthur's role as the one who kills Mordred and Bedivere's as the knight who throws Excalibur into the water.
* DemotedToExtra: Bedivere, Vivian, and Galahad.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Mordred and Arthur usually go out in a mutual kill at Camlann. Here Mordred survives only to be killed by Lancelot afterwards.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Mordred and Arthur usually go out in a mutual kill at Camlann. Here Mordred survives only to be killed by Lancelot afterwards.
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* ExcaliburInTheStone: The sword is stuck in an anvil at the beginning of the film. Whosoever can pull it out of the anvil becomes the legitimate king. Mordred can't pull it, then Arthur does effortlessly. That part falls into MaybeMagicMaybeMundane territory, as no magic is shown in the film otherwise.
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* ExcaliburInTheStone: The sword Excalibur is stuck in an anvil at the beginning of the film. Whosoever can pull it out of the anvil becomes the legitimate king. Mordred can't pull it, then Arthur does effortlessly. That part falls into MaybeMagicMaybeMundane territory, as no magic is shown in the film otherwise.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Elaine of Corbenic is made Percival's sister.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Elaine of Corbenic is made Percival's sister.sister, making Percival Galahad's uncle.
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** Its unclear if Gawain, Gareth, and Agravaine are brothers or not here. It also unclear if they're related to Arthur at all.
** Likewise if Sir Lionel and Sir Ector are related to Lancelot. Ector might be Ector De Maris, Lancelot's half-brother or the Ector who was Arthur's guardian.
** Likewise if Sir Lionel and Sir Ector are related to Lancelot. Ector might be Ector De Maris, Lancelot's half-brother or the Ector who was Arthur's guardian.
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* ArrowsOnFire: In battle against the Picts, Lancelot has his men launch flaming arrows. They ignite the grass and make a wildfire that greatly disrupts the Picts.
* DeathByChildbirth: Elaine dies off-screen giving birth to Lancelot's son, Galahad.
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* {{Excalibur}}: The sword is stuck in an anvil at the beginning of the film. Whosoever can pull it out of the anvil becomes the legitimate king. Mordred can't pull it, then Arthur does effortlessly. That part falls into MaybeMagicMaybeMundane territory, as no magic is shown in the film otherwise.
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* {{Excalibur}}: ExcaliburInTheStone: The sword is stuck in an anvil at the beginning of the film. Whosoever can pull it out of the anvil becomes the legitimate king. Mordred can't pull it, then Arthur does effortlessly. That part falls into MaybeMagicMaybeMundane territory, as no magic is shown in the film otherwise.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Elaine of Corbenic is made Percival's sister.
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* WilliamTelling: Gawain tries to shoot an apple off a man's head, but the man is forced to move or else the arrow would have hit him in the face. Lancelot takes his turn and hits the arrow.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even related to Arthur in the original legends.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even related to Arthur in the original legends.legends, making this some form of RevisitingTheRoots.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Due to the censors, Mordred is transformed from being Arthur's illegitimate son (via incest) to Morgan Le Fay's husband. Bizarrely, the earliest version of Mordred was not even related to Arthur in the original legends.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values. All three were filmed at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' ''Film/TheAdventuresOfQuentinDurward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values. All three were filmed at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London.
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* YeGoodeOldeDays: No [[TheDungAges dirty peasants or smelly knights]] to be seen here. The film is full to the brim with bright colors, either on the knights' armors or on their horses.
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* YeGoodeOldeDays: No [[TheDungAges dirty peasants or smelly knights]] to be seen here. The film is closer to a ChivalricRomance and full to the brim with bright colors, either on the knights' armors or on their horses.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' ''[[Literature/LeMorteDarthur Le Morte d'Arthur]]'' and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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* LiteralAssKicking: When finishing the fight against the knights who were about to ambush Arthur on Mordred's orders, Lancelot [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments stings the butt]] of the last standing enemy with his sword.
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* LiteralAssKicking: When finishing the fight against the knights who were about to ambush Arthur on Mordred's orders, Lancelot [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments stings the butt]] butt of the last standing enemy with his sword.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur King Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values. All three were filmed at MGM's British Studios at Elstree, near London.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor and Felix Aylmer]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor and Felix Aylmer]]), Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values.
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The film is part of a ThematicSeries with 1952's ''Film/{{Ivanhoe}}'' and 1955's ''Quentin Durward'' (which were [[ProductionPosse also produced by MGM and directed by Richard Thorpe, and also starred Robert Taylor]]), Taylor and Felix Aylmer]]), with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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''Knights of the Round Table'' is a 1953 Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer film directed by Richard Thorpe - the studio's first production in Cinemascope. It was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'' and starred Robert Taylor Creator/RobertTaylor as Sir Lancelot, Creator/AvaGardner as Queen Guinevere, Mel Ferrer as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur Pendragon]], Anne Crawford as Morgan Le Fay, Stanley Baker as Mordred and Felix Aylmer as Merlin.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Amidst the [[BigBadassBattleSequence battle]], Mordred lifts a head on a spike, proclaiming it as Arthur's and saying the day is his. Then Arthur lifts his visor and proclaims he still lives, and that the day is his.
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* DecapitationPresentation: Amidst the [[BigBadassBattleSequence battle]], Mordred lifts a head on a spike, proclaiming it as Arthur's and saying the day is his. Then Arthur lifts his visor and proclaims he still lives, and that the day is his.his instead.
