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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.

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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 Reviews:
Not quite the book, but nice indeed.. more (49 total)

Cast

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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
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

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Trivia:
Character designer Bill Peet gave Merlin Walt Disney's nose. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the scenes where it is raining outside Merlin's room at Sir Ector's castle, whenever Merlin steps in front of the window you can see the matte used to superimpose the live-action rain silhouetted over him. 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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References Bambi (1942) more
Soundtrack:
Blue Oak Tree more

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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Not quite the book, but nice indeed.., 27 March 1999
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Author: Robert M Vermaat (philippine@pwcons.com) from Houten, The Netherlands

This very nice Disney Classic was based on the children's novel by TH White. This was not yet that very well-known, heavy novel titled "the Once and Future King" that so many later movies were based upon, but the lighthearted earlier version. Many agreed that the later novel has disfigured the first, so that we may be thankful for the Disney version!

Though it does not quite follow the book (this is hardly possible, at times) it is a very good version as animated movies go. Not tedious, though of an age where children were meant to learn something from a movie...

A collectors item!

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