John Boorman's epic version of the King Arthur legend takes all the important elements
- the sword in the stone, the Knights of the Round Table, the quest for the Holy Grail, the love between Queen Guinevere & Sir Lancelot
- & holds them together in a single sweeping story. Nicol Williamson stars as a camp Merlin & Helen Mirren makes a suitably sinister Morgana, but the most memorable aspects of the film are its art direction & cinematography.