E X T E N S I O N ARTHUR S LEGEND IN THE CINEMA The Arthurian legends have inspired many film directors and each of them has given his own interpretation of the famous story, producing a great variety of films. The following are just a few of them. Knights of the Round Table (1953, director Richard Thorpe) is a great adventure-romance film shot1 in England. The Sword in the Stone (1963, director Wolfgang Reitheman) is the famous Walt Disney cartoon. It focuses on2 the adventures of young Arthur; the magician Merlin acts as his tutor and helps him to become king. Camelot (1967, director Joshua Logan) is based on a Broadway musical and it focuses on the love triangle between King Arthur (Richard Harris), Queen Guenevere (Vanessa Redgrave) and Sir Lancelot (Franco Nero). Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, directors Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones) is a comic version of the Arthurian legends but it contains a great quantity of historical details. Excalibur (1981, director John Borman) turns the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table into3 a dark tale where the mythical sword Excalibur and the episodes connected to it have the most important role. 1. shot (shoot-shot-shot): filmed. 2. focuses on: pays special attention to. 3. turns into: transforms... into. 78