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The Guild Recommends: Excalibur

The Guild Recommends: Excalibur

Thoughts on a film about King Arthur that actually works

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In my lifetime there have been three major attempts to bring the Arthurian saga to the big screen: 1995’s First Knight (starring Sean Connery as Arthur), 2004’s King Arthur (Clive Owen), and 2017’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (Charlie Hunnam). Each failed to make a claim on the hearts of viewers. The most recent one was reckoned such a commercial d…

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