The Sword in the Stone Movie Review 1963

The Disney version of the first volume of T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" wherein King Arthur, as a boy, is instructed in the ways of the world by Merlin and Archimedes the owl. Although not in the Disney masterpiece fold, boasts the usual superior animation and a gripping mythological tale.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 79 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Animation & Cartoons, Medieval Romps, Demons & Wizards, Coming of Age, Disney Animated Movies, Camelot (Old), Top Grossing Films of 1963

Screenplay

Bill Peet

Director

Wolfgang Reitherman

Music

George Bruns

Other

Ricky Sorenson, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Alan Napier, Norman Alden, Martha Wentworth, Barbara Jo Allen, Donald Halliday

Producer

Disney