Mists of Avalon Movie Review 2001

A womancentric version of the story of Camelot based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's 1982 bestseller. Morgaine (Margulies) is the niece of the Lady of the Lake, Viviane (Huston), who raises her in the mother/goddess religion even as Christianity takes hold of the land. Morgaine is reunited with her half-brother Arthur (Atterton), who is betrothed to the Christian Gwenhwyfer (Mathis), who falls for Arthur's best friend and knight, Lancelot (Vartan). But as the years pass, Viking invasions and familial circumstances threaten to tear Arthur's kingdom apart and Morgaine can only watch as the vision of Avalon disappears as well.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 180 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Camelot (Old), Female Bonding, Fantasy, Big Battles, Occult, Pregnant Pauses, Royalty, British, Romantic Triangles

Screenplay

Gavin Scott

Cast

Julianna Margulies, Anjelica Huston, Samantha Mathis, Edward Atterton, Joan Allen, Michael Vartan, Hans Matheson, Caroline Goodall, Michael Byrne, Clive Russell, Mark Lewis Jones

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director

Uli Edel

Music

Lee Holdridge