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A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English histo... Read allA poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Rickie Sorensen
- Wart
- (voice)
Sebastian Cabot
- Sir Ector
- (voice)
- …
Karl Swenson
- Merlin
- (voice)
Junius Matthews
- Archimedes
- (voice)
Martha Wentworth
- Madam Mim
- (voice)
- …
Norman Alden
- Sir Kay
- (voice)
Alan Napier
- Sir Pellinore
- (voice)
Richard Reitherman
- Wart
- (voice)
Robert Reitherman
- Wart
- (voice)
Jack Albertson
- Knight in Crowd #1
- (uncredited)
Barbara Jo Allen
- Scullery Maid
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Fred Darian
- The Minstrel in opening sequence
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
James MacDonald
- The Wolf
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Tudor Owen
- Knight in Crowd
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft
- Black Bart
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Wolfgang Reitherman
- Clyde Geronimi(earlier film clips) (uncredited)
- David Hand(earlier film clips) (uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough Walt Disney never knew it, he himself was character designer Bill Peet's model for Merlin. Peet saw them both as argumentative, cantankerous, but playful and very intelligent. Peet also gave Merlin Walt's nose. This was the second instance in which Walt unknowingly served as model for a wizard, the first being the wizard Yensid from the Sorcerer's Apprentice in Fantasia (1940). This explains why the character was given the name Yensid. This read backwards is Disney.
- GoofsThroughout the entire film Wart's voice keeps on changing from being child-like to adult-like. One of the easiest spots to notice this is in the throne room towards the end when Wart is trying to get somebody else to take his place. He says "Oh Archimedes, I wish Merlin were here!" in his adult voice, then the camera goes to a distant view and he calls "Merlin, Merlin" in his child voice.
- Alternate versionsThe UK DVD version omits part of Madam Mim's first line "Sounds like someone's sick. How lovely. I do hope it's serious. Something dreadful." She now says "Sounds like someone's sick. How lovely."
- ConnectionsEdited into The Jungle Book (1967)
- SoundtracksThe Legend of the Sword in the Stone
(1963) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Sung by Fred Darian
Featured review
Lowbrow fun
This isn't usually counted as being one of the top-ranking Disney films, but I insist on not being snobbish in this list, and remembering the films that brought me joy as a kid. Wart gets to be a squirrel, a bird and a fish during this film which plays fast and loose with Arthurian legend. Merlin is great, and his battle with Madam Mim the stuff of legend. It's not big, it's not clever, but it is fun!
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Die Hexe und der Zauberer
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,000,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,230,614
- Mar 27, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $12,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original & negative ratio, open matte)
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By what name was The Sword in the Stone (1963) officially released in India in English?
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