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- 1967
- G
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 2 h 59 m
- 1967
- G
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 2 h 59 m
Summary King Arthur battles Sir Lancelot for the love of Queen Guinevere in this adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical.
Directed By: Joshua Logan
Written By: Alan Jay Lerner, T.H. White
- 1967
- G
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 2 h 59 m
- 1967
- G
- Warner Bros./Seven Arts
- 2 h 59 m
Camelot
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4.8
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Summary King Arthur battles Sir Lancelot for the love of Queen Guinevere in this adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical.
Directed By: Joshua Logan
Written By: Alan Jay Lerner, T.H. White
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
70
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Camelot, then, is exactly what we were promised: ornate, visually beautiful, romantic and staged as the most lavish production in the history of the Hollywood musical. If that's what you like, you'll like it. I'll just crouch in the corner here and gnaw my haunch of beef and send the wench to fetch more ale.
There are times when musical/comedy elements and the darker, serious drama of the love triangle war with each other. This is one of the great romantic tragedies of all time, and the film falls short of doing it justice.
The film loses steam, sabotaged by Joshua Logan's too-obvious direction and receiving little help from a score by Lerner and Loewe that remains one of their minor efforts.
Unfortunately, there is nothing royal about Camelot's carious screen version. It has been brought crunchingly down to earth by the churlish touch of Director Joshua Logan.
What it basically needed in its transfer to the screen was a drenching in cinema magic to remove all the dull and pretentious patches of realism and romantic cliché that kept it from sparkling in the theater. And that's what we all hoped it would have. Well, it hasn't, alas.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
