***A really, really poor movie, BTW. **
Them’s fightin’ words Pardnah! MY FAVORITE!
Saw it at the theater back in 1963. NO CGI crap in it! Got the Miriam edition on DVD! WIDESCREEN!
The VCR version was horrible. faded color, full screen horrible.
Agree to disagree?
Stilted dialogue. Negative chemistry between Charlton and Sophia. Wildly inaccurate history.
I particularly liked the King’s champion (Sophia’s father) who Charlton defeats in single combat. Not only does the extended clash of arms in the castle not bring a single observer, but “the champion” is a middle-aged butterball actor who wouldn’t last 30 seconds in any type of hand to hand combat. (Heston was at least believable as a fighter.)
Should have said that they did do the crowd and battle scenes pretty well.