Excalibur From ‘King Arthur’ and Other Iconic Swords in Film

Variety ^ | MAY 14, 2017

[Smittie]

Arthur raised by prostitutes? I must have missed something in my readings growing up...I guess they were kind and virtuous and working their way through (k)night school...?

[RandallFlagg]

The upcoming movie, “The Dark Tower,” has a character named Roland who is a Gunslinger.
His revolvers are (According to the books) forged from the metal used for the sword Excalibur.

[Swordmaker]

Excalibur.

Truncated from the Latin: Ex calx Liberatus.

Ex = From, Out of
Calx -Limestone, stone
Liberatus = Freed.
In English: “Out of the stone freed”

Excalibur.

[pa_dweller]

And don't forget

[Nailbiter]

I thought Helen Mirrens career was launched much earlier in different kind of film

[Kartographer]

"There can be only one!"

[BenLurkin]

“Some day a king will come, and the sword will rise again.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dV_HaaQfLU

Wagner rocks in the finale

[BenLurkin]

As Hermia in "A Midsummer's Night Dream (1968)

[Company Man]

Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

[semaj]

Simply out: Arthur had Merlin, who knew the secret of making steel.

[JohnyBoy]

> Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

Probably still works better than socialism. Hehe.

[Charles Martel]

In English: “Out of the stone freed”

Hmm. I see the Latin name, but I thought that the "sword in the stone" was Merlin's "test" and was not actually Excalibur (which was later given to Arthur by The Lady of the Lake). At least, that's the way I recall the Brits attempting to reconcile the two legends.

[nutmeg]

Very interesting... thanks!

[Gene Eric]

Interesting, Swordmaker.

Here’s what I got from Chambers:

ORIGIN: OFr Escalibor, for Caliburn; cf Caladbolg, a famous sword in Irish legend

[fso301]

I’ve noticed that in general, Hollywood portrays the hero using a katana while the villain uses a medieval sword.

[raybbr]

Huh? No mention of this one...

[camle]

i thought the lady of the lake gave excalibur to arthur

[mykroar]

Three blade sword from The Sword and the Sorcerer. Great cheesy movie.

[mykroar]

After he’d thrown it away. He initially pulled it from the stone.