Camelot Page #4

Synopsis: The story of the marriage of England's King Arthur to Guinevere is played out amid the pagentry of Camelot. The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, whom she at first abhors, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights who would use their might for right.
Director(s): Joshua Logan
Production: Warner Home Video
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
47%
G
Year:
1967
179 min
3,448 Views


Proposition:

Is it far better to be aIive than dead?

Yes, far better.

If that is so...

...then why do we have wars...

...in which peopIe can get kiIIed?

I don't know, do you?

Yes.

Because somebody attacks.

Why do they attack?

Did I ever teII you...

...how MerIyn taught me how to think?

No.

By changing me into animaIs.

Oh, reaIIy! Arthur!

Jenny, I mean by making me beIieve...

...he had changed me into animaIs.

For instance, when a hawk

is up there Iooking down at the worId...

...there are no boundaries.

Right?

Yet boundaries are what

somebody aIways attacks about.

And you win by pushing them

back across something that...

...that doesn't exist.

So we have battIes for no reason at aII.

Why, Jenny, why?

Because Iadies Iove knights.

To see your knight in armor....

That's it, Jenny.

Jenny, that is it!

It's the armor!

It's the armor, Jenny.

The armor.

OnIy the knights are rich enough

to have armor. The foot soIdiers....

WeII, they have nothing.

So, aII that can happen

to a knight is...

...an occasionaI...

...dent.

Proposition:

Right or wrong...

...if they have the might.

So right or wrong, they're aIways right.

That's wrong.

Right?

I'm here.

Suppose we create

a new order of chivaIry?

A new order where

might is onIy used for right.

To improve instead of to destroy.

We'II invite aII knights...

...and kings of aII kingdoms to Iay down

their arms to come and join us.

Oh, yes, Jenny.

And we'II...

...take one of the Iarge rooms

in the castIe...

...put a tabIe in it

and aII the knights wiII gather at it.

And do what?

TaIk across it.

Debate.

Make Iaws.

PIan improvements.

But, Arthur, do you think

aII the knights wiII ever want to...

...to do such a ridicuIousIy

peacefuI thing?

We'II make it a great honor.

Very fashionabIe.

Everyone wiII want to join.

OnIy now...

...the knights wiII whack onIy for good.

Might for right.

Might for right.

Might...

...for right!

That's it, Jenny!

Might....

No, not might is right!

Might...

...for...

...right!

It's very originaI.

And civiIized, Jenny.

It wiII have to be

an awfuIIy Iarge tabIe.

What of jeaIousy? AII wiII cIaim

superiority and want to sit at the head.

We'II make it...

...a round tabIe.

So there is no head.

A round tabIe!

My father's got one

that wouId be perfect. It seats 150.

He had it as a wedding present

and he never used it.

We'II send the heraIds

Riding through the country

TeII every Iiving person far and near

That there is simpIy not

In aII the worId a spot

Where ruIes a more respIendent king

Than here

In CameIot

CameIot

In far off France

I hear you caII

To you aIone I'II give my aII

I know in my souI

what you expect of me

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Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors. more…

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