King Arthur - to which Logan's unrecorded response was apparently in the affirmative. : As Lancelot Franco Nero is wooden at best, handsome yes, but wooden. [21] The Castillo de Coca was the inspiration for the film's production design, which was re-created on the studio backlot in Burbank, California. Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero met while making this film and soon afterwards (amidst many lurid headlines) had a child together. : Far better. According to his son Jared Harris, after filming wrapped, Richard Harris was asked where King Arthur's crown went. Camelot opts for having Arthur (Richard Harris) skip through an icy forest on a soundstage, clinging to fairylit boughs and singing about being scared of girls. For "one brief shining moment" maybe there was a perfect world somewhere before it all came crashing down. ", Film Review: How I Learned to Live with Being a Star, Alczar de Segovia, Segovia, Castilla y Len, Spain. Such is the stuff of film scenes. [singing] King Arthur Hemmings climbed out on to the balcony. Camelot - Awards - IMDb : : [36], Film Quarterly's William Johnson called Camelot "Hollywood at its best and worst," praising the film's ideals and Harris and Redgrave's performances but bemoaning its lavish sets and three-hour-running time. : Yes-Yes. A fine director of drama but with no skill at setting the right tone for a musical although that didn't stop the studios from handing him several throughout the years ending with the disaster of Paint Your Wagon. The stitches reopened when Harris went out to party (against the doctor's orders), and this further delayed his recovery. But I do agree, it's time to take a big budget crack at this again. Th. You sure you heard them properIy? To improve instead of to destroy! Sung by Vanessa Redgrave, Gary Marshal, Anthony Rogers, and Peter Bromilow. Arthur ponders how distant Guenevere has become recently ("How to Handle a Woman"). You could defend me all over the world in France and England, Mongolia. The plot of illegitimate Mordred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights. Camelot (1967) - Turner Classic Movies The song written for the Broadway musical includes the lyrics, "Shall I not be on a pedestal, worshiped and competed for?/Not be carried off or better still, cause a little war?" Richard Harris: 6 feet 2 inches", according to his salute for Kirk Douglas at AFI ceremony. Might - For - Right! Did Vanessa Redgrave do her own singing in Camelot? The film received five nominations at the 40th Academy Awards and won three; Best Score, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design. Vanessa Redgrave's daughter Natasha Richardson was at one time married to Robert Fox. director of photography Film Editing by Folmar Blangsted Production Design by Art Direction by Edward Carrere Set Decoration by I wish I had seen the original Broadway production of Camelot. Camelot (1967) directed by Joshua Logan - Letterboxd Guinevere Vanessa Redgrave stars as Fnelon.. How dare you insuIt me in this fashion? : We'll make it a great honor. They also worked together in "A Quiet Place In The Country", and then in Letters to Juliet (2010), as lovers who found each other after years apart. Might - for - right. [31] Retrospectively, Alice Grellner suggested the movie served as "an escape from the disillusionment of Vietnam, the bitterness and disenchantment of the antiwar demonstrations, and the grim reality of the war on the evening television news" and reminder of John F. Kennedy's presidency. He felt that Julie Andrews was too wholesome as Guenevere, whom he saw as a true femme fatale. Vanessa Redgrave - Movies, Age & Daughter - Biography He does this by praying, and shortly thereafter, he readily goes to bed with Arthur's wife. : Dame Vanessa Redgrave DBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. One of them is the musical "Camelot," based on the stage production by Lerner and Loewe. And do what? [37] Variety magazine ran a positive review, declaring that the film "qualifies as one of Hollywood's alltime great screen musicals," praising the "clever screenplay" and "often exquisite sets and costumes. : According to his autobiography, "the castles in England are either in ruins or have modern additions, whereas Spain is filled with entire castles that were built in the Middle Ages." He doesn't age.