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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Silly movie, bad DVD
Review date: 2008-02-06 Rating: 4 out of 10
This is a very silly but somewhat enjoyable fantasy movie, starring Miles O'Keeffe (in a very bad wig) as Sir Gawain. Muscle man O'Keeffe is helped by a strong supporting cast, including Sean Connery (in a smaller part than you'd expect from a title character, and an even worse wig), Lila Kedrova, Peter Cushing and John Rhys-Davies. The movie has a paper thin plot and bad special effects. Don't expect a quality movie, but seen as campy entertainment, it almost works.
The DVD is very bad. From a major studio like MGM, I would have expected better. The movie is meant to be shown with a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, but this release (except for the opening credits) is badly pan and scanned, and there's very few scenes that don't suffer greatly from it. The action scenes are especially bad but also some dialogue scenes look awful, with half of each characters head cut out. I found this cheap and I would not advice anyone to pay the full price for such a bad DVD. But if you really want to see the movie, try to see if you can find a cheap copy.
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Reviews
Absolutely Brilliant mystical fun!
Review date: 2006-02-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
This has to be one of the campest arthurian films available with bad hairdos and spandex tights aplenty! Brilliant acting and scene play and AMAZING music makes this mystical comedy worthy of the same respect of Sword and the sorceror, Krull and Hawk the Slayer!! A MUST HAVE FOR FANTASY FANS!!!!
Avoid it
Review date: 2004-07-06 Rating: 2 out of 10
Well, what a fun cast, good premises, big disappointment. The DVD version is changed from cinemascope to full screen, the picture is pretty dark and blurry. The film is not too good to begin with, but is acceptable. What's the point of issuing it on DVD with such a sloppy edition? Beats me.
Sword Valiant Review
Review date: 2004-05-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
Great film, features Sean Connery and a host of familiar faces, except the blonde haired actor playing the main character! The film really captures the spirit of arthurian stories. No extra features though which is disappointing.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Miles O'Keeffe
Thomas Heathcote
Trevor Howard
Sean Connery
Leigh Lawson
Creators:
Thomas Heathcote (Primary Contributor)
Miles O'Keeffe (Primary Contributor)
Stephen Weeks (Writer)
Basil Keys (Producer)
Menahem Golan (Producer)
Howard C. Pen (Writer)
Philip M. Breen (Writer)
Rosemary Sutcliff (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: MGM
Manufacturer: MGM
EAN: 9780792860259
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 079286025X
Number of items: 1
Format: Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC,
Release date: 2004-04-06
Universal product code (UPC): 027616903938
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 102 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1984-08-17
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)