excalibur be a truly atmospheric film . it have the ability to take you back to the time it depict and without use sentimentality or rise tint spectacle . have see the film numerous time and i still get more out of it with every viewing . it certainly seem to start many career on the right path and many of the actor be very well know now . my only sadness be that paul geoffrey and nigel terry and two of the main character actor and seem not to have become such household name . they both stand out in the film and to my mind have make it what it be and brilliant . great direction and production and photography and music . king arthur himself would have be proud of it .