Camelot (film)

Camelot
Theatrical release poster by Bob Peak
Directed byJoshua Logan
Screenplay byAlan Jay Lerner
Based on
Produced byJack L. Warner
Starring
CinematographyRichard H. Kline
Edited byFolmar Blangsted
Music byFrederick Loewe
Alfred Newman[1]
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • October 25, 1967 (1967-10-25)
Running time
180 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million
Box office$31.1 million[2]

Camelot is a 1967 American musical fantasy drama film directed by Joshua Logan and written by Alan Jay Lerner, based on the 1960 stage musical of the same name by Lerner and Frederick Loewe. It stars Richard Harris as King Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Guenevere, and Franco Nero as Lancelot, with David Hemmings, Lionel Jeffries, and Laurence Naismith.

In April 1961, Warner Bros. obtained the rights to produce a film adaptation, with Lerner attached to write the screenplay. However, it was temporarily shelved as the studio decided to adapt My Fair Lady first. In 1966, development resumed with Joshua Logan hired as director. Original cast members Richard Burton and Julie Andrews were approached to reprise their roles from the stage musical, but both declined and were replaced with Harris and Redgrave. Filming took place on location in Spain and on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California.

Camelot was released on October 25, 1967, to mixed reviews, but was a commercial success, grossing $31.5 million against a $13 million budget and becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 1967. It received five nominations for the 40th Academy Awards and won three: Best Score, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design. It also won three Golden Globe Awards, for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Richard Harris), Best Original Song (for "If Ever I Would Leave You"), and Best Original Score.

  1. ^ "Camelot". United States Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. ^ "Camelot (1967)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2012.