The Sword in the Stone
Tired of living in a Medieval mess... Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny little boy into a legendary hero!
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire.On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom.He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere.
- Director
- Wolfgang Reitherman
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Humour
- Worldwide
- $22M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
15 billed performers
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Movie DNA
How The Sword in the Stone actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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What It's About
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Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Sword in the Stone returned 7.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $22M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 1963
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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