Excalibur is not a thing, something you can hold in your hand.
Excalibur is the good in you.
The power to do good, to stand up for what's right, to slay dragons, to capture bank robbers.
You always carry Excalibur in your heart.


Robert Tinnell, Kids of the Round Table (1995)

Friday, December 26, 2025

Coming Soon - Excalibur Limited Edition Blu-ray


Excalibur Limited Edition Blu-ray

Current price: $45.00. 
Recommended Retail Price: $59.99. Save $14.99.

Pre-order
Release Date: 24 February 2026



Product Overview


Arrow Video

FORGED BY A GOD. FORETOLD BY A WIZARD. FOUND BY A KING.

From John Boorman, the director of Point Blank, Deliverance and Zardoz comes the definitive cinematic telling of the life and enduring legend of King Arthur, from birth to death and beyond.

Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! Forged when the world was young, and bird and beast and flower were one with man and death was but a dream. Given by Merlin to Uther Pendragon to unite the land in peace but wasted on lust. Driven into stone by Uther's dying hand, there to await the coming of a true King. A journey into the wonders and horrors of the imagination, this is the story of Arthur, the knights of the round table, the golden age of Camelot, the quest for the Holy Grail and of course, the wizard, Merlin.

With an extraordinary cast that includes Helen Mirren, Gabriel Byrne, Nicol Williamson and Liam Neeson, Oscar-nominated cinematography by Alex Thomson (Legend) and a thundering score by Trevor Jones, Excalibur returns in a stunning new restoration. From the blood and mud of the battlefield, to the glowing green of ancient woods and gleaming gold of Camelot, experience Excalibur as you never have before.


Product Features


3-DISC 4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm negative by Arrow Films presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1 for the first time on home video
  • Contains both the 141-minute Theatrical Cut and the 120-minute TV Version of the film
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options
  • Collectors' perfect-bound booklet containing writing by Charlie Brigden, K.A. Laity, Kimberly Lindbergs, Josh Nelson, Philip Kemp, John Reppion, Icy Sedgwick and Jez Winship
  • Double-sided fold-out poster featuring two original artwork options
  • Six postcard-sized reproduction art cards

DISC 1 - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)

  • 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation of the 141min Theatrical Cut of the film in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
  • Restored original lossless mono and DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio options
  • Brand new audio commentary by Brian Hoyle, author of The Cinema of John Boorman
  • Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker David Kittredge, director of Boorman and the Devil

DISC 2 - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)

  • The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie, a never before released 48-minute documentary directed by Neil Jordan during the production of Excalibur
  • To Be a Knight and Follow a King, a newly filmed interview with director John Boorman and actor Charley Boorman
  • When Death Was but a Dream, a newly filmed interview with creative associate Neil Jordan
  • The Charm of Making, a newly filmed interview with production designer Anthony Pratt
  • Confessions of a Professional "Pain-in-the-ass", a newly filmed interview with 2nd unit director Peter MacDonald
  • Anam Cara, a new featurette on the working friendship of John Boorman and co-writer Rospo Pallenberg featuring a newly filmed interview with Pallenberg
  • Divided Nature, a brand new featurette by film historians Howard S. Berger and Kevin Marr
  • Trailers
  • Image galleries

DISC 3 - BONUS (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE BLU-RAY)

  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the 120-minute TV Version of the film, previously unavailable on home video
  • Original lossless mono audio
  • Excalibur: Behind the Movie, a 50-minute retrospective documentary in which cast and crew look back on the making of the film



Product details


Run Time
141 / 120 MINS
Director
John Boorman
Certificate
R
Actor
Nigel Terry Nicol Williamson Helen Mirren Liam Neeson
Subtitle Languages
English SDH
Theatrical Release Year
1981
Main Language
English
Number of Discs
3
Region
A
Brand
Arrow Films

UPDATE Revisioning Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Essays on David Lowery's The Green Knight (proposals by 1/2/2026)

Revisioning Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Essays on David Lowery's The Green Knight


deadline for submissions:
January 2, 2026

full name / name of organization:
Drew Maxwell and Melissa Crofton

contact email:
dmaxwell@trentu.ca

source: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/11/11/revisioning-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-essays-on-david-lowerys-the-green-knight


For close to nine hundred years, Gawain has been a favorite hero in Arthurian myth, especially when it comes to his appearance in the late fourteenth century chivalric romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. While scholarship on the poem continues to expand in many fascinating ways, David Lowery’s 2021 film adaptation, The Green Knight, has changed the way scholars can approach and teach the medieval poem. We have a contract with Boydell and Brewer and confirmed contributors; however, we have lost a few contributors and are looking for one or two more chapters for the book. We are particularly looking for chapters that discuss race and/or toxic masculinity in the poem and film, or possibly other adaptations of the poem (particularly film adaptations other than Lowery’s The Green Knight).



Please send a 250-word proposal to Dr. Melissa Crofton and Dr. Drew Maxwell to TheGreenKnightCasebook@gmail.com by January 2, 2026. Early abstract submissions are welcomed/encouraged. Due to contract agreements with Boydell and Brewer, we have a tight deadline in place, and we will need finished chapters by the spring of 2026.


Last updated November 14, 2025