Arthur
Arthur is listed as King. Son of Uther and Igrayne, destined to unite the land. In the parsed data, Arthur is connected to 29 scenes, 31 dialogue lines, 38 text mentions, first appearing around scene 21.
29 scenes / 31 dialogue lines72Scenes
15Characters
78Pages
8Dialogue samples
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EXCALIBUR Save the Cat analysis
EXCALIBUR opens with Merlin amid a brutal battle as Uther’s obsession and magic lead to Arthur’s birth and destiny.
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Merlin
Merlin is listed as Wizard. Ancient, ageless, powerful, often crazed or cryptic. In the parsed data, Merlin is connected to 22 scenes, 30 dialogue lines, 43 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
22 scenes / 30 dialogue linesLancelot
Lancelot is listed as Knight. The best knight in Christendom, champion of Arthur. In the parsed data, Lancelot is connected to 22 scenes, 14 dialogue lines, 27 text mentions, first appearing around scene 24.
22 scenes / 14 dialogue linesUther Pendragon
Uther Pendragon is listed as King. Fierce, lustful, weary warrior. In the parsed data, Uther Pendragon is connected to 19 scenes, 26 dialogue lines, 26 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
19 scenes / 26 dialogue linesPerceval
Perceval is listed as Knight. Wild boy turned knight, seeker of the Grail. In the parsed data, Perceval is connected to 18 scenes, 22 dialogue lines, 28 text mentions, first appearing around scene 34.
18 scenes / 22 dialogue linesGuenevere
Guenevere is listed as Queen. Daughter of Leondegrance, wife of Arthur. In the parsed data, Guenevere is connected to 16 scenes, 6 dialogue lines, 14 text mentions, first appearing around scene 20.
16 scenes / 6 dialogue linesMorgana
Morgana is listed as Sorceress. Daughter of Igrayne, pale, cunning, icy eyes. In the parsed data, Morgana is connected to 15 scenes, 14 dialogue lines, 17 text mentions, first appearing around scene 30.
15 scenes / 14 dialogue linesSir Kay
Sir Kay is listed as Knight. Son of Ector, brother to Arthur. In the parsed data, Sir Kay is connected to 15 scenes, 5 dialogue lines, 5 text mentions, first appearing around scene 36.
15 scenes / 5 dialogue linesIgrayne
Igrayne is listed as Queen. Beautiful, innocent, wife of the Duke of Cornwall. In the parsed data, Igrayne is connected to 9 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 8 text mentions, first appearing around scene 4.
9 scenes / 4 dialogue linesSir Uryens
Sir Uryens is listed as Knight. Warlord, ally of Arthur. In the parsed data, Sir Uryens is connected to 8 scenes, 3 dialogue lines, 3 text mentions, first appearing around scene 19.
8 scenes / 3 dialogue linesLot
Lot is listed as Knight. Warlord, rival to Arthur. In the parsed data, Lot is connected to 8 scenes, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 3.
8 scenes / 1 dialogue linesMordred
Mordred is listed as Antagonist. Son of Arthur and Morgana, evil, beautiful. In the parsed data, Mordred is connected to 7 scenes, 13 dialogue lines, 23 text mentions, first appearing around scene 56.
7 scenes / 13 dialogue linesSir Gawain
Sir Gawain is listed as Knight. Knight of the Round Table. In the parsed data, Sir Gawain is connected to 6 scenes, 6 dialogue lines, 7 text mentions, first appearing around scene 38.
6 scenes / 6 dialogue linesSir Ector
Sir Ector is listed as Knight. Foster father to Arthur. In the parsed data, Sir Ector is connected to 5 scenes, 3 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 12.
5 scenes / 3 dialogue linesDuke of Cornwall
Duke of Cornwall is listed as Warlord. Icy, cunning, rival to Uther. In the parsed data, Duke of Cornwall is connected to 3 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
3 scenes / 4 dialogue linesScene outline
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1. EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
Merlin searches for Uther amidst a chaotic battle in a burning forest.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon -
2. EXT. RIVER, FOREST - DAY
Uther and the Duke of Cornwall meet at the river to negotiate peace.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon, Duke of Cornwall, Sir Uryens, Lot -
3. INT. TINTAGEL CASTLE - HALL - NIGHT
A feast is held at Tintagel Castle where Uther becomes obsessed with Igrayne.
Uther Pendragon, Duke of Cornwall, Igrayne, Lot -
4. INT. PASSAGEWAY, TINTAGEL CASTLE - DAWN
Uther confronts Igrayne in the castle passageway.
Uther Pendragon, Igrayne -
5. EXT. WAR CAMP - BEFORE TINTAGEL CASTLE - DAY
Uther demands Merlin's help to possess Igrayne.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon -
6. EXT. CLIFF ABOVE THE SEA - TWILIGHT
Merlin uses magic to create a fog, allowing Uther to enter Tintagel Castle.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon -
7. INT. IGRAYNE'S BEDCHAMBER, TINTAGEL CASTLE - NIGHT
Uther, disguised by magic, sleeps with Igrayne.
Uther Pendragon, Igrayne -
8. INT. IGRAYNE'S BEDCHAMBER, TINTAGEL CASTLE - NIGHT
Uther confronts Igrayne after the birth of their child.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon, Igrayne, Morgana -
9. EXT. STONE IN THE FOREST - DAY
Uther, dying, drives Excalibur into a stone.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon, Duke of Cornwall, Lot -
10. EXT. FIELDS - DAY
Peasants flee from armored knights led by Sir Uryens who trample the crops.
Sir Uryens -
11. EXT. FARMYARD - EVENING
Sir Lot and his knights raid a hamlet, terrorizing the inhabitants.
Lot -
12. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - NIGHT
Sir Ector and his sons are ambushed by peasants but saved by passing knights.
Sir Ector, Sir Kay, Arthur -
13. EXT. SITE OF THE SWORD IN THE STONE - SUNRISE
Knights gather for a tournament at the site of the sword in the stone.
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14. EXT. JOUSTING GROUND - DAY
Knights joust; Arthur realizes he has lost Kay's sword.
Sir Ector, Sir Kay, Arthur -
15. INT. TENT - DAY
Arthur searches for the sword but finds it missing.
Arthur -
16. EXT. THE SWORD IN THE STONE - DAY
Arthur finds Excalibur and pulls it from the stone.
Arthur -
17. EXT. JOUSTING GROUND - DAY
Arthur gives the sword to Kay, leading to the discovery of his identity.
Arthur, Sir Kay, Sir Ector, Merlin, Sir Uryens, Lot -
18. EXT. FOREST - DAY
Arthur seeks Merlin's guidance.
Arthur, Merlin -
19. EXT. OUTSIDE THE CASTLE - NIGHT
Arthur leads a charge to save Leondegrance.
Arthur, Sir Uryens, Lot, Guenevere -
20. EXT. WOOD BY CAMELYARDE CASTLE - DAY
Guenevere tends to Arthur's wounds.
Arthur, Guenevere -
21. INT. BANQUET HALL, CAMELYARDE CASTLE - EVENING
Arthur and Guenevere celebrate at a banquet; Merlin reveals Arthur's future and the betrayal to come.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon, Arthur, Guenevere -
22. EXT. OAK FOREST - DAY
Arthur learns of a mysterious knight defeating his men and sets out to confront him.
Arthur, Sir Ector, Sir Kay, Sir Uryens, Lot -
23. EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY
Arthur finds Merlin and they travel together to meet the mysterious knight.
Merlin, Arthur -
24. EXT. GORGE THROUGH THE HILLS - DAY
Arthur duels Lancelot, Excalibur breaks, and Arthur retrieves it from the Lady of the Lake.
Merlin, Arthur, Lancelot -
25. EXT. ARTHUR'S WAR CAMP - NIGHT
Arthur celebrates victory and establishes the Round Table.
Merlin, Arthur, Sir Kay, Lancelot, Sir Gawain, Sir Uryens -
26. INT/EXT. FARMHOUSE / FARMYARD - DAY
Lancelot rescues a farm from marauding knights.
Lancelot -
27. EXT. SITE OF THE SWORD IN THE STONE - DAY
Lancelot presents prisoners to Arthur as a wedding gift.
Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot -
28. INT. PAVILION - DAY
Lancelot confesses his love for Guenevere to her.
Merlin, Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot -
29. INT. CHAPEL - DAY
Sir Kay inspects the chapel preparations for the wedding.
Sir Kay -
30. EXT. CHAPEL, SITE OF THE SWORD IN THE STONE - DAY
The wedding cortege arrives, and Merlin encounters Morgana.
Arthur, Guenevere, Sir Kay, Uther Pendragon, Sir Ector, Lancelot -
31. INT. CHAPEL - DAY
Arthur and Guenevere's wedding ceremony begins.
Sir Uryens, Morgana, Arthur, Guenevere -
32. EXT. SITE OF THE SWORD IN THE STONE - EVENING
Merlin and Morgana meet near the stone and discuss magic.
Merlin, Morgana -
33. INT. CHAPEL - EVENING
The wedding ceremony concludes with the blessing of the wine.
Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot -
34. EXT. FOREST, STREAM - DAY
Lancelot encounters Perceval in the forest.
Perceval, Lancelot -
35. EXT. SPARSE FOREST - DAY
Perceval follows Lancelot toward Camelot.
Lancelot, Perceval -
36. EXT. OUTSIDE CAMELOT, FOREST - DAY
Perceval arrives at Camelot and Lancelot departs.
Perceval, Lancelot, Sir Kay, Guenevere -
37. INT. HALL OF THE ROUND TABLE, CAMELOT - DAY
Arthur resolves a dispute between two commoners.
Guenevere, Arthur, Merlin, Morgana, Sir Gawain, Sir Kay -
38. INT. HALL OF THE ROUND TABLE - NIGHT
A feast is held, and Merlin and Morgana discuss power.
Merlin, Morgana, Arthur, Guenevere, Sir Gawain, Perceval -
39. EXT. HOVEL - COUNTRYSIDE - DAY
Perceval finds Lancelot.
Lancelot, Perceval -
40. INT. BEDCHAMBER, CAMELOT - NIGHT
Arthur and Guenevere discuss her trial.
Arthur, Guenevere -
41. EXT. WINDOW - NIGHT
Guenevere cries for Lancelot.
Guenevere -
42. EXT. EDGE OF THE FOREST, WALLS OF CAMELOT - NIGHT
Lancelot watches Guenevere.
Lancelot, Guenevere -
43. EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
Lancelot has a nightmare and wounds himself.
Lancelot -
44. EXT. JOUSTING GROUND OUTSIDE CAMELOT - DAWN
The trial by combat begins.
Guenevere, Arthur, Sir Gawain, Perceval, Lancelot -
45. INT. CELL, CAMELOT - EVENING
Lancelot is treated for his wounds.
Lancelot, Merlin, Guenevere, Arthur -
46. INT. CELL - EVENING
Guenevere tends to Lancelot's wound, expressing her love and intent to heal him.
Igrayne, Lancelot -
47. INT. HALL OF THE ROUND TABLE, CAMELOT - NIGHT
Arthur hosts a feast where tension between Lancelot, Guenevere, and Arthur becomes palpable.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon, Igrayne, Morgana, Lancelot -
48. EXT. FOREST GLADE - DAY
Lancelot rests in the forest, followed by Guenevere, where they succumb to their passion.
Igrayne, Lancelot -
49. EXT. BATTLEMENTS, CAMELOT - DUSK
Arthur confronts Merlin about his betrayal and his destiny.
Merlin, Uther Pendragon, Morgana -
50. EXT. FOREST GLADE - NIGHT
Arthur finds the lovers sleeping and leaves his sword between them.
Uther Pendragon, Igrayne, Lancelot -
51. INT. CAVE BENEATH CAMELOT - NIGHT
Merlin and Morgana engage in a magical ritual that ends with Merlin's entrapment.
Merlin, Morgana -
52. INT. BEDCHAMBER - DAY
Morgana uses magic to impersonate Guenevere and seduce Arthur.
Uther Pendragon, Morgana -
53. INT. CHAPEL, CAMELOT - NIGHT
Arthur attempts to take the chalice during mass, but lightning strikes it.
Uther Pendragon -
54. INT. HALL OF THE ROUND TABLE - DAY
Arthur sends his knights on a quest to find the secret to redeem the land.
Uther Pendragon, Sir Kay, Perceval, Sir Gawain -
55. EXT. HILLSIDE, MOORS - DAY
Morgana sacrifices Gawain to the giant's head, and Perceval arrives to confront her.
Morgana, Perceval, Mordred, Sir Gawain -
56. EXT. Bloody Grating - DAY
Morgana forces Mordred to hold a dagger to Perceval's throat, but Mordred hesitates and Perceval escapes.
Igrayne, Morgana, Perceval, Mordred -
57. EXT. Dead Forest - DAY
Perceval is attacked by a demented Lancelot in the forest.
Lancelot, Perceval -
58. EXT. Dead Forest and Stream - NIGHT
Perceval encounters a mysterious castle and the Holy Grail.
Perceval -
59. INT. Hall of the Round Table, Camelot - DAY
Arthur, aged and weary, learns that Mordred is at the gate.
Uther Pendragon, Sir Kay -
60. EXT. Gate, Camelot - DAY
Arthur meets Mordred at the gate.
Uther Pendragon, Sir Kay, Mordred -
61. INT. TENT - MORGANA'S DREAM - NIGHT
Merlin appears in Morgana's dream, threatening her while she attempts to cast a spell.
Merlin, Morgana -
62. INT. MORGANA'S TENT - NIGHT
Morgana finishes her spell in her sleep, causing a magical fog to erupt from her body.
Morgana -
63. EXT. MORGANA'S TENT, MORDRED'S WAR CAMP - NIGHT
The magical fog spreads through Mordred's camp.
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64. INT. MORGANA'S TENT - NIGHT
Mordred is alerted to the fog and goes to check on his mother.
Mordred -
65. EXT. MORDRED'S WAR CAMP - NIGHT
Mordred observes the fog and enters his mother's tent.
Mordred -
66. INT. MORGANA'S TENT - NIGHT
Mordred discovers Morgana dead.
Morgana, Mordred -
67. EXT. MOORS BY THE SEA - DAWN
Arthur prepares his knights for the final battle against Mordred.
Arthur, Sir Kay, Perceval -
68. EXT. MOORS BY THE SEA - DAY
The battle rages in the fog; Arthur and Perceval search for Mordred.
Arthur, Sir Kay, Lancelot, Perceval -
69. EXT. MOORS BY THE SEA - LATE DAY
Arthur finds a dying Lancelot and Kay after the battle.
Arthur, Sir Kay, Lancelot, Perceval -
70. EXT. MOORS BY THE SEA - EVENING
Arthur confronts Mordred and kills him, but is mortally wounded himself.
Arthur, Perceval, Mordred -
71. EXT. POOL, MOORS - EVENING
Perceval struggles to follow Arthur's command to discard the sword.
Perceval -
72. EXT. BEACH - SUNSET THEN NIGHT
Arthur is taken away on a ship; Perceval is left alone with the chalice.
Arthur, Perceval
Dialogue examples
...Gawain and Perceval, Bors and Bohort, Caradoc and Ector, and all the others--lost to me. Only the echo of their voices remains in this empty hall. All I have left is the memory of their fellowship. Echoes and memories. I am a ghost of the King that once was... ...Mordred is real, alive, my own flesh and blood. I will see him, I must.
Then answer me this. For years peace has reigned in the land. Crops grow in abundance, there is no want. Every one of my subjects enjoys his portion of happiness and justice, even those whose tiresome misunderstandings we must resolve here each day. Tell me, Merlin: have we defeated evil, as it seems?
The night he died, a man loved me with great fierceness. He looked like my husband, spoke like, smelled like, felt like my own husband. But it was not he, for he was already dead. It wasn't his spirit, for this child, who was conceived that night, is flesh and blood. I know nothing more.
And you are the great King? The lords have rebelled. Invaders attack the coasts. Crops don't grow. There is nothing but plague and hunger in the land. Only I am feared. I will be king. You may have lost Excalibur, but I have found my own weapon of power. There.
Behold the sword of power, Excalibur. Before Uther, it belonged to Lud, before Lud, to Beowulf, before Beowulf to Baldur the Good, before Baldur to Thor himself and that was when the world was young and there were more than seven colors in the rainbow.
Where are you going, Lancelot, in your iron tomb? Still trying to save the world? The best... the bravest... the greatest... fool that ever lived. Now the world rots. Death is king of the earth. And it is you who make it so, Lancelot.
Ride across! Across the bridges of desire. Your lust will hold you up. For I have just woven it into the fabric of the world. This is magic - making solid what is in the mind, and unsolid, that which is already solid.
A steamy, panting, lovestruck page. But what good are songs and poems to me? They are the barter of ordinary love. A gift that reflected your greatness is the only one worthy of your love.
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