Camelot (1967)

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1968	Won	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration John Truscott Edward Carrere John Brown
			Best Costume Design John Truscott
			Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment Alfred Newman Ken Darby
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Cinematography Richard H. Kline
			Best Sound (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts SSD).

Warner Bros.
Directed by Joshua Logan
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)

King Arthur forms a new order, the Knights of the Round Table, dedicated to everything that is good. A Frenchman, Lancelot Du Lac, answers the call and travels to England. However, Lancelot's condescending attitude does not win him any friends, particularly Arthur's new queen, Guenevere. That all changes when Lancelot apparently resurrects a fallen knight from the dead after a jousting competition. Lancelot and Guenevere embark on a torrid love affair that eventually leads to the dissolution of the Round Table and almost destroys Camelot. The weak link here is Franco Nero as Lancelot. His depiction is almost comical, and it is nearly impossible to believe Guenevere would fall in love with him. The songs in this musical are superfluous, I think it would have been better as just a straight drama. Some of the sets are stunning, as is the meticulous costume design, and it is certainly a beautiful film to look at, much better than its rather poor reputation.