Excalibur (film)

"Merlin, I am the strongest! I am the one! The sword! You promised me the sword!"

"Talk! Talk is for lovers, Merlin. I need the sword to be King!"

"Nobody shall have the sword! Nobody shall wield Excalibur...but ME!"

"Any man who would be a knight and follow a king, follow me!"

"Merlin if only you were at my side my old friend to give me courage. There are no war tricks that will fool Mordred and Morgana. More than I ever did I need you now."

"Where are you Merlin? If only you could see me wield Excalibur one more time."

"Where have you been these many years... are you just a dream Merlin?"

"Ready my knights for battle. They will ride with their king once more. I have lived through others for far too long. Lancelot carried my honor, and Guenevere, my guilt. Mordred bore my sins. My knights have fought my causes. Now, my brother, I shall be... king."

"I was not born to live a man's life, but to be the stuff of future memory. The fellowship was a brief beginning, a fair time that cannot be forgotten. And because it will not be forgotten, that fair time may come again. Now once more, I must ride with my knights, to defend what was... and the dream of what could be."

"I have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future and can be just a man... that we may meet, and you will come to me and claim me as yours, and know that I am your husband. It is a dream I have..."

"Do... as I command! One day, a King will come, and the Sword will rise... again."

"I have walked my way since the beginning of time. Sometimes I give, sometimes I take, it is mine to know which and when!"

"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!"

"You will be the land, and the land will be you. If you fail, the land will perish; as you thrive, the land will blossom."

"Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, do chél dénmha."

"Look upon this moment. Savor it! Rejoice with great gladness! Great gladness! Remember it always, for you are joined by it. You are One, under the stars. Remember it well, then... this night, this great victory. So that in the years ahead, you can say, "I was there that night, with Arthur, the King!" For it is the doom of men that they forget."

"I once stood exposed to the Dragon's Breath so that a man could lie one night with a woman. It took me nine moons to recover. And all for this lunacy called, "love", this mad distemper that strikes down both beggar and king. Never again. Never!"

"It is a lonely life, the way of the necromancer... oh, yes. Lacrimae Mundi — the tears of the world."

"The days of our kind are numberèd. The one God comes to drive out the many gods. The spirits of wood and stream grow silent. It's the way of things. Yes... it's a time for men, and their ways."

"Remember, there's always something cleverer than yourself."

"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world."

"Looking at the cake is like looking at the future – until you've tasted it, what do you really know? And then, of course, it's too late."

"I can't give up hope, Lancelot. It's all I have."

"You and the land are one."

"Drink from the chalice and you will be reborn and the land with you."

"The fog is lifting."

"I saw nothing but the wind on the water."

"Ector: [before the battles of unification] All these men are loyal."

"Morgana: [to Merlin] You fool! You thought you would trap me. You are trapped yourself, by the same sorcery you used to deceive my mother. You're nothing. You're not a god, you're not a man. I shall find a man, and give birth to a god."

"Kay: [following Percival's success on the Grail Quest] Guards! Knights! Squires! Prepare for battle!"

"Mordred: [to Arthur during their battle] Come, father. Let us embrace at last."

"Uryens: In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I give you the right to bear arms and the power to mete justice."

"Forged by a god. Foretold by a wizard. Found by a king."

"Sword of power! Sword of kings!"

"No mortal could possess it! No kingdom could command it!"

"[from trailer] Their magic is Merlin. Their king is Arthur. Their power is Excalibur."

"[from trailer] A wizard's ancient spell and the lust of a lord give birth to an empire."

"[from trailer] A world of wizards, kings, warriors, queens, swords, sorcery and desire."

"[from trailer] Forged of splendour and magic, where future meets past, flesh meets steel, and the only fear is the pain of love."

"Nigel Terry - King Arthur"

"Helen Mirren - Morgana"

"Nicholas Clay - Lancelot"

"Cherie Lunghi - Guenevere"

"Nicol Williamson - Merlin"

"Robert Addie - Mordred"

"Gabriel Byrne - Uther Pendragon"

"Katrine Boorman - Igrayne"