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Excalibur

Summary: Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
Runtime: 2 h 20 min
MPAA: PG

Language: English
Movie budget: $ 11,000,000
Domestic: $ 34,967,437
International: $ 3,699
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