Product Details

• Actors: Oliver Tobias, John Watson, Michael Gothard, Brian Blessed, Peter Firth
• Directors: Pat Jackson, Peter Sasdy, Sidney Hayers
• Producers: Patrick Dromgoole
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Simitar Entertainmen
• VHS Release Date: March 3, 1998
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304853742
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,157 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, just as I remembered watching it in 1972, June 13, 1999

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P. Thorpe-willett "Swashbuckler" (Redcar UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King Arthur:Young Warlord [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I appreciate the comments of Robert, however I must disagree, this version of Arthur I beleive would be more to the 'real' Arthur. The video cover does give the impression that you are about to watch a Hollywood type film with knights in shinig armour, but for anyone who watch the original series in 1972 would know different. As for the colour going in and out - it was made for PAL television and then converted to NTSC and you will probably be watching it on a NTSC video player that converts the signal bacl to a PAL format, I'm not surpriseed that there is some colour fluctuations.

All said and done the I found the film a joy to watch especially the marriage feast, it was so funny. Anyone who watched the original series maybe be disappointed about the colour, however I'm sure that ardent fans who haven't been able to watch the program for well over 20yrs (last shown in the UK 1983) will be well pleased.

I would hope that sometime in the future HTV the makers and current holders of the rites to the series will by public pressure release the whole series on video in the UK.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A lovely memory, May 26, 2000

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Claire Powell (Brussels, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Arthur,The Young Warlord & The Magic Sword: 2 Tape Set (Great American Drive-In) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

OK, technically we can fault this but it was a child of its time. A generation brought up on Star Wars might not understand that this was what we got as entertainment back in the very early 70s. Yes, this is a selection of a TV series and the editing's bad and so are the wigs but this was a low budget series back then. The language is totally too modern but go with the flow, enjoy and we women can admire the lovely Oliver Tobias who to his credit puts in a very believeable performance and the gorgeous Michael Gothard. A lovely momento of a series I wish was available in its entireity - using first generation tapes please!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars King Arthur the Young Warlord, February 2, 2003

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C.J.Walton (, West Sussex, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Arthur:Young Warlord [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was delighted to have (at last) obtained a copy of this. Yes, the quality of colour and sound is poor, but who cares! This was a ground-breaking programme, and it still stands up well after more than two decades. I hope one day it will be available in the original unedited version, and transferred to DVD. It deserves to be seen, just as much as Robin Of Sherwood, which is now available as a complete edition on DVD (also an HTV programme). There are thousands of people in the UK who would buy this fondly remembered series.