Excalibur - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[gerald]

When Merlin is trying to catch a fish, it was trapped underwater by blocking it off with stones.

[maureen]

The trial by combat set in the woods was originally to be the set for the Rivendel counsel chamber in John Boorman's version of "Lord of the Rings", which failed to get made.

[kyle]

The love scene between Guenevere and Sir Lancelot was full of mosquitoes, causing even more discomfort.

[kyle]

John Boorman used many of the same locations that he had used for Zardoz (1974). In fact, most of these are quite close to his house in Annamoe, County Wicklow, Ireland.

[wesley]

Zack Snyder, who is a fan of this movie, referenced this movie in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), which, in the opening credits sequence, this movie is on the marquee at the theater which young Bruce Wayne saw his parents murdered by a mugger.