Arthur and Merlin

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Arthur & Merlin
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Directed by Marco van Belle
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  • Paul Osbourne
  • Marco van Belle
  • Rob Speranza
  • Joe Burrows
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  • Kat Wood
  • Marco van Belle
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  • Kirk Barker
  • Stefan Butler
  • Nigel Cooke
  • Charlotte Brimble
  • Adrian Bouchet
  • David Sterne
  • Nick Asbury
Music by Graham Plowman
Cinematography Phil Wood
Edited by Jim Page
Production
companies
Movie Works
Distributed by Signature Entertainment
Release dates
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  • 11 April 2015 (2015-04-11)
Running time
 104 minutes[1]
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget $3 million

Arthur & Merlin is a 2015 independent UK feature film directed by Marco van Belle and written by Kat Wood and Marco van Belle. The film, which stars Kirk Barker, Stefan Butler, Nigel Cooke and David Sterne, is based on the original Celtic tales of Arthur and Merlin.[2][3]

Plot

In Dark Ages Britain, a time of magic and legend, a powerful druid (Nigel Cooke) is bent on destroying the Celtic people. Arthur (Kirk Barker), a banished warrior, and Merlin (Stefan Butler), a hermit wizard, embark on a heroic quest to stop the druid and save their people, before the Celts are lost forever and become a myth themselves.

Cast

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  • Kirk Barker as Arthur/Arthfael
  • Stefan Butler as Merlin/Myrrdin
  • Nigel Cooke as Aberthol
  • Charlotte Brimble as Olwen
  • Adrian Bouchet as Lucan
  • David Sterne as King Vortigern
  • Nick Asbury as Orin
  • Andrew Grose as Brian
  • Garth Maunders as Faelan
  • Joseph Attenborough as Eogan
  • Jack Rigby as Anyon
  • Alison Harris as Branwen
  • Jack Maw as Young Myrrdin
  • Hattie Pardy-McLaughlin as Young Nia
  • Harvey Walsh as Young Arthfael

Release

The film premiered at the BFI Southbank cinema on 11 April 2015.[4] Later in 2015, the film was released digitally on 14 September via iTunes UK and on 6 November via numerous VOD services in the United States. It was also released in DVD format on 21 September in the United Kingdom, on 7 October in France, and will be released on 16 January 2016 in the United States and around the second quarter of 2016 in Germany.[5]

Box office

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Critical reception

The film received positive reviews. It was especially praised with regards to the relative quality and atmosphere in the movie when compared to its "shoestring budget".[6][4][7][8] However, the movie received a poor rating of 4.4 out of 10 on imdb.com.[9]

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Official website
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  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4065340/

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