The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney. It was originally released to theaters on December 12, 1963 by Buena Vista Distribution, in the UK before being released in the United States on December 25. The 18th film in the Disney Animated Canon, the songs in the film were produced by the Sherman Brothers who wrote other Disney movies, such as Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and The Jungle Book. The film is based on the the novel of the same name, first published in 1938 as a single novel. It was published again in 1958 as the first book of T. H. White's tetralogy The Once and Future King. It is generally considered a modest success from a Disney company standpoint.
Rating[]
The Sword in the Stone received a G rating by the MPAA. This is the eighteenth Disney animated movie to be rated as such in the US after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty and One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
Credits[]
The Sword in the Stone Credits
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- The film's copyright was renewed on October 3, 1991.[1] The copyright to the story it is based on was also renewed in the U.S.[2]
- This was the last animated feature film released when Walt Disney was alive.
- This was the last animated Disney feature film to have the words in the voice talent credits saying "With the Talents of."
- This was the last animated Disney feature film to have the 1953 Buena Vista logo.
- This is the only Disney film to have Karl Swenson acting.
- The film makes a cameo appearance on Once Upon a Time in the episode, "The Dark Swan" as the film a young Emma goes to see and receives a cryptic warning from a disguised Merlin.
- This is the first film in the Disney Animated Canon to be exclusively released in 4K UHD and 5.1 on Disney+ without any physical 4K UHD release, followed by The Black Cauldron.
- The UK VHS (used in the 1990s release) and DVD version omits the second half of Madam Mim's first line "Sounds like someone's sick. How lovely. I do hope it's serious. Something dreadful" for unknown reasons. She only says "Sounds like someone's sick. How lovely." This version would be used on Disney+, until the line was later restored back to the movie, as it was the wrong print that was previously used by accident.
- This film contains reused audio of Casey Junior from Dumbo during one scene.