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The Sword in the Stone

Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
Still from The Sword in the Stone (1963)

The Sword in the Stone (1963) 

(Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand, US 1963, 79 min., DCP)

This was one of the first instances of what would later prove a winning formula for Disney: take a well-known fable, fairy tale, or story (in this case the legend of King Arthur) and treat it with ample modern touches to appeal to the funny bone. Arthur is portrayed as a contemporary youth, and the antics of Merlin, who undertakes to train the lad to become King, are by turns hilariously funny in his absent-mindedness and cunning in a battle of the sorcerers.

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$9 members
$12 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

$4.50 Special Student Rate

Advance tickets encouraged.

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

Crashing into the 60s: Film Posters from the Collection

The George Eastman Museum is celebrating its diamond anniversary with an exhibition of film posters from the 1960s, completely from its own collection. This series connects to and expands upon the posters in the exhibition, providing a glimpse into the cinema during this decade of change.

Arthurian Films

The legends of King Arthur and his court have inspired countless works of fiction, theater, and opera, and films based on these tales have been around for more than a century. In conjunction with the Visualizing Camelot exhibition now on-view at the University of Rochester, the Dryden presents five such films from the 1940s to the 1980s.

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