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Magic Sword (1994 Film)
A magic sword is any kind of mythological or fictional sword imbued with magical power. Magic sword may also refer to: * ''Magic Sword'' (video game), 1990 side-scrolling fantasy arcade game * ''The Magic Sword'' (1901 film), a British short silent fantasy film * ''The Magic Sword'' (1950 film), a Yugoslav fantasy film, based on Serbian folk tales * ''The Magic Sword'' (1962 film), an American fantasy film, loosely adapted from the St. George legend * ''Quest for Camelot ''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on the ...'', titled ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'' in United Kingdom * Magic Sword (band), three-piece American synthwave band from Boise, Idaho {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Sword
In mythology, legend or fiction, a magic sword is a sword with magical powers or other supernatural qualities. Renowned swords appear in the folklore of every nation that used swords.Josepha Sherman, ''Once upon a Galaxy'' p 113 In some traditions, the sword is ascribed no powers of its own. It is famous because it is the hero's sword, or because of its origin, as when a god gives it to the hero. Other swords keep their wielders safe or destroy their enemies. A more localized motif is the sword that has been broken and must be reforged, commonly found in Northern Europe. Such a sword symbolizes the initial defeat and loss of honor of its wielder. Subsequent victory and the restoration of honor is achieved by reforging it, either at the wielder's hand or that of his heir. History It is probable that the roots of the sentient weapon myths stem from ancient peoples belief that sword making and metallurgy was in fact a magical process. Through the fires of the forge (''fire was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Sword (video Game)
, fully titled as ''Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy'', is a side-scrolling fantasy hack-and-slash game released by Capcom for arcade game, arcades in 1990. The game casts the player as a hero who must fight his way through a mystical tower in order to save the world. The player can use a sword, axe or magic (gaming), magic, and can also rescue and recruit potential allies of various character classes, each of which has its own special abilities. Three years earlier, Capcom had released the similar ''Black Tiger (video game), Black Tiger''. Plot ''Magic Sword'' takes place in an unnamed world, which is being threatened by the Fantasy tropes and conventions#Dark Lord, dark lord Drokmar, who has control over an evil crystal known as the "Black Orb", which would allow him to rule over the world. In order to prevent this from happening, the hero, known as the Brave One, must scale to the top of the 50-floor tower in which Drokmar resides, known as Dragon Keep. At the game's end, when Drokm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Sword (1901 Film)
''The Magic Sword; or, A Medieval Mystery'' (AKA: ''Magical Sword'') is a 1901 British short silent fantasy film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a mediaeval knight battling to save a damsel from an ogre and a witch. The film, "is impressively elaborate, with single shots containing multiple trick effects achieved through complex double exposures and superimpositions," and according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was so startling that it moved the legendary stage illusionist J.N. Maskelyne (of Maskelyne and Devant fame) to describe ''The Magic Sword'' as the finest trick film made up to then." Plot On the roof of an old palace appear a young knight and his lady. While they are dancing happily, a witch who wants to capture the lady shows up. The knight release her to fight against the witch and defend her, and when he is about to stop the witch, she sits on her broom and escapes flying towards the moon. Her disappearance, causes several Hobgoblins to harass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Sword (1950 Film)
''The Magic Sword'' ( sr, Чудотворни мач, ''Čudotvorni mač'') is a 1950 Yugoslav fantasy/adventure film directed by Vojislav Nanović which is based on Serbian folk tales, primarily The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apples but also including elements (such as the villain) from Baš Čelik.Nikolić, Vidan. ''Čudotvorni Mač — prvi srpski film po motovima narodnih bajki'', 2010. Cast *Rade Marković as Nebojša * Vera Ilić-Đukić as Vida *Milivoje Živanović as Baš Čelik *Marko Marinković as Grandpa Ivan *Bata Paskaljević as Gricko *Milan Ajvaz as Vida's father * Ljubiša Jovanović as The old man *Pavle Vujisić as The knight * Vilma Žedrinski as The empress *Zora Zlatković as The witch See also *Cinema of Serbia *List of films based on Slavic mythology This is a list of films based on Slavic mythology. See also * List of films based on Germanic mythology * List of films based on Greco-Roman mythology {{DEFAULTSORT:Films based on Slavic mythol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Magic Sword (1962 Film)
''The Magic Sword'' (also known as ''St. George and the Dragon'', ''St. George and the Seven Curses'', the film's original title, and ''The Seven Curses of Lodac'') is a 1962 American adventure fantasy film directed by Bert I. Gordon that is loosely based on the medieval legend of Saint George and the Dragon. Plot George is the foster son of Sybil, an elderly, somewhat ineffectual sorceress. She brought him up after his "royal parents died of the plague" in his infancy. He has fallen in love with the Princess Helene, but she is kidnapped by the wizard Lodac, who brazenly informs her father that he intends to feed her to his pet dragon in seven days, in revenge for the death of his sister. George wants to go on a quest to liberate his lady love, but Sybil believes he is too young as he is only 20. She tries to distract the youth by showing him a magic sword; a steed; an invulnerable suit of armour; and six magically frozen knights that he will command when he turns 21. The impa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quest For Camelot
''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on the 1976 novel '' The King's Damosel'' by Vera Chapman. It features the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jaleel White, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne, John Gielgud (his final film), Frank Welker and Sarah Rayne. Andrea Corr, Bryan White, Celine Dion and Steve Perry perform the singing voices for Gilsig, Elwes, Seymour and Brosnan. In May 1995, the film, initially titled ''The Quest for the Holy Grail'', was announced to be Warner Bros. Feature Animation's first project, with Bill Kroyer as director. The film went into production later that year, but was delayed when animators were reassigned to help finish ''Space Jam'' (1996). During the interim, the story was heavily re-tooled, among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
