Mists of Avalon

Mists of Avalon

Directed by Uli Edel; Produced by Lisa Aleaxander. Warner Bros., 2001.

DVD: Constantin Video, 2 December 2002.

Major Casts Members:

Anjelica Huston .... Viviane

Julianna Margulies .... Morgaine

Joan Allen .... Morgause

Samantha Mathis .... Gwenwyfar

Caroline Goodall .... Igraine

Edward Atterton .... Arthur

Michael Vartan .... Lancelot

Michael Byrne .... Merlin

Hans Matheson .... Mordred

Mark Lewis Jones .... Uther

Clive Russell .... Gorlois

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Elias Zerael Bauer .... Young Mordred

David Calder .... Uriens

John Comer .... Captain Talbot

Tony Curran .... Uther's Captain

Karel Dobry .... Rhiannon

Ian Duncan .... Accolon

Tamsin Egerton .... Young Morgaine

Lucy Fillery .... Serving Woman

Christopher Fulford .... Lot

Freddie Highmore .... Young Arthur

Biddy Hodson .... Elaine

Noah Huntley .... Gawain

Klára Issová .... Raven

Edward Jewesbury .... Ambrosius

Honza Klima .... Kay

Philip Lenkowsky .... Cuthbert

Justin Muller .... Gareth

Hugh Ross .... Bishop Patricius

Gabriela Zajickova .... Child

Script: http://www.twoevilmonks.org/mistsavn/scriptmoa1.htm

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Trailer: http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=253003

Major Reviews:

Tom Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2001.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/13/DD230637.DTL

Tom Knapp, Rambles Magazine

http://www.rambles.net/mistsavalon_film.html

Supplemental Reading:

Ford, David Mash. Anna Morgause: Queen of Gododdin Early British Kingdoms. (2001)

http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/morgause.html

Paton, Lucy Allen. Studies in the Fairy Mythology of Arthurian Romance. 2d ed., Enlarged by a Survey of Scholarship on the Fairy Mythology since 1903 and a Bibliography by Roger Sherman Loomis. 1903; 2d ed. New York: Burt Franklin, 1960.

Questions to consider:

1. What is the significance of there being three ladies in Mists of Avalon that the myth surrounds.

2. Describe the water archetype of Vivian being the Lady of the Lake

3. How are women portrayed in Mists of Avalon?

4. Why is incest the central element of Mists of Avalon while its hidden in Excalibur and Fuqua’s King Arthur?

5. Compare and contrast Vivian versus Merlin.

Contributed by Precious and Alexis.