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* * The Sword in the Stone Evan Picture First The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney. The 18th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was the final Disney animated film released before Walt Disneys death. The film is based on the novel of the same name, first published in 1938 as a single novel. It was later republished in 1958 as the first book of T. H. Whites tetralogy The Once and Future King. The King of England, Uther Pendragon, dies, leaving no heir to the throne. Soon afterwards, a sword appears inside an anvil in London. The sword bears an inscription proclaiming that whoever removes it will become the new king. No one can remove the sword, which is eventually forgotten, leaving England in the Dark Ages. Plot Plot Years later, a 12-year-old orphan named Arthur, more commonly called Wart, accidentally scares off a deer his foster brother Kay was hunting and causes Kay to launch his arrow into the forest. In retrieving the arrow, Arthur lands in the cottage of Merlin the wizard, who declares himself Arthurs tutor and returns with the boy to his home, a castle run by Sir Ector, Arthurs foster father. Ectors friend, Sir Pellinore, arrives with news that the annual jousting tournament will be held on New Years Day in London, and the winner will become king. Ector decides to put Kay through serious training for the tournament and appoints Arthur as Kays squire. Plot Finally,Arthur be crowned king, sits in the throne room with Archimedes, feeling unprepared to take the responsibility of royalty. Overwhelmed by the cheering crowd outside, Arthur calls out to Merlin for help, who arrives from Bermuda and is elated to find that Arthur is the King that he saw in the future. Merlin tells the boy that he will lead the Knights of the Round Table, becoming one of the most famous figures in literature and even