Robert Addie

Excalibur -- Medieval times are brought to vivid life in this stylish retelling of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table and the rise and fall of Camelot. Starring Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart.

In the 1930s, upper-class Tommy Judd and Guy Bennett are both nearing the end of their careers at their public school. Tommy, a Marxist intellectual, refuses to participate in the school's social hierarchy. But Guy, when not mooning after pretty boys, angles for a slot as one of the "gods," or prefects, of his house. When faculty stumbles upon a homosexual act by two students, one boy commits suicide and scandal erupts. The administration do their best to ensure nothing like this ever sullies their reputation again. Considering that homosexual experimentation is rampant and that Guy has slept with most of the prefects in his house, the strict new rules leave a bad taste in his mouth. They also put a damper on his lifestyle, especially after he falls in love with James, a dreamy boy from one of the other houses. Things come to a head when autocratic prefect Fowler intercepts a letter from Guy to James and sentences Guy to a savage beating. Eventually, Guy's complicity in the power games of the British class system has been challenged.

In this beautifully photographed film based on a play by Julian Mitchell, Rupert Everett stars as Guy Bennett, a young gay man attending boarding school in 1930s England who yearns to make his way up the social ladder. His plans are waylaid, however, by the attentions of an attractive classmate, the affluent James Harcourt (Cary Elwes). The idealistic Bennett soon ascertains that forbidden love and ambition don't mix, and he must make a choice. …

In the 1930s, upper-class Tommy Judd and Guy Bennett are both nearing the end of their careers at their public school. Tommy, a Marxist intellectual, refuses to participate in the school's social hierarchy. But Guy, when not mooning after pretty boys, angles for a slot as one of the "gods," or prefects, of his house. When faculty stumbles upon a homosexual act by two students, one boy commits suicide and scandal erupts. The administration do their best to ensure nothing like this ever sullies their reputation again. Considering that homosexual experimentation is rampant and that Guy has slept with most of the prefects in his house, the strict new rules leave a bad taste in his mouth. They also put a damper on his lifestyle, especially after he falls in love with James, a dreamy boy from one of the other houses. Things come to a head when autocratic prefect Fowler intercepts a letter from Guy to James and sentences Guy to a savage beating. Eventually, Guy's complicity in the power games of the British class system has been challenged.