Post by Morgan le Fay on Mar 20, 2019 22:35:47 GMT
My notes were not well made. The opening of this scene, with its description of an exterior scene of an icy lake, was not recorded by my hand. The script is so frail I don't want to risk taking it out again.
Unpublished Final Shooting Script Version
MERLIN
My Lady of the Lake, I'm sorry to disturb you again . . . I need a great sword.
LADY OF THE LAKE
What for?
MERLIN
To give to a good king in a good cause.
LADY OF THE LAKE
What else? It's never that simple.
MERLIN
I want to use it to kill Vortigern.
LADY OF THE LAKE
Why?
MERLIN
Because he's become a bad king and Mab's friend.
LADY OF THE LAKE
Good king, bad king, you judge too easily, Merlin. You'll learn.
My Lady of the Lake, I'm sorry to disturb you again . . . I need a great sword.
LADY OF THE LAKE
What for?
MERLIN
To give to a good king in a good cause.
LADY OF THE LAKE
What else? It's never that simple.
MERLIN
I want to use it to kill Vortigern.
LADY OF THE LAKE
Why?
MERLIN
Because he's become a bad king and Mab's friend.
LADY OF THE LAKE
Good king, bad king, you judge too easily, Merlin. You'll learn.
She disappears into the lake. There is a long pause . . . Strange LIGHTS glow under the ice. An ear spilting sound fills the air before a gleaming sword held by the Lady of the Lake's hand erupts through the ice.
LADY OF THE LAKE
I give you Excalibur.
I give you Excalibur.
Published Final Shooting Script
95. EXT. FROZEN LAKE. DAY
MERLIN rides up to the enchanted lake, its surface covered with ice. Quickly dismounting, MERLIN stands on the shore and looks into the icy lake. Through a pitch of clear ice he sees the LADY OF THE LAKE.
MERLIN
Lady it is I, Merlin. You said once you would help me if you could. I need that help now. I need a sword, a great sword.
LADY OF THE LAKE
What for?
MERLIN
To defeat Vortigern. He is Mab's ally, and he has become a tyrant.
LADY OF THE LAKE
The cause is just, I give you Excalibur.
V.O.:
It is the sword of ancient kings, it is enchanted, it can only be used for a good purpose.
Lady it is I, Merlin. You said once you would help me if you could. I need that help now. I need a sword, a great sword.
LADY OF THE LAKE
What for?
MERLIN
To defeat Vortigern. He is Mab's ally, and he has become a tyrant.
LADY OF THE LAKE
The cause is just, I give you Excalibur.
V.O.:
It is the sword of ancient kings, it is enchanted, it can only be used for a good purpose.
MERLIN walks out across the ice. As he takes the SWORD, the HAND sinks back into the water.
MERLIN weighs the SWORD in his hand and then swings it from side to side. As he does so the SWORD "sings". It is like the plucking of harp strings. We see the figure of MERLIN, on the ice, in the middle of the lake, whirling the flashing SWORD round and round his head to the eerie sound of a harp.