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159 of 185 people found the following review helpful.
Widescreen or not…that is the question.
By D. Diamond
I remember “The Sword in the Stone” as a widescreen movie, so I was dismayed to find that Disney had released this animated favorite to DVD in a cropped/pan-and-scan format. However, on further investigation, I discovered that, to my surprise, “The Sword in the Stone” was not a widescreen motion picture… at least not originally. Apparently, like “101 Dalmations” and other films of the late 1950s and early 1960s, “The Sword in the Stone” was made to be projected in one of two formats: either widescreen or full-frame, depending on the theater where it was shown. It seems that the Disney animators designed the film with a bit of ‘extra picture’ at the top and bottom of each frame; that way this ‘extra’ could be cut off without ruining the image in theaters playing it in widescreen. In other theaters, and on television, the film could be shown in a standard full-frame (1.33:1) format. So, according to Disney, the current full-frame DVD of “TSITS” is indeed the film in it’s “original format’. Admittedly, it may not be the way that most of us remember this great little movie, but it is the way the folks at Disney made it.

36 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
A much overlooked animated gem!
By John Lindsey
Sometime in the medieval ages, there is a legend about this magic stone that contains a sword and according to the legend, who so pulls out the sword from the anvil shall become king of all England. Though many tried to pull it, no miracle and the sword was forgotten for ages in an age of no laws, brutality and darkness in just which magician Merlin has trouble with the days of no kings, he then meets a young squire named “Wart” ( a.k.a. Arthur) whom is a problemic young man with a mean foster father and big foster brother, Merlin then trains Wart through education in order to become more social and on adventures that will lead him to pull the sword out of the stone.An underrated disney classic that is a delightful story with good animation for it’s time, nice songs like “Higitus Figitus” and humor makes this a definite must have for the animation DVD collector everywhere.The DVD has some great extras like two cartoons, Behind the songs with a deleted song that never made it into the film, still frame galleries, All Abou the Magic 1957 episode or “Walt Disney Presents”, Film-facts, sing-alongs and great remastering with good sound quality.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
My Favorite Disney Movie
By gobirds2
THE SWORD IN THE STONE has always been my favorite Disney animated film. Why? The answer is quite simple really. I saw it when I was a kid on its initial release in the downtown theater, I had a great time and I have very fond memories of the movie and the entire experience of going to see it with my family and friends. Isn’t that what Walt Disney had in mind? It wasn’t until years later and I had my own child that I began to realize that not many people even remembered THE SWORD IN THE STONE or knew it even existed. I was rather flabbergasted by this not to mention all the bad press this film had received as I started researching it. My most cherished copy of this film has always been on Laserdisc, but now it looks like THE SWORD IN THE STONE is finally getting some well deserved recognition. I love this film and the artwork is very reminiscent of ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS and the relationship between Merlin and Wart and the development of those characters is pure Walt Disney. Savor the best of times. Thanks Walt.

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The Sword in the Stone (1963) – IMDb
Arthur (aka Wart) is a young boy who aspires to be a knight’s squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for Wart …

The Sword in the Stone – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sword in the Stone is a novel by T. H. White, published in 1938, initially as a stand-alone work but now the first part of a tetralogy The Once and Future King.

Heroic Legends – The Sword in the Stone (Legend of Arthur)
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Excalibur – Sword in the Stone – Crystalinks Home Page
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The Sword in the Stone, by T. H. White – NETDOOR – Mississippi’s …
Synopsis and notes: (written by Marie Macdonald, edited by Jason W. Moulder) The Sword and the Stone is an example of Arthurian Legend. The Arthurian Legend was …

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The Sword in the Stone – Disney Wiki
The Sword in the Stone is the eighteenth full-length animated feature film in the Disney canon…