Take Me to the Fair

[Cerberuswaltz]

Forget all the arguements, I enjoy both versions very much so. I love Andrews but I saw this version first and love this rendition... this actress, though I don't know her, seemed fit for the role.

Besides, comparing someone to Julie Andrews? There's no competition, why do you even bother? It's unfair to someone else.... I think, anyway.

[MrLeino77]

The italian version sung by the great Tina Centi is absolutely better.

Vanessa Redgrave is not singing. She's desperately trying to do it. :-)))

Tina Centi did it amazingly. Well, she dubbed Julie Andrews, Marni Nixon in "My Fair Lady", Debbie Reynolds, Princess Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty" etc. etc.

She knew how to handle a song... ;-))))))))))

[93ninu93]

I suggest you to watch the italian version of the song, sung by the talented Italian dubber TINA CENTI... it's on my channel...!

PS: I'm Italian, so I apologize for my English!

[soulevolving]

agree andrews belongs romping around hills with nuns and kids :D

[pudgeuncle]

This film was a MAJOR flop..and for good reason. The singing was so mediorcre for a musical whose only asset was the songs. Critics HATED the original show and it only ran because of the stars, pagentry and music. If you have ever seen it on stage, it is long, dreadfully dull, humorless.

[jspankin]

this is terrible, ok Julie Andrews is not in it but they could have at least put someone could sing and could Vanessa at least pretend to be interested in singing the song.

[ryanartist88]

they seem to be good singers to me

[uKooKu]

Sorry, but you Andrews purists just plain bore me.

[TheJoecd11]

Such star struck gibber.... It's a movie. Plz don't ruin it by stabbing every aspect to death. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[newrochellephoenix]

Love the bit with the queen and the lads having a drink,and then-he-walks in.

[7624222]

Garry Marshal who plays Sir Lionel, is a very talented performer. In the 70s I saw him in musical theater on the west coast and he was quite good. He also released at least one LP album during that era. I wonder what became of him.

[Fujikorific]

No one likes Lancelot, LOL.

[BrianRIngram]

love the 60s inflected 'medieval' styles

[newrochellephoenix]

@BrianRIngram Groovy indeed !

[xemxi142]

@BrianRIngram

Yes, exactly. And the camera work thoughout also has a very '60s feel to it.

[dahsuerk]

At least she sings the songs. No Marni Nixon dubbing her voice. 

[NeoPalladio]

@dahsuerk

YEs! you are so right.

She may not have the best voice, but no one can deny that she CAN sing-credibly and competently. And without a doubt, her acting more than makes up for her limited musicality.

[emmers57]

I really like Vanessa's voice!

[procrastinator99]

Love lancelot's wtf face at the end. I lol every time.

[soulevolving]

not often ya get musicals with strong women, she played the lot of em, from king to kinghts, of course she paid the price at the end, a nun erry lol, wonders what has changed lol

[oilspills4]

FAVORITE SONG IN THE ENTIRE FILM

[waliice]

No offense to Vanessa Redgrave or any of the actors but I really can't stand Camelot as a film...it does no justice at all to the Broadway show. I wish Julie had taken this role when she got offered it. This is probably my favourite song from Camelot though! Thanks for posting!!

[AKB7128]

@waliice I agree----Was Julie offered the role?

[waliice]

@AKB7128 Julie was offered the role, but turned it down...So I guess we can't complain!

[AKB7128]

@waliice Wow! It probably conflicted with one of movies. And--frankly--after being rejected for My Fair Lady, she probably didn't want anymore to do with a lesser Lerner and Lowe musical. Still though, if she did Camelot, and slutted it up as Gueinvere on the big screen, she might have been able to escape the virginal type casting after Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. I do like Vanessa Redgrave, but Julie would've been delicious

[Goddessdaughter]

Well doesn't she think she's something =P hahaha

I would have laughed if one of the knight's had said, "Okay, sure, gives me some free time. Catch yeah later."

=)

Please, don't flame me, it's a joke. I adore this musical and the myths.

[britcrit09]

Somehow, I can't imagine Knights of that era saying "vivisect" or "sub-divide!" I agree that It's still a very entertaining musical.

[MastersoftheOpera]

The argument seems to be ACTING versus SINGING (and in the talented Broadway style too). The same applies to various musical movies even as recent as Phantom of the Opera (Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum). Actors are NOT singers but this is a MOVIE version of the musical and still a MOVIE. I happen to like Vanessa's Queen Guenevere only because it's too hard for me to see Andrews as an adulterous wife/Queen. Andrews ? She'd never cheat on her husband in real life! She's too ...perfect

[yankeesmom1]

I totally agree! this has long been one of my favorite musical movies for that reason. Vanessa's Guenevere is multi- dimensional. The perfect mix of naughty and nice!

[AKB7128]

@MastersoftheOpera I like Vanessa as well, but you're wrong here. This is Hollywood doing it's typical style over substance mash up job bringing musicals to the screen. Both Redgrave and Richard Harris are okay, but they pale to Julie Andrews and Richard Burton.

[MastersoftheOpera]

@AKB7128 . I have seen Broadway versions of Camelot but being born in 1980, I never saw Julie Andrews perform Guenevere on stage. I've heard the original cast album from the early 1960's. She has a beautiful voice but her sweet, lyric voice is too sugary and Mary Poppins/Maria Von Trapp like. I think the character of Guenevere was written to be earthy, seductive and ultimately tragic. I just can't see Julie as an adultress.

[AmericanEvita]

@MastersoftheOpera. I agree. In scenes/songs such as The Lusty Month Of May and the Farewell Duet "I Loved You Once In Silence" - Julie Andrews does not convince me as Guenevere. She's far too proper to be Guenevere. Guenevere was a seductive Queen who committed adultery with her husband's best knight. She is a tragic Queen whose sexual passion was her downfall. Julie Andrews and sex don't go together!

[delidude1999]

@MastersoftheOpera I agree--i love Julie Andrews but I cannot see her as Guenevere--I am sure she was phenomenal on Broadway, but the movie is not the show. I love Ms. Redgrave as Gwen!

[kimspins]

@AKB7128 I totaly agree!!!!!!!

[alekshindin]

@MastersoftheOpera I would give anything to see Andrews and Burton perform as well as hear them sing Camelot, but this version is great too. As was a version I saw a few years ago at a local theater.

[Lumotaku]

@MastersoftheOpera

it was andrews before everyone knew her as Mary poppins

[AlbyFC]

Gosh, guys, I also love Vanessa Redgrave. She's a terrific actress and I have always admired her, but do you all really think that she does justice to the Lerner and Loewe score? Imagine My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn's original voice. Yes. What a waste! Redgrave is much better (the English diction and training had to count for something, after all), but as a singer she's far from impressive...

[hugh0221]

I agree, Vanessa made my favourite Julie Andrews remake!

[soulevolving]

agree poor Audrey singing for real would have been bad alrite, Vanessa singing, for me, makes its more real, cos she did do it

[ArcCosine9]

The greatest part is Vanessa & Franco Nero fell in love during filming and remain a couple today!! Sir Richard would have been my choice!!

[mlec91283]

Thank you for posting this. I feel Vanessa Redgrave was the perfect choice for Guenevere. While Julie Andrews certainly has a majestic voice, I feel VR was able to emote more effectively in her singing; JA sings beautifully, but I don't hear the nuances of character on the OBC recording like I do in the film version. Also, could someone please post VR singing "I Loved You Once in Silence." Her interpretation of that song is brilliant and very touching.

[mlec91283]

Oh, yes, how could I forget to say that I think Vanessa's singing is well done?! I think she has a beautiful, light, refreshing voice, that reflects the mystery and magic that surrounds the legend of Camelot. And, in the course of the film she hits some very lovely high notes.

[Teezer44]

wow, shes looks absolutely GORGEOUS! we all know her as the ''oscar-winning- political-greatest of all time-one of the redgraves' actress, but i dont think i have seen this sexy/glamorous/fun side to her before. And her voice is very rockchick, and more than satisfactory - she isnt julie andrews no, but then again julie is not Vanessa Redgrave in terms of acting either. I know want to watch this brillaint musicial.

[warrior430]

vanessa redgrave exellent queen, nothing more

[MarieAntoinette2]

Wonderful. So amusing.

[AmericanEvita]

Redgrave sings this with cunning and seductiveness, and it fits well with the scene when she "talks" the men into going to the Fair, when Andrews sings it, she's wonderful of course but too playful, sing-song, sweet "Disney"ish and it doesnt work the way it should...I like Redgrave as Guenevere! And she can chang her voice for different scenes, "happy' in Month of May and sad in "Loved U In Silence"

[MissyHolland]

She's not a game playing be-atch here; Lancelot was cocky and insufferable at the beginning (watch C'est Moi) and she just wanted to do a little 'reality check.'

[Lumotaku]

@MissyHolland

yeah but she is a game playing biotch shes using the other knights using her sex. She has her own motives thats called playing games.

[tracer740]

Interesting casting for cast. director on this film, finding actors tall enough to appear on same plane with the beautiful and statuesque Vanessa Redgrave who stands over 5'11" in bare feet! Her sister Lynn is also statuesque at 5' 10".

[123JDB789]

Great.... another be-atch that plays head games!

[exackerly]

Did she do her own singing or was she dubbed?

[blackpython]

She did her own! I think the only actor dubbed was Franco Nero. But I know for sure that Vanessa and Richard Harris did their own singing.

[JulietLenne]

I was wondering, where can I get this movie?

[iddgyiam]

I got mine at Blockbuster, but then there is always Ebay.

[tiredoldbag]

amazon sell it too!

[AkiraChan24]

I like Sir Dinaden (I'm probably wrong about the name, but the 3rd guy is my favorite) :)

[ruffianoo]

meeee too!

[RukiaKuchiki926]

It's funny how she's so happy when they say they'll hurt Lancelot XD

[bmarvi76]

The last of the great movie musicals.

[tiredoldbag]

"Gaul will be divided once more" - brilliant!

[AmericanEvita]

Camelot was a GREAT music, if not the last great musical(it was Jack Warner's last film)..Vanessa is dead-on as Guenevere with scheming sexiness but also sad seduction...this song/scene is always fun

[RLTCaptainLeader]

She is so pretty. I like how she tricks the guys. What wouldn't they do????? :O

[newrochellephoenix]

I think that the actor who played Sir Sagramore may have died in the early 90s.The other 2 gents seemed to have vanashed ,as I could find little on them after 1970,looking on IMDb.Its funny-this production has a true groovy 60s look.When the queen is in that hammock,one pillow under head looks as if it came from Pier One.

[tiredoldbag]

absolutely brilliant - please tell me somewhere you are hiding if ever i would leave you!!!!!!!!!!!

[Luindriel]

I've uploaded a different version of it... don't know if you were looking for this movie version or not... go peek at my channel and click on "playlists" to find the Camelot playlist. :)

I've never seen this movie version. It's nice, and much more mellow than the one I uploaded- I like it.

[eava123]

We were going this play in school. i played jennie. it kinda sucked because i like bobby and Skyler (Auther and Lance.) but it was also good because got to kiss both of them.

[GrimSan197]

Random point of note: on the DVD version I have, when Sir Sagramore chucks the spear there is an almighty crash and the tinkling of broken glass... was just wondering why there's a limp "thump" in this version :P still love it though... this is by far my favorite musical, full of epic ballads and fantastic acting :)

[gastonleroux1911]

That makes a lot of sense, given the actors reaction after Sagramore throws the spear. Not sure why it isn't in this version.

[evangeline777]

I used to watch this all the time as a kid, and this was one of my favorite parts! Thanks for putting this up!

[petulapup]

This was one of the best parts of the movie. Such fine voices and handsome faces. Even Vanessa sang well!

[emphan89]

This is one of my favorite parts!

[goodsoninc]

Vanessa sounds very Mary Poppins, but I love her! She's so lovely and intense!

[AmericanEvita]

Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) was sweeter and sugar-coated...Vanessa Redgrave had a far more seductive, sensual and darker, sadder interpretation that is NOT like Mary Poppins...Vanessa made the role more human

[goodsoninc]

Indeed

[Tellgryn]

Peter Bromilow, Sir Sagramore

Anthony Rogers, Sir Dinadan

Gary Marshal, Sir Lionel

[verkaforever]

Thanks for the info.

[verkaforever]

Can anyone tell me the names of the actors who play the three nights?

I love Sir Sagramore's sinister laugh, before he says "I'll barbeque him!"

[verkaforever]

Great song! I can't stand Lancelot, and I love the lyrics the three knights sing.

"You'll disconnect him?"

"I'll vivesect him!"

Classic!

[854477]

who is the one singing she has a nice vioce???

[danilodemildias]

She´s Vanessa Redgrave.