Merlin Summary
Director: Steven Barron, David Winning
Genres: Fantasy
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This four-hour fantasy miniseries, elaborating on the Arthurian legend and filmed in England and Wales, offers a portrait of the wizard Merlin (Sam_Neill), following his life as a youth (Daniel_Brocklebank) to his later conflicts with the evil Queen Mab (Miranda_Richardson) and his love for Nimue (Isabella_Rossellini), who is kidnapped by Lord Vortigern (Rutger_Hauer). Amid battles and displays of magic and mysticism (courtesy of London's Framestore and the Jim_Henson Creature Shop), Merlin strides the English countryside encountering Excalibur, the unbreakable sword, and a Camelot cast of colorful characters including the morphing manservant Frik (Martin_Short), Morgan le Fey (Helena_Bonham_Carter), King Arthur (Paul_Curran), Lancelot (Jeremy_Sheffield), and Guinevere (Lena Heady). Premiered April 26, 1998 on NBC. Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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