April 10, 1981 –
The medieval fantasy film Excalibur directed by John Boorman, based loosely on the 15th-century classic Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory, and starring Nigel Terry , Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, and Nicol Williamson, opened on this date.
Helen Mirren and Nicol Williamson were initially reluctant to work with each other. They’d been in a disastrous production of Macbeth, and were not on speaking terms. John Boorman cast them because their natural animosity would be perfect. According to Mirren, she and Williamson “wound up becoming very good friends” during filming.
The Haus of Dcaligari 