The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone1963

The Sword in the Stone is a Disney film from 1963 based on parts of The Once and Future King (1958) by T. H. White, in which Merlin the Magician gives social and magical lessons to a young boy known as Wart, who eventually pulls a magical sword from… more »



Merlin:
Archimedes, have you seen that flying machine model?

Archimedes:
I have nothing to do with your futuristic fiddle-faddle, you know that.

Wart:
[pointing to the airplane model] What's that thing up there?

Merlin:
Hmm? Oh, yes, of course. Here we are.

Wart:
Do you mean man will fly in one of those someday?

Archimedes:
[scoffs] If man were meant to fly, he'd been born with wings.

Merlin:
[winding up the propeller of the model airplane, but not noticing his long beard was caught in the propeller] I am about to prove otherwise, Archimedes, if you care to watch. Here she goes! [He tosses it out the window] No, no, no! [The propeller gets caught in his long beard, and the model airplane starts to fall out of the castle.]

Archimedes:
[laughs] Man will fly, all right. Just like a rock! [The model airplane lands in the water with a crash, and is sunken out of sight. Archimedes then laughs harder.]

Merlin:
It would have worked if... if it weren't for this infernal beard! [Archimedes continues to laugh harder.] Man will fly someday, I tell you! I have been there. I have seen it!

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