The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The 18th Disney animated feature film, the film is based on the novel of the same name, which was first published in 1938 as a single novel. It was later republished in 1958 as the first book of T. H. White's tetralogy The Once and Future King. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, the film features the voices of Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Alden, and Martha Wentworth.

In 1939, Walt Disney acquired the film rights to the novel, in which various attempts at developing the film would last two decades before actual production on the film officially began. The Sword in the Stone would be the final fully-animated Disney film to be released before his death. The songs in the film were written and composed by the Sherman Brothers, who later wrote music for other Disney films like Mary Poppins (1964), The Jungle Book (1967), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), The Aristocats (1970), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977).

The Sword in the Stone was released to theatres on December 25, 1963 to mixed reviews, though it was a box office success.

A live-action remake of the film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is currently in development.