C'est Moi, Camelot (1967)

[@steeevealbright]

“Had I been made the partner of Eve, we’d be in Eden still.” Best line hahahaha

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

A chaste man convinced of his own ability to avoid temptation.

[@lydiafayre9806]

I love the implication that he doesn't just think he could have ignored temptation, but that he would've reigned in Eve from succumbing too.

[@andrealopezdelgado66]

That's so ironic. :P

[@automatic6216]

My headcanon is Franco Nero's Lancelot is the DIRECT ANCESTOR of GASTON. "Had I been made the partner of Eve We'd be in Eden still! No one beats Lancelot Can't defeat Lancelot There's a lot of brave knights Down 6 feet cause they fought The best and the bravest chevalier As you see I've got biceps to spare! Off to Camelot I'll ride to save the day And serve with such honor and glory so rare No knights like Lancelot Can't fight like Lancelot Is so pure and so chaste like the great Lancelot Flee you demons! You'll soon be exanguinating!! My what a knight Lanceloooooooottttttt!!

[@vs52217]

And: C'est moi! C'est moi, I blush to disclose I'm far too noble to lie

[@sheilasinghal2922]

This song always cracks up my husband and me. Franco Nero is so perfect here. "A French Prometheus unbound" has to be my favourite line. 😂

[@JenniferBECKETT-py8vl]

Thus began my love of medieval history ... 50 years later, and I'm still enthralled. 😂😊

[@BriRog68]

I saw the movie when it came out, but I was 12. I love the soundtrack, but omg! I had forgotten the sublime perfection of Franco Nero! 🥰

[@AlbertaGeek]

No disrespect to Mr. Nero, but he's a hollow shell compared to Robert Goulet.

[@KittyStarlight]

They're both good. Actually both very, very good. Probably the two best that ever played that role.

[@KittyStarlight]

I first saw it on TV when I was 9.

[@johnpickford4222]

@@AlbertaGeek Yes, Goulet had the better voice although Nero was dubbed and it fit the film very well. As far as sex appeal, I’d take either of them to bed and wish I was one of them. C’est Domage!

[@DixonDixon65]

He was my love at 14...l adorned him. I went to France/school at 19 looking for my Sir Lancelot/ Franco Nero in the 80's. Found out he was Italian. Lol l never knew!

[@vanessamacleoddesign]

I was born over a decade after this came out, but my parents let me watch it when I was about 6yrs old. This song still gets stuck in my head some times. I love it :)

[@katherinepoletto3259]

I do the SAME. AND ALL THAT AND MORE I SHALL BE...

[@dinomonzon8853]

Loved this segment! The song fit Sir Lancelot perfectly, and ironically, tragically, he fell short of those virtues, which to Camelot's fall.

[@DixonDixon65]

Lots of Ironies in the Movie!!

[@venanziocalise946]

Camelot fall is Arthurs marrying a 16 year old as an old man, though not seen in movie.

[@juanitolopez9731]

Franco Nero singing in the Alcázar of Segovia... no, they had him dubbed, despite of him being fluent in English. He made a great Lancelot in this great musical. All the exterior shots of Camelot were done in Castille, Spain, in 1966/67.

[@nuniobinez4066]

Always wondered if he sang it himself. I'm actually surprised if he didn't, considering that Lerner and Lowe often seemed to use actors who did not sing very well, lol (see Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon, FYl). Richard Harris and I think also Vanessa Redgrave did their own singing. They were not great singers but likeable, and I think it gave their roles believability. Nero was a relative unknown at the time, so I suspect most people assumed it was really his voice.

[@markedjuan]

So beautifully filmed and so funny.

[@BlossomFlowerGirl]

My 14 yo heart swooned at his ravishing good looks and piercing blue eyes. Loved the movie. They don’t make good ones like this anymore!

[@robinrubendunst869]

But oh, my... is he not gloriously handsome?!

[@strawbrryfld1]

Phaedra Ovid OMG YES !

[@Marille7982]

Yes so handsome but it’s always the handsome ones that end up being the bad guys 🥺

[@kmart3453]

@@Marille7982 Lance isn’t bad he’s a sweetheart

[@isabeljohnston5020]

Lancelot is not the bad one, Guinevere is.

[@edwardbak4459]

The very model of what it means to be handsome and videogenic.

[@mmecapt]

Franco Nero…..those blue eyes are killer!

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

The most hysterical song I think I've ever heard! Still makes me laugh!!

[@katherinepoletto3259]

Doesn't it Though ?

[@JennyWatkins-e8k]

Seen this film so many times I think I know all the words. Love it.

[@allisonlewis2115]

I love this song.

[@HenriHattar]

Great Movie , in my best 7 or all time.

[@wolfgangvonscheisskopf545]

Saw Camelot while in college at movie night in the UC. Sound was synchronized about 15 seconds after they spoke but have loved this song ever since. Still pne of my favorite songs because of its modesty.

[@laceyj79]

He’s just...confident

[@markponn1956]

Man’s Ego. 🤧

[@wilpri]

If he's right, he's right. ;)

[@quojakevids]

The godliest man I know! C'est moi!

[@twilightblue8566]

There he is happily singing while on his way to ruin the royal marriage. Lancelot and Guinevere had such irresistible chemistry though just like the actors in real life.

[@elizabethmiller1804]

Gaston’s song must be based on this.

[@wilpri]

I mean does it get any better than this...

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

I totally understand. I have had to come to this conclusion myself.

[@tadimaggio]

One plot hole is that, in "Camelot" (although not in the original Arthurian legends), Lancelot claims in a later scene that his great strength "comes from [his] purity". So, logically, when he commits his multi-tiered sin with Guinevere, he should lose his strength, like Samson with his hair cut, and be helpless before his enemies. Maybe the authors were trying to suggest that he had been kidding himself all along about his status as God's chosen champion (which is certainly consistent with his inflated ego, as exemplified in this song), and was never anything but a man -- even if an exceptionally strong one. That sin really WAS a doozy, by medieval standards: adultery with a married woman, betrayal of his best friend, violation of the code of hospitality, treason by having illicit sex with a queen, and the breaking of his feudal duty to his liege lord. One reason that it gave so many great authors so much material.

[@tamlynvibanco1932]

And yet we believe it when Arthur is glad to see Lancelot rescue Guinevere and make good their escape. Is there any story anywhere that is so disturbing and compelling at the same time?

[@grahamferris290]

It is not a hole in the plot. I think that it was one of the points of the story. No matter how much he trained himself to be pure, he was still subject to human frailties and temptations. He was not as infallible as he thought he was

[@carlrood4457]

It's actually a plot point. The whole concept of stuff like trial by combat is that God wouldn't let the wrong side prevail. So knights who won were automatically "right", i.e. "Might makes right". While there are plenty of contradictions, of course, part of the Arthurian legend, particularly the more recent iterations acknowledge the flaws and push "Might For Right", instead. The idea is that power should be used in service of just causes from a moral perspective. Ironically, that also was a problem because so long as Lancelot could defeat any foe, he was automatically deemed in the right. When trials and evidence come into play, which we consider more just, he's screwed.

[@andreabanuelosavila2317]

Strange, because back then infidelity was considered “romantic ideal” with the whole “fighting for love against all odds” or something.😅

[@manat31790]

​@@andreabanuelosavila2317 There are times when courtly love is considered a romantic ideal for knights. "Camelot" doesn't have that mindset. It interprets Lance as an overconfident braggart who thinks of himself to be perfect, yet it's his own carelessness with a married woman that ends up destroying a kingdom. In contrast, Arthur is interpreted as a sympathetic person who loves his wife and best friend to a fault. Lance and Jenny break up in the end because she's come to realize that the relationship's wrong. It's clear this movie doesn't think highly about courtly love at all.

[@maxschreck9988]

Lancelot listing all of these personal features of a good knight, ignoring that he meets none of them.

[@OreadNYC]

Well, he actually does initially. It's the guilt over his passion for Guinevere which dishonors him -- and yet in the medieval legends, Lancelot is still so superior to other knights that his son Galahad becomes what he originally aspired to be and as a result is the knight who finds the Holy Grail.

[@maxschreck9988]

@@OreadNYC the fact that he did something that causes guilt displaya that he has never met these qualities.

[@sandrabouwer4335]

Really!

[@stephaniefinnigan4237]

Frankco Nero he is so sweet and handsome man his voice soothes me tonight 1:39

[@lv67890]

When my boss wants to know who should run a project. 😂

[@alyhall4986]

Awwww he’s married to Redgrave now ❤

[@foxbat1766]

Camelot Camelot In far-off France I heard your call Camelot Camelot And here am I to give my all I know in my soul what you expect of me And all that and more I shall be A knight of the Table Round should be invincible Succeed where a less fantastic man would fail Climb a wall no one else can climb Cleave a dragon in record time Swim a moat in a coat of heavy iron mail No matter the pain he ought to be invincible Impossible deeds should be his daily fare But where in the world Is there in the world A man so extraordinaire? C'est moi C'est moi I'm forced to admit 'Tis I I humbly reply That mortal who These marvels can do C'est moi c'est moi 'tis I I've never lost In battle or game I'm simply the best by far When swords are crossed 'Tis always the same One blow and au revoir C'est moi C'est moi So admirably fit A French Prometheus unbound And here I stand with valour untold Exceptionally brave amazingly bold To serve at the Table Round The soul of a knight should be a thing remarkable His heart and his mind as pure as morning dew With a will and a self-restraint That's the envy of every saint He could easily work a miracle or two To love and desire he ought to be unsparkable The ways of the flesh should offer no allure But where in the world Is there in the world A man so untouched and pure? (C'est moi) C'est moi C'est moi I blush to disclose I'm far too noble to lie That man in whom These qualities bloom C'est moi c'est moi 'tis I I've never strayed From all I believe I'm blessed with an iron will Had I been made The partner of Eve We'd be in Eden still C'est moi C'est moi The angels have chose To fight their battles below And here I stand as pure as a prayer Incredibly clean with virtue to spare The godliest man I know C'est moi

[@sandrabouwer4335]

Married to Vanessa! But become more handsome with time! Loved them in Letters to Juliet!

[@Enterprise-D666]

C’eat Moi Lyrics: Camelot! Camelot! In far-off France I hear you call Camelot! Camelot! To you alone I give my all I know in my soul what you expect of me And all that and more I shall be A knight of the Table Round should be invincible Suceed where a less fantastic man would fail Climb a wall no one else can climb Cleave a dragon in record time Swim a moat in a coat of heavy iron mail No matter the pain, he ought to be unwinceable Impossible deeds should be his daily fare But where in the world Is there in the world A man so *extraordinaire*? C'est moi! C'est moi, I'm forced to admit 'Tis I, I humbly reply That mortal who These marvels can do C'est moi, c'est moi, 'tis I I've never lost In battle or game; I'm simply the best by far When swords are crossed 'Tis always the same: One blow and au revoir! C'est moi! C'est moi! So adm'rably fit! So adm'rably fit! A French Prometheus unbound And here I stand, with valour untold Exeption'ly brave, amazingly bold To serve at the Table Round! The soul of a knight should be a thing remarkable His heart and his mind as pure as morning dew With a will and a self-restraint That's the envy of ev'ry saint He could easily work a miracle or two To love and desire he ought to be unsparkable The ways of the flesh should offer no allure But where in the world Is there in the world A man so untouched and pure? (C'est moi!) C'est moi! C'est moi, I blush to disclose I'm far too noble to lie That man in whom These qualities bloom C'est moi, c'est moi, 'tis I I've never strayed From all I believe; I'm blessed with an iron will Had I been made The partner of Eve We'd be in Eden still C'est moi! C'est moi! The angels have chose To fight their battles below And here am I, as pure as a pray'r Incredibly clean, with virtue to spare The godliest man I know! C'est moi!

[@paulinaferrergarrofe3002]

No es un castillo francés sino español: el Alcázar de Segovia. Bello escenario natural.

[@Roadnottaken27]

Thank you for that information.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

❤❤❤

[@陌上聽風來]

Franco Nero 飾演騎士 Lancelot . Vanessa Redgrave 飾演皇后. Richard Harris 飾演King Arthur . 影片描繪了騎士 Lancelot 與皇后真摯悲傷情不自禁的愛情故事. 所有的人都付出了一生的代價... 啊，是那樣的悲慟感人... 而在現實生活中，幸而，幸而令我們安慰的是， Franco Nero 和 Vanessa Redgrave 是真正的一對夫婦。 他們至今仍是執子之手與子偕老的白髮恩愛夫妻... (這是多年前在另一視頻中的留言。)

[@macbolan9374]

Just watched him last night as Pope John Paul II in The Pope's Exorcist. Good to see he's still acting, even with an old and fat Russel Crowe.

[@wilpri]

Threesome.

[@thehair1474]

This is not Nero singing, it's Gene Merlino. He's good, but he is no Robert Goulet.

[@johnpickford4222]

And if you were to see Gene Merlino you would agree he is no Franco Nero!

[@thehair1474]

@@johnpickford4222 good point looked great, but the part needed singing, lol. Julie, Goulet, and Burton were lucky they didn't do this overblown botch of a film.

[@lindatessicini2895]

He's to good looking to care about his voice being dubbed lol omg gorgeous still

[@jamesjoseph4267]

had i been the mate of eve we would be in eden still

[@hudsony777]

Q: Who dubbed Nero? A: Gene Merlino

[@AmandathePandaBooks]

He also looked like a Greek statue.

[@mdbruffy]

If he was as pure as he believed, he would have kept it in his pants and Camelot would have survived.

[@fastacker2]

Unfortunately, the clip leaves out the best part. Once Sir Lancelot arrives and Guinevere asks him if it is true that he has never failed at anything, He of course says something about not being perfect, and he sometimes struggles with "mi Humilite" Then later she asks him if he has wrestled with humility lately, and how was that struggle going. Something like that. It has been a lot of years since I saw it, but it was a delicious bit of writing. Would have made a nice capper to the end of this clip.

[@sherisouth5963]

This song is the medieval version of "We Want Bama."

[@williamgardiner2010]

Gene Merlino actually sang this.

[@BillYork]

What an amazing job matching singing voice to the actor's character voice

[@slugstory]

ima slow and reverb this

[@carbondragon]

He's so laughably overconfident here that it's great fun to watch. But it's sad too. But do they fail just because this one man splits the company with his sin, or because mankind himself is just too flawed to achieve the success Camelot was attempting? In 2021, I think many would say that humans are incapable of any great ambition.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

My feeling is that Camelot, like all great civilizations, would have fallen with or without Lancelot 's betrayal. Because humans cannot sustain peace nor cease their eternal pettiness. The triangle between Lancelot, Guinevere and King Arthur simply destroys Arthur's will to persevere. This is my belief.

[@andrealopezdelgado66]

It's simple: which is up, must go down. That's the secret of all fortune; it was true in medieval times and it's true even now.

[@jamesjoseph4267]

franco nero or robert goulet i got my pick

[@mikeyates7931]

Franco - all the way ! ! !

[@hudsony777]

@@mikeyates7931 Goulet

[@steveliveshere]

As a modern interpretation Nero wins it hands down.

[@johnpickford4222]

James Joseph: I don’t understand, which one gets your prick, or do you use your prick to pick??

[@LordRavensong]

Lancelot with the fuckboi face at 3:00

[@josetirado3680]

1967

[@ladymary22]

Humanity is not a virtue for him😉

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

He does everything but giggle and wink and wave at the camera. To be fair, it's an impossible song anyway. Do you do it straight? Do you send it up? Incidentally, there's a goof in the sequence just before this song: in one shot of Arthur knighting members of the Round Table, Pellinore is standing next to him even though he hasn't entered the story yet. Oops.

[@kevyjo]

Did they digitally manipulate his image? I remembered his package as more obvious lol...we nicknaned him as sir crotch a lot or sure packs a lot after this scene lol

[@wilpri]

Maybe you're just older now. LOL

[@GreatDarkSpot]

Why did they get Arnold Schwarzenegger to dub the singing?

[@lokeshgupta6898]

Franco's voice is dubbed by someone else. Franco's original voice is beautiful and sweet but had an accent problem.

[@hudsony777]

@@lokeshgupta6898 Gene Merlino

[@steveliveshere]

Franco Columbo wasn't available apparently...

[@OurBoysDeserveBetter]

Beauty & the Beast's GASTON inspo?!

[@catharinaeinarsson]

Haha, I know people who are like this!

[@laceyj79]

No wonder Vanessa had a baby with him

[@SobiTheRobot]

I like the 1960 stage version better.

[@karlacleverly9812]

The movie version is vastly better. In just about every way.

[@hudsony777]

Goulet's voice is wonderful and the irony is much clearer.

[@BillYork]

I love Julie Andrews and her singing, but Vanessa Redgrave does have a bit more of an edge that supports the character. It's almost hard to believe Julie when she sings "Shall a feud not begin for me, shall kith not kill their kin for me."

[@johnpickford4222]

@@BillYork Please, Yorkie, do not fall into that trap ‘would two armies go to war over Julie Andrews’? Yes, they would. As for Redgrave in a musical, SHE should have been dubbed!!

[@jgray1711]

I think Lance needs some more confidence…

[@filmfan4]

Seriously lacking in humility... the thing about being humble is that as soon as you declare that you are you’re not!

[@ethanchild582]

Therein lies the joke...

[@tabfiend]

Tom. that's exactly the point you're missing. Lancelot IS pure and godlike, but he can't see the need for some humility. Loosen up.

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

3:00 - Lancelot's squire agrees.

[@fastacker2]

@@tabfiend Yes, a brilliant bit of humor that some did not pick up on I guess. G - "Am I to understand that you have no flaw at all?" L- " I do have one flaw my Queen. It is mi Humilite" (spoken with a thick French accent, accentuating the last syllable of Humilite). then later, she asks him if he has wrestled with humility lately. A deeply biting, beautiful, sarcastic thrust which Arthur then skillfully deflects to save Lancelot's face. Amazed that clip does not appear anywhere in a google search.

[@gingerbreadchristmas8462]

Dracula jail. No human weaknesses love.

[@mathew1613]

Hope FREDERICK LOEWE is still being talked about. This music is not quotidian.

[@josiekilkenny6000]

this song always annoyed me. Now I realize why. He just brags and brags.

[@tabfiend]

That is the point of the song, dear Josie. He is a braggart but also a man of goodness, purity and kindness. This is shown of course in the duelling section of the film. He soon comes "down to earth".

[@karlacleverly9812]

You're all missing the point. In his purity, his enumerating his virtues is actually not bragging. He was explaining why he needed to serve at the Round Table. That's why it was funny. In his innocence, he doesn't realize how annoying he is...which is why the queen loathed him at first. That's why he doesn't understand any of her insults. Watch the movie.

[@josephdockemeyer6782]

Lancelot is really not bragging, though; he's citing his own virtues like a job applicant. These make him an excellent choice to serve at the Round Table. He is so virtuous and innocent of any pride that he doesn't see it as bragging. This is a knight who has worked extremely hard and deprived himself of much in order to become as godly as possible. It was considered virtuous at one time to deprive oneself and work extremely hard at being better. To be less animalistic, base or human... Also, you have to take into consideration that he's traveling alone with his page, so he's actually having a conversation with himself and thinking out loud.

[@fastacker2]

Because to deny his greatness would be to lie. And he is far too noble to lie. The lyrics explain it all. His only flaw... his humilité. :)

[@johnpickford4222]

josie Kilkenny: That is part of his insufferable character, which is why he’s ridiculed on arriving at Camelot. In the book he’s also supposed to be ugly as shit. It lessens the story when you have men like Nero and Goulet play the role.

[@malcolmwhitehead7225]

Poor rendering of great lyric. KZbin has only the 2nd n 3rd Arthur as well.. Laurence Harvey was superb! Someone pleeeeaase! .?? MW

[@Hammockrider]

Not bad but I prefer Robert Goulet

[@GypsyPepper]

In everything.

[@fordpopular8792]

Spamalot !! or should I say HAMALOT !!

[@ChristianMatos-hb5ik]

This is terrible. Even without comparing to Goulet.

[@Kikua1612]

I love how absolutely DONE his squire looks. “Yeah yeah go off Lancelot 🥱 no yeah you’re so brave and pure and humble! Yep chosen by gods, uh huh… this guy again(!)”