A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989) (TV)

Director:

Mel Damski

Writers (WGA):

Mark Twain (book)
Paul Zindel (teleplay)

Release Date:

18 December 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

After a horse accident, Karen wakes up to find herself in past Britain, close to Camelot, the famous castle of King Arthur.

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Camelot | King Arthur | Fantasy World | Falling Off Horse

Cast

Keshia Knight Pulliam	...	Karen
Jean Marsh	...	Morgana
Rene Auberjonois	...	Merlin
Emma Samms	...	Queen Guenivere
Whip Hubley
Hugo Blick
Bryce Hamnet
Michael Gross	...	King Arthur
Berlinda Tolbert	...	Karen's Mother
Marissa Lindsay	...	Liz
William Nunn	...	School Teacher
William Jongeneel	...	Angry Knight
Cardew Robinson	...	Peasant #1
Natasha Williams	...	Peasant #2
Bernard McKenna	...	Peasant #3
Camilla Dempster	...	Lady Courtier

Directed by
Mel Damski

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Twain		(book)
Paul Zindel		(teleplay)

Produced by
Graham Ford	....	producer
Merrill H. Karpf	....	executive producer
Adrienne Luraschi	....	associate producer
James Pulliam	....	co-producer

Original Music by
William Goldstein

Cinematography by
Harvey Harrison

Film Editing by
Rod Stephens

Casting by
Susan Shaw

Production Design by
Brian Eatwell

Art Direction by
Tivadar Bertalan
Derek Nice

Costume Design by
May Routh

Makeup Department
C. Romania Ford	....	makeup artist
Peter Frampton	....	makeup supervisor
Sue Love	....	key hair stylist
Ottilia Pásztory	....	makeup artist
Erzsébet Rácz	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Graham Ford	....	unit production manager
Tom Luse	....	unit manager
Neville C. Thompson	....	production manager
Maria Ungor	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevan Barker	....	first assistant director
Graham Ford	....	first assistant director
Toby Ford	....	third assistant director
Marta Kertesz	....	second assistant director
Tom Luse	....	second assistant director
Bart Patton	....	first assistant director
Cathy A. Roszell	....	second assistant director (as Cathy Roszell)
Gábor Váradi	....	first assistant director

Art Department
József Brédl	....	construction manager
Gábor Posevitz	....	props
Richard Blake Wester	....	property master: USA

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound editor
Grover B. Helsley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Simon Kaye	....	production sound mixer
János Köporosy	....	boom operator
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Troy Porter	....	foley mixer
Tommy Staples	....	boom operator
Doug E. Turner	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Wilkinson	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Gábor Budaházi	....	special effects (as Gábor Budahazi)

Stunts
Sándor Boros	....	stunts
Gerry Crampton	....	stunt coordinator
Péter Katona	....	stunt performer
Ferenc Novinecz	....	stunts
Gábor Piroch	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gordon Hayman	....	camera operator
Britta Mangold	....	focus puller (as Britta Sell)
Edwin Myers	....	camera operator
Shane O'Neill	....	focus puller
Péter Sidló	....	gaffer
Róbert Szabó	....	still photographer
Tony Turner	....	key grip
William Wages	....	additional photographer
John Wyatt	....	additional photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joanna Eatwell	....	wardrobe assistant

Transportation Department
Albert B. Cooper IV	....	talent driver: Kisha Knight Pullam

Other crew
Robert Ballentine	....	production assistant
Josie Fulford	....	script supervisor
Carri Gibbs	....	location manager: splinter unit
Leila Kirkpatrick	....	production coordinator
Gyorgy Kuntner	....	location manager
Randy MacDonald	....	title designer

Production Companies

• Consolidated Productions
• Schaefer/Karpf Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1989) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Consolidated Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the eclipse, the moon passes across the sun from left to right, which is opposite to the way an eclipse appears from the northern hemisphere.

Movie Connections:

Version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)

Soundtrack:

CROSS MY HEART

Fun, with memorable characters

This was one of my favorite movies when I was younger. My brother and I (I was 9, he was 7) adored it and watched it repeatedly. It was so simply, yet perfectly done -- it took the classic book and turned it into a modern-day tale, but it didn't try to be a classic itself. It just tried to be funny, and it succeeded. The is the story of Karen, who finds herself in Camelot and impresses everyone with her "magical" twentieth century contraptions, and makes everyone call her Sir Boss. She's a sweet kid, and very eighties, but she's one of the best things in the movie. But I can't not mention the supporting actors -- without them, this movie wouldn't be quite the same. Hugo Blick, who plays Mordred, just LOOKS like an evil villain, and the lines he delivers are so corny and so, just, evil villainy, that you KNOW you should hate him but you secretly like him. And Whip Hubley, who plays Lancelot, is attractive and lovable. Emma Samms plays the Queen Guenevere with lightheartedness and beauty. The movie is rarely boring; there's one adventure after another. Fun for kids, and a decade later, I still think it's funny.