A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)

Director:

Michael Gottlieb

Writers (WGA):

Michael Part (written by) &
Robert L. Levy (written by)

Release Date:

11 August 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Joust Do It.

Plot:

Young Calvin Fuller is pulled into King Arthur's court by Merlin. His Mission: To save Camelot. To do...

Plot Keywords:

Camelot | Knight | Princess | King Arthur | Teen Angst

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Calvin Fuller
Joss Ackland	...	King Arthur
Art Malik	...	Lord Belasco
Paloma Baeza	...	Princess Katey
Kate Winslet	...	Princess Sarah
Daniel Craig	...	Master Kane
David Tysall	...	Ratan
Ron Moody	...	Merlin
Barry Stanton	...	Blacksmith
Michael Mehlmann	...	Shop owner (as Michael Mehlnan)
Melanie Oettinger	...	Peasant woman
Rebecca Denton	...	Washer woman
Michael Kelly	...	Apprentice
Louise Rosner	...	Lady in Waiting
Paul Rosner	...	Peasant boy

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild adventure action and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA | Hungary | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:G | Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:PG (certificate #33834) | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Germany:o.Al. (bw) | Spain:T | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Tapestry Films

Trivia:

Paloma Baeza, who played the younger of Arthur's daughters, Princess Katherine, is actually six months older than Kate Winslet, who played the older sister. That makes a five-year age difference with Thomas Ian Nicholas.

Quotes:

Lord Belasco: Declare my victory!
Princess Katey: Wrong again, dweeb.

Movie Connections:

Version of Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1988)

Soundtrack:

THIRD EYE

Entertaining and fun.

Hey, this is a kids' movie and a good one. I like time travel movies a lot especially when the traveller takes stuff with him (like inlines).

There a couple of real cool parts that I think stand out to make this movie appealing. The wooden bicycle is awesome even if it didn't last very long. The kid taking the knight's place in the jousting near the end was predictable but satisfying. And King Arthur and the princess coming to the future at the end made for a good windup.

Now I watch movies like this for pure enjoyment and never (on purpose) look at technicalities. I've spoiled several movies for myself that way. This is one of those movies that probably won't stand up to dissection very well. But, it made me laugh and it gave me a feel-good ending so I feel it did its job. People seem to dis a lot on predictability in movies, but if it works, why not use it. I like a nice happy ending. Movies are something I watch for pure enjoyment anyway. If I want reality, I watch the news.

This kid did two time travel movies that I know of (this one and "A Kid in Aladdin's Palace." I liked em both. Another nice time travel movie for kids was "Durango Kids".

This movie was in no way original as there have been a whole lot of movies based on "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Still, it had enough unique parts to make it worthwhile. Most kids should like this one.