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poster of Quest for Camelot
Rating: 6.847/10 by 797 users

Quest for Camelot (1998)

During the times of King Arthur, Kayley is a brave girl who dreams of following her late father as a Knight of the Round Table. The evil Ruber wants to invade Camelot and take the throne of King Arthur, and Kayley has to stop him.

Directing:
  • Frederik Du Chau
  • Audrey Stedman
  • Karen Hamrock
  • Jennifer Yuan
Writing:
  • Stephan Franck
  • Vera Chapman
  • William Schifrin
  • David Seidler
  • Jacqueline Feather
  • Kirk DeMicco
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, May 15, 1998

Rating: 6.847/10 by 797 users

Alternative Title:
Excalibur l'Epée Magique - FR
La espada mágica: En busca de Camelot - ES
Het Magische Zwaard: Op Zoek naar Camelot - NL
Det Magiske Sværd Jagten På Camelot - DK
La Spada Magica - Alla Ricerca di Camelot - IT
A bűvös kard - Camelot nyomában - HU
The Magic Sword: Quest For Camelot - GB
Taikamiekka – Seikkailujen Camelot - FI
A Espada Mágica: A Lenda de Camelot - BR
The Magic Sword: Quest For Camelot - AU
Det magiske svaerd - DK
Det magiske svaerd jagten på camelot - DK
Det magiske svaerd: jagten på camelot - DK
החרב הקסומה: המסע לקמלוט - IL
寻找卡米洛城 - CN
Kouzelný meč – Cesta na Camelot - CZ

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 26 minutes
Budget: $40,000,000
Revenue: $38,200,000

Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, sword, camelot, musical, king arthur, dragon, knights of the round table, villain song

Jessalyn Gilsig
Kayley (voice)
Andrea Corr
Kayley (singing voice)
Cary Elwes
Garrett (voice)
Bryan White
Garrett (singing voice)
Gary Oldman
Ruber (voice)
Eric Idle
Devon (voice)
Don Rickles
Cornwall (voice)
Jane Seymour
Juliana (voice)
Céline Dion
Juliana (singing voice)
Pierce Brosnan
King Arthur (voice)
Steve Perry
King Arthur (singing voice)
Bronson Pinchot
Grifin (voice)
Jaleel White
Bladebeak (voice)
Gabriel Byrne
Lionel (voice)
John Gielgud
Merlin (voice)
Frank Welker
Ayden (voice)
Jack Angel
Additional Voices (voice)
Sarah Freeman
Young Kayley (voice)
Sherry Lynn
Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan
Additional Voices (voice)

Kamurai

Empty watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. This movie is a good example of Warner Bros' desperate desire to be like Disney instead of doing their own thing when it comes to animation. It even looks like they lifted a character directly out of "Alice in Wonderland", and maybe there was a legal loophole they had , but it was really unnecessary. Honestly, most of the premise is a lot of nonsense, and I don't mean to dash dreams and lose the fancy of imaginative creation, but it's not even just fun. They took one of the few popular free stories (King Arthur) that Disney hadn't monopolized ("Sword in the Stone" only covers Arthur as a child, and this is after Camelot was realized), and then added so much magical guff to it that it was hardly recognizable as a version of the original story. This is not a "King Arthur and his Knights" story, it's a Kayley, and you don't know who that is because they made her up. Even Cary Elwes (Princess Bride: The Man in Black), by far the best actor / character in the movie, seems to have impatient disdain for having to perform the role, and he's probably the 3rd most occurring character. A knight that Arthur never would have made a knight, that the audience doesn't know, traitors the crown (when Lancelot did it, it was impactful) and kills a knight, that the audience doesn't know or care about, so the main character is launch into adventure on a basis that the audience objectively doesn't care about, and that adventure is further preluded with a Griffon dropping Excaliber into a cursed wood (which would have normally been represented by Merlin and/or the Woad), and having some magic would be fine, but they basically rip off the "Fire Swamp" from "Princess Bride" and add in all these questionably real people with weapons for hands. Everything I just wrote sounds insane, and that's without the guide being blind or there being a 2-headed dragon that hates itselves. I'm tired, and you should skip this unless you just have to see the train wreck.


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