Quest for Camelot

1998
G
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

18K

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Hand-Drawn Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Musical

An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit, and a goofy two-headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit, and a goofy two-headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit, and a goofy two-headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

18K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 6 nominations total

Kayley
(voice)

Cary Elwes

Garrett
(voice)

Andrea Corr

Kayley
(singing 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)
(as Celine Dion)

Pierce Brosnan

King Arthur
(voice)

Steve Perry

King Arthur
(singing voice)

Bronson Pinchot

Griffin
(voice)

Jaleel White

Bladebeak
(voice)

Gabriel Byrne

Lionel
(voice)

John Gielgud

Merlin
(voice)
(as Sir John Gielgud)

Frank Welker

Ayden
(voice)

Sarah Rayne

Young Kayley
(voice)

Al Roker

Additional Voices
(voice)

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Trivia
Bill Kroyer, the original director of this movie, intended to make a darker movie, more faithful in tone to the original book. Following the phenomenal successes of the movies of the Disney Renaissance, Warner Bros. among many other studios, moved into Warner Bros. Feature Animation hoping to replicate similar successes with their own animated movies. At Warner Brothers' behest, Kroyer's vision for this movie was rejected, in favor of a more Disney animated musical movie-style, and the movie was put into production before the story was even finalized. The complex plot and dark nature of the novel, The King's Damousel, were replaced with several animation trademarks of the 1990s-era: musical numbers, a strong female heroine, a power hungry antagonist who wants to usurp the kingdom, a romantic subplot where the couple lives happily ever after, talking animal sidekicks, and family-friendly comedy gags.

Goofs
When Devon and Cornwall make shadow puppets on the wall, Garrett (who is supposedly blind), looks at the shadow puppets on the wall.

Quotes
Ruber: [after the giant ogre sits on him] The ogre's butt.

Crazy credits
On the On Demand print, during the closing credits, the offer for the movie's soundtrack on CD & Cassette, that is seen before the movie begins, plays again.

Alternate versions
In the version released on Netflix and YouTube, the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo is plastered by the Warner Bros. Television logo.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #19.6 (1998)

Soundtracks
United We Stand
Written by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster
Produced by David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager
Performed by Steve Perry
Courtesy of Columbia Records

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Review

Featured review

8/10

An underrated good quality cartoon film.

Genre: Cartoon, Camelot, Adventure with female knight in training.

Main characters: Kayley, Garret, Devon and Cornwall.

Actors: Lots of famous ones here! There is Cary Elwes (Garret), Eric Idle (Devon), Gary Oldman (Ruber), Jane Seymour (Juliana), Don Rickles (Cornwall), Pierce Brosnan (King Arthur), John Gielgud (Merlin).

What happens: Kayley is the daughter of Sir Lionel, one of the knights at the Round Table. The young girl dreams of following in her father's footsteps as a knight. Then, disaster strikes. Lionel is killed :-( and Kayley as well as others mourn for him. Kayley dreams on of becoming a knight...

My thoughts: This film had good potential. It had good animation, good, heartwarming songs, good characters and lots of good actors. They released it and (on IMDb especially) it sort of flopped like a deflated balloon. What happened?

Well, I don't know personally. I suppose a lot of people don't like this film for a number of reasons. Yes, the film isn't perfect, but it's CERTAINLY enjoyable and good to watch! It's also good for the children, they are likely to enjoy at least one aspect of the film and want to watch on (just like me when I was younger). They may enjoy the songs, they may enjoy the actors, they may enjoy the characters or the excitement, or they may enjoy the humour. They are most likely NOT to be disappointed.

Adults are most likely to like the actors. Monty Python fans will hopefully not be disappointed by the performance of Eric Idle. Also here is Jane Seymour (but not Henry the Eighth's wife OBVIOUSLY! :-) )

Why this film has gone down so badly is a mystery to me. I hope those of you who have never watched it before will enjoy it as much as I do.

Recommended to: Families who like cartoon films, people who like any of the actors I mentioned earlier and people who just like the sound of the film in general - enjoy! :-)