Quest for Camelot (1998)
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An adventurous young woman joins forces with a blind hermit and a two-headed dragon to retrieve a stolen sword and save the kingdom of Camelot.
The story
A decade after her father, a Knight of the Round Table, was killed by the evil Sir Ruber, Kayley dreams of becoming a knight herself. When Ruber successfully steals King Arthur's legendary sword, Excalibur, and leaves the King injured, Kayley sets out on a journey to recover it. She teams up with Garrett, a blind hermit who was once a stable boy in Camelot, and a bickering two-headed dragon named Devon and Cornwall. Together, they must navigate the Forbidden Forest to find the lost sword and prevent Ruber from usurping the throne.
- Original title
- The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot
- First release year
- 1998
- Runtime (minutes)
- 86
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Frederik Du Chau
- Writers
- Kirk DeMicco · screenplay; William Schifrin · screenplay; Jacqueline Feather · writing team; David Seidler · writing team
- Cast and characters
- Jessalyn Gilsig · Kayley; Cary Elwes · Garrett; Gary Oldman · Lord Ruber; Eric Idle · Devon; Don Rickles · Cornwall; Jane Seymour · Juliana; Pierce Brosnan · King Arthur; Bronson Pinchot · Griffin
- Genres
- animated; musical; fantasy
- Themes
- bravery; acceptance; heroism
- Tone and mood
- fantasy; musical; adventurous
- Premise and plot tags
- Arthurian legend; quest; fantasy adventure
- Source material / true-story basis
- The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office disappointment, grossing $38.1 million worldwide against a $40 million production budget.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 43% · review count: 29; Metacritic · score: 50 · review count: 22
- Awards and nominations
- Golden Globe Award · Best Original Song · won; Academy Award · Best Original Song · nominated
- Production trivia
- The film was initially titled The Quest for the Grail.; The film's narrative focus was changed from the Holy Grail to Excalibur.; The film was originally intended to be a PG-13 rating.
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