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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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Jessalyn Gilsig
- Kayley
- (voice)
Cary Elwes
- Garrett
- (voice)
Andrea Corr
- Kayley
- (singing voice)
Bryan White
- Garrett
- (singing voice)
Gary Oldman
- Ruber
- (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)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBill 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.
- GoofsWhen Devon and Cornwall make shadow puppets on the wall, Garrett (who is supposedly blind), looks at the shadow puppets on the wall.
- Crazy creditsOn 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 versionsIn the version released on Netflix and YouTube, the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo is plastered by the Warner Bros. Television logo.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #19.6 (1998)
- SoundtracksUnited 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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I too enjoyed this movie. It isn't flawless, but few movies are. The animation is good, if a little bland in the musical numbers, with exception of the splendid witchcraft scene. As for the songs, they aren't actually that bad. My favourites were "The Prayer", "Looking Through Your Eyes", and "If I didn't have you." The other songs were not as good, but not mind numbingly awful. The biggest problem was the singing voices, they didn't match the voice acting. Celine Dion is a very good singer, but her voice is too powerful for Julianna, but it's good they didn't ask someone like Barbara Streisand, another excellent singer with a too-big voice for the character. Same with Andrea Corr. Another problem was the script, which had its ups and downs. The reasons why some children didn't laugh at the two-headed dragon, which was the best character, is because they wouldn't in a million years have understood the pop culture references, though they were funny. As for the voice talents they were a mixed bag. Jessalyn Gilsig and Cary Elwes started off a little bland, and Gary Oldman relishes his role as the villain, if a little over the top at times. On a positive note, Eric idle and Don Rickles were hilarious, and Jane Seymour made a sincere Julianna. Pierce Brosnan was also an interesting choice, but if I were a director, I wouldn't have picked John Gielgud to voice Merlin, although he would have been good if it was live-action. In conclusion, an above average movie, with a story that started off well, but ran out of steam too early. If I wanted to see it again, I would. 7/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 18, 2009
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- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Quest for Camelot
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,510,798
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,041,602
- May 17, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $22,510,798
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1(original & negative ratio)
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