The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Russ Mayberry

Writers:

Don Tait (screen story)
Mark Twain (novel)

Release Date:

26 July 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

A sixth century space adventure!

Plot:

An astronaut and his android double travel back to the time of King Arthur.

Plot Keywords:

King Arthur | Astronaut | Time Travel | Remake | Based On Novel

Cast

Dennis Dugan	...	Tom Trimble
Jim Dale	...	Sir Mordred
Ron Moody	...	Merlin
Kenneth More	...	King Arthur
John Le Mesurier	...	Sir Gawain
Rodney Bewes	...	Clarence
Sheila White	...	Alisande
Robert Beatty	...	Senator Milburn
Cyril Shaps	...	Dr. Zimmerman
Kevin Brennan	...	Winston
Ewen Solon	...	Watkins
Pat Roach	...	Oaf
Reg Lye	...	Prisoner

Also Known As:

A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court (USA) (reissue title)
UFO
Unidentified Flying Oddball (USA)
En rymdman vid riddarnas bord (Sweden) [sv]
König Artus und der Astronaut (West Germany) [de]
Um Astronauta na Corte do Rei Artur (Portugal) [pt]
Un astronauta alla tavola rotonda (Italy) [it]
Un astronauta en la corte del rey Arturo (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | Australia:G | Spain:T | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The Stardust ship prop now resides in a very old fairground/theme park called Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight in the UK. Visitors used to be able to explore the interior, but is now off-limits except to look at from the outside.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Tom is flying during the battle scene near the end wires that are holding the jet are clearly visible in several shots.

Quotes:

Clarence: [Waving a US flag] It's from his Uncle Sam!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Peep Show: (#1.2)" (2003)

My goodness -- someone was grumpy when they saw this flick!

Unlike my learned colleague, I apparently have room in my life for tres mal cinema...I loved this movie. Now, I am not going to tell you it's GOOD, by any means, but you have to give credit to the fine old British actors who salvaged what they could -- Jim Dale and several of the others did an amazing job with the awful script they were given. If you like "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "I Married a Space Alien", and the like, then this movie is right up there. Frankly, I think tres mal cinema nights demand this sort of thing. So, get a keg, grab your high school buddies, get out the D&D dice and enjoy -- and you can, like me, root for the bad guys cos it is sooooo bad!

It's a MOVIE, not fine Romanticist literature, after all!