A Kid in King Arthur's Court

"Calvin Fuller is about to break curfew...by 1500 years."

1995 1h 29m EN

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★5.0TMDB · 202

AdventureFantasyComedyFamily

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A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the wizard Merlin, who needs Calvin to save Camelot. Using dazzling modern inventions, can Calvin help King Arthur retain his crown and thwart the evil Lord Belasco?

“Calvin Fuller is about to break curfew...by 1500 years.”

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Cast

Thomas Ian Nicholas
Calvin Fuller
Joss Ackland
King Arthur
Art Malik
Lord Belasco
Daniel Craig
Master Kane
Kate Winslet
Princess Sarah
Paloma Baeza
Princess Katey
David Tysall
Ratan
Ron Moody
Merlin

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Gottlieb
Writers: Robert L. Levy, Michael Part
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "A Kid in... Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Gottlieb, shot by Elemér Ragályi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by J.A.C. Redford. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anita Brandt-Burgoyne shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Thomas Ian Nicholas and Joss Ackland and Art Malik carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Calvin Fuller is about to break curfew...by 1500 years.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Gottlieb directs. Elemér Ragályi behind the camera. J.A.C. Redford scores. Anita Brandt-Burgoyne cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "A Kid in... Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Michael Gottlieb, shot by Elemér Ragályi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by J.A.C. Redford. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Anita Brandt-Burgoyne shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Thomas Ian Nicholas and Joss Ackland and Art Malik carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Calvin Fuller is about to break curfew...by 1500 years.".
9IMDB entry: tt0113538 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Elemér Ragályi
Original score: J.A.C. Redford
Editing: Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
Production design: Gárdonyi László
Costume design: Maria Hruby
Makeup / hair: Jánosné Kajtár
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)

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A Kid in... Collection

Calvin Fuller's time travel adventures in "A Kid in King Arthur's Court" and "A Kid in Aladdin's Palace".

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r96sk2020-10-05
★ 4/10
Dreadful film. Everything about <em>'A Kid in King Arthur’s Court'</em> is just so poor, the whole feel of the film is extremely low-budget and limp. The writing is substandard, while the dialogue is actually terrible; it forces the 'present day vs. old days' theme way too much, it needed more to it. The casting can make such a difference in how your film comes out, you can have a load of crap but if you get a strong cast you can still produce something good. This simply doesn't do that, though there is an interesting caveat - as both Kate Winslet and Daniel Craig incredibly appear, in just their third and second films respectively - huge credit to the Hubbards & Co., the UK casting directors. The premise is just so dumb and uninteresting. Disney already adapted the Mark Twain novel in 1979 with <em>'Unidentified Flying Oddball'</em>, which I didn't love, so it's bizarre they chose to go back to it. As noted earlier, they try to make it noteworthy by colliding the two differing eras but it just comes across as lazy. There's one, very minor, part I did like and that was King Arthur's little story with the Excalibur sword. It's nothing amazing, but I could appreciate what they were trying to do with that at the very least. Entirely forgettable, one of Disney's worst live-action offerings up until 1995; from the ones I've seen to date, which is the majority, it's in my bottom six in fact.

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