Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot (released internationally as The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot) is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, directed by Frederik Du Chau, and very loosely based on the 1976 novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman. It features the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jaleel White, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Bronson Pinchot, Gabriel Byrne, John Gielgud (in his final film role), Frank Welker, and Sarah Rayne, with Andrea Corr, Bryan White, Celine Dion, and Steve Perry providing the singing voices of Gilsig, Elwes, Seymour, and Brosnan. The story follows the adventurous Kayley (Gilsig), whose father was a Knight of the Round Table killed by the power-hungry Sir Ruber (Oldman). When Ruber's renewed plot to usurp Camelot from King Arthur (Brosnan) by stealing Arthur's sword Excalibur goes awry, Kayley enlists the help of the blind hermit Garrett (Elwes) and a two-headed dragon, Devon and Cornwall (Idle and Rickles), to help her retrieve the sword and save the kingdom.
Plot
Sir Lionel, a knight of the Round Table, is killed foiling an assassination attempt on King Arthur by the evil Sir Ruber, who is then driven off by Excalibur, Arthur's sword. During Lionel's funeral, Arthur informs Lionel's widow Lady Juliana and his daughter Kayley that Camelot is always open to them. Kayley dreams of becoming a knight, like her father, and she trains herself while working on the farm.
More details
| author | David Seidler Frederik Du Chau Kirk DeMicco Vera Chapman |
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| contentLocation | England |
| director | Frederik Du Chau |
| editor | Stanford C. Allen |
| genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy |
| keywords | assassination assassination attempt blind breathe camelot chicken claim discover dragon end excalibur first time griffin heal hear help hen hermit injured kicked in the head kill king arthur knight knights of the round table learn merlin ogre rooster round table sir lionel stable boy visual impairment warn wisecrack wiz |
| musicBy | Erdal Kızılçay Patrick Doyle |
| producer | Dalisa Cooper Cohen |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | animated children's feminist musical |