Unidentified Flying Oddball facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Unidentified Flying Oddball |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Russ Mayberry |
| Produced by | Ron Miller |
| Written by | Don Tait |
| Starring | Dennis Dugan Jim Dale Ron Moody Kenneth More John Le Mesurier |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Paul Beeson |
| Editing by | Peter Boita |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
| Release date(s) | July 19, 1979 (London) August 3, 1979 (Los Angeles) |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.25 million |
Unidentified Flying Oddball (UK title: The Spaceman and King Arthur) is a 1979 film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, directed by Russ Mayberry and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Subsequently re-released in the United States under the title A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court, the film stars Dennis Dugan as NASA employee Tom Trimble who unintentionally travels back in time with his look-alike android Hermes.
Premise
After Trimble’s NASA spacecraft travels faster than the speed of light, it takes him and his android back to King Arthur’s Camelot. They then use their 20th-century technology to help defeat a plot by the evil Sir Mordred and Merlin to oust King Arthur from his throne.
Cast
- Dennis Dugan as Tom Trimble/Hermes
- Jim Dale as Sir Mordred
- Ron Moody as Merlin
- Kenneth More as King Arthur
- John Le Mesurier as Sir Gawain
- Rodney Bewes as Clarence
- Sheila White as Alisande ("Sandy")
- Robert Beatty as Senator Milburn
- Cyril Shaps as Dr. Zimmerman
- Kevin Brennan as Winston
- Ewen Solon as Watkins
- Pat Roach as Oaf
- Reg Lye as Prisoner
Remake
Disney’s A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (1995), likewise based on the aforementioned novel, follows the same premise: a contemporary American male (in this case, an adolescent) travels back in time to the 6th century and King Arthur’s Camelot, impressing the inhabitants with technology from the distant future. Moody again plays Merlin in the film, on this occasion as a more sympathetic character.
