When I purchased this film I had actually never heard of it let alone seen it, I'm a huge fantasy fan and love all things dragon related or medieval. Why did I buy it? well 2 things drew me to the movie firstly there was the 2 headed dragon on the cover, secondly the word "camelot" in the title, you know you're in for a sword swinging, Knight filled adventure when you see the word "camelot" (thats unless it's realated to the lottery, but anyway.....) I had no idea of the plot, would it be musical or straight cartoon, who'd be doing the voices..........I simply took pot luck, bought the film and hoped for the best.

"Vera Chapman is a rather interesting character - she was one of the first women to matriculate from Oxford University, she was a druid, married an Anglican vicar and at one point founded the English Tolkien Society. She didn't begin writing until the age off 77, where she produced seven fantasy novels before her death in 1996 at the age of 98. All of her works reflected a lifelong interest in paganism, feminism and goddess worship."
-Richard Scheib,http://www.moria.co.nz

Years later Kayley has grown up into a beautiful young woman but she is never able to get over her fathers death. Ruber visits her home taking her and her mother hostage, he plans to attack Camelot but needs Kayleys mothers help to get within the walls. Lady Julianna still has access to the castle despite her husbands earlier death. On the journey to the castle Kayley manages to escape and plans to rescue her mother.

Will Kayley and her friends find the sword? Will Ruber succeed in destroying Camelot? Will Devon and Cornwall ever get along? you'll have to watch the movie and see!

CREDITS
Directed by
Frederik Du Chau

Written by
Vera Chapman
Kirk De Micco
William Schifrin
Jacqueline Feather
David Seidler

DVD & OTHER INFORMATION
Certficate:U, suitable for the whole family
Run time: 86 min
Language:English
Color:Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:Dolby Digital

The Magic sword-Quest for Camelot was originally released on video and later on DVD. There are console games available most noticably Quest For Camelot on the Nintendo Gameboy Colour/Advance(which is available for pennies online)

MY OPINION
While the storyline verges on silly at times, what with the fate of all of Camelot in the hands of a girl, a blind man and a 2 headed drogon who arges with himself, I still

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The characters are unfortunately a little cliche- the girl who wants to follow in her fathers footsteps, the unsociable hermit, the evil bad guy who wants to take over the world........Merlin and Arthur put in brief appearances but not enough to warrant the voice talents of Pierce Brosnan(Arthur) and Sir John Gielgud(Merlin) Griffon is one of the best characters, he is indeed a griffon however he's not very well sighted and continuously fails in his attempts to retrieve the sword, theres also the hilarious Bladebeak, a cross between a chicken and an axe, the victim of one of Grubers experiments. There's great interaction between Devon and Cornwall and the voices of Eric Idle and Don Rickles really bring the characters to life.

I find it dissapointing that there are no special features, unlike many Disney dvds along the same theme this one by Warner lacks any bonuses, it would have been nice to have an audio commentary, a special interactive game, an art gallery........just something a little extra that would enhance the dvd experience.