Intrada Special Collection Volume 343; CD). Adding to Tom's plight is his discovery of a sinister plot to overthrow the King, with the outcome resting on the flash-and-dazzle of the equipment at hand -- from the 20th century! Overall, director Russ Mayberry delivered a fun and lighted hearted romp through the halls of Camelot. Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. I really enjoyed it. Sneak Previews - 1975 Unidentified Flying Oddball La Cage Aux Folles 3-23 was released on: USA: 15 September 1979 But under better direction and with stronger actors, this really could be great. Cue a lot of terrible fish-out-of-water comedy as Dugan shows the locals his gadgets, including a laser gun that can make things explode (I don't recall that back in the 70s…. More details at Be respectful! I'm going for a more metaphysical rather than sci-fi genre approach to time travel, hence the inclusion…, Includes straightforward adaptations from the Medieval literary traditions, 12th Century Romance traditions, post-Tennyson revival, Historical reconstruction tradition, modernizations, Tristan & Isolde…, I recently acquired copies of both Michael Weldon's Psychotronic Encyclopedia and Psychotronic Video Guide and this list is all films…. Unidentified Flying Oddball Trailer. I feel his character is way too content with what occurs, especially at the beginning - no surprise, no shock... nothing. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande and enemies with the awful knight Sir Mordred. But at least it’s one of the few Disney movies to promote science over magic (even if it is sometimes magical science). It features a cool concept, but the film never really gets overly intriguing while the cast are rather plain and uninteresting. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODDBALL is like sitting through 90 tedious minutes of the bloody finger. Just remembered this out of nowhere. Glad it only lasts 93 minutes. Recommended Movies. Released by Intrada in 2016 (Special Collection Vol. The "bloody finger" was one such unfunny example. All rights reserved. It's as well the Americans have arrived. Please enable JavaScript if you would like to watch videos on this site. Any spoilers should be placed in spoiler tags as such. It's as well the Americans have arrived. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande and enemies with the awful knight Sir Nordred. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Astronaut Tom Trimble and his robot companion are unexpectedly hurled backward in time during a routine space flight and end up prisoners at the Court of King Arthur in sixth-century England! The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media corporation headquartered at the Walt…, If you want to spend an amazing afternoon in the couch, these are your movies :), My goal is to watch every Time Travel movie ever made. Uh, oh! Release Date: July 26, 1979. © 1996–2020 Autotelics, LLC. Comedy-fantasy about a 20th-century astronaut and his robot who travel back in time and end up prisoners in King Arthur's Court! Space-age technology is pitted against medieval superstition and treachery in this wild and wacky comedy/fantasy. Crap In Space! This review may contain spoilers. Dennis Dugan is a fresh face for a leading role opposite Jim Dale, Ron Moody from Oliver! Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Great score from Ron Goodwin from a classic children's film by Disney. It seems Mordred is atempting to oust Arthur, while Alisande's father is not the goose she believes him to be but is also a victim of Mordred's schemes. A late '70s sci-fi comedy that should be better than it is, Russ Mayberry's "Unidentified Flying Oddball" is still charming enough to engage. Goodwin plays it pretty straight with this score Great action mixed with mid-evil flare. Right? Quickie Review (The Disney Binge-a-Thon Vol. Please try again. Foremost is a sparkling misterioso motif that opens the film in flute and bells over hushed tremolo strings. Adding to Tom's plight is his discovery of a sinister plot to overthrow the King, with the outcome resting on the flash-and-dazzle of the equipment at hand – from the 20th century! The writing is definitely the strong point - the story is easy to follow (though predictable) and some of the humor lands (when it relies on the script, and not its delivery). It seems Nordred is out to oust Arthur, while Alisande's father is not the goose she believes him to be but is also a victim of Nordred's schemes. Jokes are fine, but don't post tactless/inappropriate ones. See all 3 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. All the community rules apply here. The robot takes with him a Playboy magazine, to which Dennis says “Well, 30 years is 30 years.”. Composer Ron Goodwin had previously scored five films for Disney and producer Hugh Attwooll. It's like Back to the Future meets a G-rated version of Monty Python with bit of Comedy of Errors. If any information appears to be missing from this page, contact us and let us know! The lead actor went on to direct many of Adam Sandler’s worst films. the first film i ever saw! It was funny that he went back in time. The recording features a crisp stereo image, with the profuse action sequences for brass in the latter part of the score being especially vibrant. Basically in between. ). Even when I first saw this when I was 11, I knew it wasn’t very good. Directed by Russ Mayberry. Also, individual…. $1 shipping on qualified orders. TMDb In a word, forgettable. It’s part time travel, part sword and sorcery and part romance. Space-age technology is pitted against medieval superstition and treachery in this wild and wacky comedy/fantasy. it's not very good! This shuttle will fly faster than the speed of light by collecting atoms and ionising them, all through magnetic fields fitted to the wings. The surrounding British character actors are all okay, but ultimately this drags and never does anything interesting or funny with the premise. Unidentified Flying Oddball (The Spaceman and King Arthur) (1979), Take-Off Is Delayed (not featured in film), Consternation At Camelot (includes music not featured in film), Tom Protests (includes music not featured in film). It may contain the director of Grown Ups 2 in a starring role. Because how could a rocket ship make you go back in time? Astronaut Tom Trimble (Dennis Dugan) and his robot companion are unexpectedly hurled backward in time during a routine space flight ... and end up prisoners at the Court of King Arthur in sixth-century England! We prefer the original release title of Disney's A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court: Unidentified Flying Oddball. Film data from TMDb. Don't comment just to troll/provoke. This premiere release of Ron Goodwin's bright and action-filled score for Disney's Unidentified Flying Oddball was made possible by the discovery of the original stereo session mixes, surviving on 1/4" two-track tape. Likewise, don't respond to trollish comments; just report them and ignore them. Earth. Unidentified Flying Oddball was created on 1979-07-26. Comedy-fantasy about a 20th-century astronaut and his robot who travel back in time and end up prisoners in King Arthur's Court! Mobile site. Keep your comments focused on the release. Unidentified Flying Oddball, an Album by Ron Goodwin. This has probably the filthiest jokes in a Disney movie. Though it may have been a little too light on science the cast was great and it’s a film I can easily recommend for the whole family. NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, travelling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. Trimble must endear himself to Arthur in order save his own skin from both Mordred and the threat of being stuck out of his own time. Unidentified Flying Oddball soundtrack from 1979, composed by Ron Goodwin. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Jim Dale, who is excellent in 1978's 'Hot Lead and Cold Feet', is underwhelming. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Report this film. ), before a lightning strike strands him on a spaceship that goes back in time to the round table.