Unidentified Flying Oddball
Unidentified Flying Oddball also known as The Spaceman and King Arthur and A Spaceman in King Arthurs Court is a 1979 film adaptation of Mark Twains A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, directed by Russ Mayberry and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Subsequently rereleased in the United States under the titles The Spaceman and King Arthur and A Spaceman in King Arthurs Court, the film starred Dennis Dugan as astronaut Tom Trimble who unintentionally travels back in time with his lookalike android Hermes. Trimbles NASA spacecraft travels faster than the speed of light, landing him and the android near King Arthurs Camelot, where with the aid of their 20thcentury technology they must defeat a plot by the evil Sir Mordred and Merlin to oust King Arthur from the throne.
The spacecraft that was featured in this movie is on display at the Blackgang Chine theme park in the Isle of Wight.Disneys A Kid in King Arthurs 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 Arthurs 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. ........
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