They snatch Excalibur and flee from Ruber in the process. The next day, the group goes into a giant cave where a rock-like ogre holds Excalibur, using it as a toothpick. Kayley and Garrett reconcile and profess their love for each other. Kayley uses the sentient trees to trap Ruber and his men, and escorts Garrett into a remote cave where she uses a healing plant to heal Garrett's wounds. Kayley's frustrated ranting causes Garrett to miss Ayden's signal, and he is injured by one of Ruber's men. The next day, they only find the belt and scabbard of Excalibur in a giant footprint. Garrett also teaches Kayley more about the forest, including the existence of magic healing plants. Following the incident, Sir Lionel still believed in Garrett and trains him personally. He was kicked in the head while saving the King's horses from a fire, causing his blindness. During a night of rest (much to Kayley's reluctance), Garrett reveals he was once King Arthur's stable boy, who wanted to be a knight. They escape from a group of attacking dragons, who are taken out by Ruber and his henchmen, and Devon and Cornwell join their quest. Kayley and Garrett encounter a wisecracking two-headed dragon named Devon and Cornwall, whose two heads can't stand each other and dream of being separated, and can neither fly nor breathe fire. Ruber learns of this from Bladebeak and decides to follow them in order to obtain Excalibur. They decide to search for Excalibur, and Kayley persuades him to let her join the quest. Once in the forest, Kayley is saved by Garrett, a blind hermit, and Ayden. After hearing Ruber's plans, Kayley escapes and heads to the forest, pursued by the steel men and Bladebeak. He uses a witch's potion to turn his henchmen into steel men and a henpecked rooster into Bladebeak. Ruber attacks the farm and captures Kayley and Juliana, planning to use them to gain entry to Camelot. When Kayley hears the news she plans to search for Excalibur herself, which displeases her mother. The Griffin is driven away by the forest's sentient trees. Merlin's pet falcon, Ayden, attacks the griffin, causing it to drop the sword into the Forbidden Forest. Kayley dreams of becoming a Knight, like her father, and trains herself while working on their farm.Ī decade later, Ruber's griffin attacks Camelot, where he steals Excalibur and injures King Arthur. At Lionel's funeral, Arthur tells Lionel's daughter Kayley and his wife Juliana that they will always be welcome at Camelot. Ruber is then driven off by Excalibur, Arthur's sword. Sir Lionel is a knight of the Round Table who is killed foiling an assassination attempt on King Arthur by the evil Sir Ruber. One of the songs, " The Prayer", won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, losing to " When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt. It received mixed reviews and was an "expensive flop", grossing $38.1 million against a $40 million budget. under their Family Entertainment label on in the United States and Canada. Quest for Camelot was released by Warner Bros. Animation was mostly done in Glendale, California and London, England. Because of the production troubles, the film's release was delayed by six months, from November 1997 to May 1998. This was later followed with prominent departures of the animation and management staff. This resulted in creative differences, in which Kroyer was replaced with Du Chau. During the interim, the story was heavily re-tooled, among of which the central focus on the Holy Grail would be replaced with Excalibur. The film went into production later that year, but was delayed when animators were reassigned to help finish Space Jam (1996). Feature Animation's first project, with Bill Kroyer as director. In May 1995, the film, initially titled The Quest for the Holy Grail, was announced to be Warner Bros. Andrea Corr, Bryan White, Celine Dion and Steve Perry perform the singing voices for Gilsig, Elwes, Seymour and Brosnan. It features the voices of Jessalyn Gilsig, Cary Elwes, Gary Oldman, Eric Idle, Don Rickles, Jaleel White, Jane Seymour, Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne, John Gielgud (his final film), Frank Welker and Sarah Rayne. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on the 1976 novel The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman. Quest for Camelot (released internationally as The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot) is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros.
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