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Time Bandits
Why this pick
Its scruffy time-travelling quest through historical eras shares the playful collision of modern sensibility and old-world adventure, though with a more mischievous, surreal edge.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1979 1h 33m GBR
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The Kid Who Would Be King
Why this pick
A modern child’s life collides with Arthurian legend in an energetic, funny fantasy adventure that treats Camelot mythology as a backdrop for accessible heroic teamwork.
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Why this pick
Like the NASA-to-Camelot premise, it finds comedy in contemporary heroes using time travel to bumble through the past, with an affectionate, upbeat adventure tone.
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The Last Starfighter
Why this pick
This sincere, optimistic sci-fi fantasy turns an everyday young man into an unlikely hero through futuristic technology, delivering the same breezy 1980s adventure charm.
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A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Why this pick
A direct Disney-style variation on the central appeal: a modern youngster lands in Camelot and brings contemporary know-how to an Arthurian conflict.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kenneth More
King Arthur
Rodney Bewes
Clarence
Sheila White
Alisande
Jim Dale
Sir Mordred
Ron Moody
Merlin
John Le Mesurier
Sir Gawain
Dennis Dugan
Tom Trimble
Pat Roach
Oaf