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{{Short description|1979 film by Russ Mayberry}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Unidentified Flying Oddball
| image = Unidentified Flying Oddball poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Russ Mayberry]]
| producer = [[Ron W. Miller|Ron Miller]]
| writer = Don Tait
| based_on = ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]''; novel by [[Mark Twain]]
| starring = {{Plain list|
* [[Dennis Dugan]]
* [[Jim Dale]]
* [[Ron Moody]]
* [[Kenneth More]]
* [[John Le Mesurier]]
}}
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Paul Beeson]]
| editing = Peter Boita
| studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Distribution]]
| released = July 19, 1979 (London)<ref name="afi">{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57126#3 |title=Unidentified Flying Oddball - Details |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}</ref><br>August 3, 1979 (Los Angeles)<ref name="afi" />
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United Kingdom<br>United States<ref name="afi" />
| language = English
| budget = $5.25 million<ref name="afi history">{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/57126#1 |title=Unidentified Flying Oddball - History |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=July 31, 2019 }}</ref>
| gross = $4.475 million (US/Canada [[theatrical rental|rentals]])<ref name=rentals/>
}}

'''''Unidentified Flying Oddball''''' is a 1979 [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] [[comedy film]]. It is based on [[Mark Twain]]'s 1889 novel ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'', directed by [[Russ Mayberry]] and produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]]. Released in the United Kingdom as '''''The Spaceman and King Arthur''''', then subsequently re-released in the United States as '''''A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court''''', the film stars [[Dennis Dugan]] as NASA employee Tom Trimble who unintentionally travels back in time with his look-alike [[android (robot)|android]] Hermes.

==Plot==
After Trimble's [[NASA]] [[spacecraft]] travels faster than the [[speed of light]], it takes him and his android back to [[King Arthur]]'s [[Camelot]] in the year 508 AD. 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.<ref>{{Citation|last=Mayberry|first=Russ|title=The Unidentified Flying Oddball|date=2004-08-03|url=https://www.amazon.com/Unidentified-Flying-Oddball-Dennis-Dugan/dp/B0001I55UG|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=2016-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/unidentified_flying_oddball/|title=Unidentified Flying Oddball|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref>

==Cast==
{{div col}}
*[[Dennis Dugan]] as Tom Trimble/Hermes
*[[Jim Dale]] as [[Modred|Sir Mordred]]
*[[Ron Moody]] as [[Merlin]]
*[[Kenneth More]] as [[King Arthur]]
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as [[Gawain|Sir Gawain]]
*[[Rodney Bewes]] as Clarence
*[[Sheila White (actress)|Sheila White]] as Alisande ("Sandy")
*[[Robert Beatty]] as Senator Milburn
*[[Cyril Shaps]] as Dr. Zimmerman
*[[Kevin Brennan (actor)|Kevin Brennan]] as Winston
*[[Ewen Solon]] as Watkins
*[[Pat Roach]] as Oaf
*[[Reg Lye]] as Prisoner
{{div col end}}

==Production==
The spacecraft featured in this movie was on display at the [[Blackgang Chine]] theme park in the [[Isle of Wight]].

===Filming===
The film was shot on location and at [[Pinewood Studios]] London.<ref name="afi history" /> Shooting locations included [[Alnwick Castle]] in [[Northumberland]].<ref name="afi history" />

==Release==
The film had its premiere at the [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon]], [[St. Martin's Lane]], London on July 19, 1979 attended by [[Princess Margaret]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=July 28, 1979|pages=14–15|title=The Royal 'Spaceman' takes off to benefit Year of the Child}}</ref>

==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Pic has some good slapstick touches and offers a generous serving of visual tricks and space hardware, though on a par with ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' in that department it ain't."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Film Reviews: Unidentified Flying Oddball|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=July 18, 1979|page=16}}</ref> Linda Gross of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated, "The film will provide mildly amusing summer fun for those having their first encounter with castles and kings. However, ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'', ''[[Knights of the Round Table (film)|Knights of the Round Table]]'' and ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'' all captured the vigor of medieval England with more passion."<ref>Gross, Linda (August 3, 1979). "'Flying Oddball' in Days of Yore". ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Part IV, p. 16.</ref> Carla Hall of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote: "The plot—obviously derived from 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'—has the customary quantum of Disney cuteness as the story unravels predictably. But it takes advantage of the situation for some funny lines."<ref>Hall, Carla (August 11, 1979). "Tracking the 'Oddball'". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. B4.</ref> [[Martyn Auty]] of ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' stated: "Quintessentially Arthurian locations and resplendent colour quality (that owes more to the processing lab than to Northumberland) put this updated version of Mark Twain's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' a cut above its predecessors in the current Disney craze for space-visitor yarns."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Auty |first=Martyn |date=July 1979 |title=The Spaceman and King Arthur |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=46 |issue=546 |page=154 }}</ref>

The film earned [[theatrical rental]]s of $4.475 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name=rentals>{{cite magazine|title=Big Rental Films of 1979|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 9, 1980|page=21}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0080062|title= The Spaceman and King Arthur}}

{{A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court}}
{{Films based on Arthurian legends}}

[[Category:Arthurian films]]
[[Category:1979 films]]
[[Category:1970s fantasy comedy films]]
[[Category:American fantasy adventure films]]
[[Category:American science fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films about time travel]]
[[Category:Films about androids]]
[[Category:Films about astronauts]]
[[Category:Walt Disney Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films based on fantasy novels]]
[[Category:Films based on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]
[[Category:Films set in the 6th century]]
[[Category:American science fiction comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:1970s science fiction comedy films]]
[[Category:Films based on American novels]]
[[Category:American fantasy comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ron Goodwin]]
[[Category:Films produced by Ron W. Miller]]
[[Category:1979 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Russ Mayberry]]
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