''A Knight in Camelot'' is a 1998

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starring Whoopi Goldberg and Michael York, directed by Roger Young, and loosely based on

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's 1889 novel '' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. The film was released as part of ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' anthology series that featured numerous productions released by the studio. The film premiered on ABC on November 8, 1998. Filming took place in the county of

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, England, specifically Alnwick Castle (where a 1979 Disney iteration of the story had been filmed) as well as

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Scientist Vivien Morgan is zapped back to the medieval age and time of

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and Camelot, when her scientific machine malfunctions. She is sent back along with many objects from her desk, including her

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and boom box. As she is sentenced to be burned at the stake, she discovers among the laptop-data, that there will be a

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in short time. With her "magical powers" she makes the sun re-appear and is being knighted by King Arthur as ''Sir Boss'' and becomes a member of the Knights of the

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. She soon begins constructing devices that will not be present for many centuries, she saves the king, defeats Sir Sagramore and saves the day countless times before being zapped back to the present.

Cast

* Whoopi Goldberg as Dr. Vivien Morgan/Sir Boss * Michael York as

* Paloma Baeza as Sandy * Simon Fenton as Clarence * James Coombes as Sir

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* Robert Addie as Sir Sagramore * Ian Richardson as Merlin * Amanda Donohoe as Queen Guinevere * John Guerrasio as Bob * Steve Speirs as Head of arms

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