Editing Quest for Camelot (section)

{{Short description|1998 American animated film}}
{{About|the film|the video game|Quest for Camelot (1998 video game){{!}}''Quest for Camelot'' (1998 video game)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Quest for Camelot
| image          = Quest for Camelot- Poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster by [[John Alvin]]
| director       = [[Frederik Du Chau]]
| producer       = Dalisa Cooper Cohen
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* [[Kirk DeMicco]]
* William Schifrin
* [[Jacqueline Feather]]
* [[David Seidler]]
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[The King's Damosel]]''|[[Vera Chapman]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Jessalyn Gilsig]]
* [[Cary Elwes]]
* [[Gary Oldman]]
* [[Eric Idle]]
* [[Don Rickles]]
* [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]]
* [[Pierce Brosnan]]
* [[Bronson Pinchot]]
* [[Jaleel White]]
* [[Gabriel Byrne]]
* [[John Gielgud]]
}}
| music          = [[Patrick Doyle]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/61525-QUEST-FORCAMELOT|title=Quest for Camelot|work=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=August 10, 2022|archive-date=August 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811030950/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/61525-QUEST-FORCAMELOT|url-status=live}}</ref>
| editing        = Stanford C. Allen
| studio         = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]<ref name=afi/>
| distributor    = Warner Bros.
| released       = {{Film date|1998|05|15}}
| runtime        = 86 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 85:51--><ref>{{cite web|title= The Magic Sword - Quest for Camelot (U) |url= https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/magic-sword-quest-camelot-1970-1|website= bbfc.co.uk| publisher= [[British Board of Film Classification]]| date=May 27, 1998|access-date=September 8, 2013|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180119071304/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/magic-sword-quest-camelot-1970-1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $40 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Quest-for-Camelot#tab=summary |title= Quest for Camelot (1998)|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]|access-date=May 22, 2016|archive-date=August 3, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803122144/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Quest-for-Camelot#tab=summary|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $38.1 million<ref name="numbers" />
}}
'''''Quest for Camelot''''' (released internationally as '''''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot''''') is a 1998 American animated [[Musical film|musical]] [[fantasy film]] produced by [[Warner Bros. Feature Animation]], directed by [[Frederik Du Chau]], and very loosely based on the 1976 novel ''[[The King's Damosel]]'' by [[Vera Chapman]]. It features the voices of [[Jessalyn Gilsig]], [[Cary Elwes]], [[Gary Oldman]], [[Eric Idle]], [[Don Rickles]], [[Jaleel White]], [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Bronson Pinchot]], [[Gabriel Byrne]], [[John Gielgud]] (in his final film role), [[Frank Welker]], and Sarah Rayne. [[Andrea Corr]], [[Bryan White]], [[Celine Dion]], and [[Steve Perry]] perform the singing voices for Gilsig, Elwes, Seymour, and Brosnan. The story follows the adventurous Kayley (Gilsig), whose father was a [[Knight of the Round Table]] killed by the power-hungry Sir Ruber (Oldman). Ruber renews his attempt to usurp [[Camelot]] from [[King Arthur]] (Brosnan) by stealing Arthur's sword [[Excalibur]], but the plan goes awry. Kayley enlists the help of the blind hermit Garrett (Elwes) and a two-headed [[dragon]], Devon and Cornwall (Idle and Rickles), to help her retrieve the sword and save the kingdom.

Initially titled ''The Quest for the [[Holy Grail]]'', the film was announced in May 1995 as [[Warner Bros. Feature Animation]]'s first project. [[Bill Kroyer]] and Du Chau were tapped to jointly direct the film. It began production later that year, but it faced  delay when animators were reassigned to help finish ''[[Space Jam]]'' (1996). During the interim, the story was heavily re-tooled, including changing the central focus from the Holy Grail being to Excalibur. Creative differences spurred by these alterations resulted in prominent members of the animation and management staff, including Kroyer, leaving the project. Due to its troubled production, the film's release was six months later than intended, from November 1997 to May 1998. Animation was mostly done in [[Glendale, California]] and in [[London]].<ref name="BoxofficeGrail">{{cite news |last=Mallory |first=Michael |title=Warner Bros. searches for boxoffice grail |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/warner-bros-searches-for-boxoffice-grail-111662043/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 17, 1997 |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095918/http://variety.com/1997/film/news/warner-bros-searches-for-boxoffice-grail-111662043/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |last=Kenyon |first=Heather |url= https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.1/3.1pages/3.1kenyonhoward.html |title=An Afternoon with Max Howard, President, Warner Bros. Feature Animation |work=[[Animation World Network|Animation World Magazine]] |issue=3.1 |date=April 1998 |access-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-date=June 20, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210620163710/https://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.1/3.1pages/3.1kenyonhoward.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Quest for Camelot'' was released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] under their [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment|Family Entertainment]] label on May 15, 1998 in the US and [[Canada]]. It received mixed reviews<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.polygon.com/movies/2021/5/24/22403067/quest-for-camelot-making-of-warner-bros-animation|title=Quest for Camelot marked the beginning of the end for the animated musical formula|last=Radulovic|first=Petrana|work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=24 May 2021|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211019095822/https://www.polygon.com/movies/2021/5/24/22403067/quest-for-camelot-making-of-warner-bros-animation|url-status=live}}</ref> and was a [[box-office bomb|commercial failure]], grossing $38.1 million against a $40 million budget.<ref name=LATimesEnding /> One of the film's songs, "[[The Prayer (Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)|The Prayer]]", won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]].