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Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)

Unidentified Flying Oddball poster
Directed by
Russ Mayberry
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, medieval film, time-travel film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
G
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A NASA employee and his robot double accidentally travel back in time to medieval England. They use modern know-how to deal with knights and castles.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulfunadventuroussillyeasygoing

What happens

Unidentified Flying Oddball is a 1979 science fiction comedy film. It was written by Don Tait (based loosely on Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) directed by Russ Mayberry, and produced by 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 Hermes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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