Thomas Ian Nicholas (best known as Kevin from the comedy American Pie) stars as young Calvin Fuller, who is transported from his 20th-century baseball game and brought to the court of King Arthur (Joss Ackland) by Merlin (Ron Moody) to help him save Camelot. Very loosely reworked from Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, director Michael Gottlieb (Mr Nanny, Mannequin) serves up a fun romp for the young and undemanding. Grown-ups will find the plot holes rather irritating, but may stay the distance just to catch a pre-Titanic Kate Winslet in a brief appearance as a princess.

A Southern California kid named Calvin Fuller is magically transported to the medieval kingdom of Camelot through a crack in the ground caused by an earthquake. Once there, he learns he was summoned by the wizard Merlin, who needs Calvin to save Camelot. Using dazzling modern inventions, can Calvin help King Arthur retain his crown and thwart the evil Lord Belasco?