The film "The Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur" tells a similar plot with an almost eponymous picture of Soviet production, where the name still contains the word "new." An overview of these two films with characters and narration can be found in this article.
Plot
In the film "The Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur," it all begins in the twentieth century. The young guitarist Hank lived a normal life and dreamed of a career as a rock star. Once, due to an unfortunate coincidence, a guy gets a rather serious head injury. When he woke up, he saw completely unfamiliar landscapes around. Soon he managed to find out that this is medieval England. The main character is shy in nature, which did not prevent him from coming into conflict with the local population immediately after arrival. Intervened in all this action, Lady Alesanda, who captivated the guy. The woman decided to take the strange man to King Arthur, so that he decided his fate. That is how events in the picture are tied.
Continuation of a story
In the film “The Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur”, young Hank was simply discouraged by the fact that he was in an unknown time for himself. He faces punishment from the lord of England himself, and therefore he has to find a way to make excuses. In interrogation, he tries to prove to everyone that he was somehow brought here from the twentieth century. Words alone could not help grief, and he was sentenced to public execution. Then Hank applies all his knowledge about future technologies, which surprises the court people a lot.
Instead of a death sentence, respect for the guy gradually comes, even Lady Alesanda often talks with him. Many court personalities want to see him among friends, but the main character is worried about finding opportunities to return to his time. Suddenly, the knight Gelehead, the future bridegroom of Alesanda, begins to be too jealous of her lover for Hank and challenges the guy to a duel. The duel will end with inevitable death, and therefore the main character just needs to come up with a way to return.
Viewers' ratings and interest
The 1995 film "The Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur" in 1995 imposes a feeling of unnaturalness on the current viewer. The game of actors is at a fairly low level, since the stars of those times were not involved in the production. The performances are rather weak, and therefore on IMDb, according to almost 250 reviews, the score was at 4.7 out of 10.
On the Russian Kinopoisk resource, the picture was rated a little higher and put 2 points higher, which already secures the title of middle peasant. At the end of the last century, time travel stories without a single scientific reinforcement were used by many directors, and this picture was no exception. The film cannot be called incredible in terms of quality. "The Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur" may be suitable for one viewing in the evening when you do not want to think about the deep meanings of the plot on the screen. Judging by estimates, few people would like to review it.
Second picture
The plot of the film "The New Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur" is very similar to the first film. Even the hero of the same name is Hank Morgan, only here he is an experienced American pilot. In one of the sorties, an unexpected calamity happened to him and his crew. Together with the vehicle, they fell into a temporary hole. The remaining members of the team die, and the protagonist moved to the Middle Ages. At first, he does not understand what happened to him and where to move in an unknown time for him.
Events piled on him quite a lot in England of this time. First, he is captured by one of the knights of the Round Table, who acquaints him with how the slaves lived in this difficult period. Thanks to his knowledge from the new century, a man manages to gain freedom and even take a more decent place at court. Soon he himself becomes a knight. It is during this period that he learns the whole essence of life at court. Hank begins to understand all the intrigues that are built by different personalities. He understands that he is a stranger here, and he urgently needs to look for a way home.
Spectator ratings and characters
Many viewers liked the painting "The New Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur." Based on more than fifty ratings, the film on a foreign authoritative resource received a rating of 7.4, which is quite high. At Kinopoisk, almost 500 viewers put their points, which affected the statistics. Here the final rating was 6.2 out of 10, which is also not bad.
In the reviews, the opinion of the audience was divided into pros and cons. Many noted the great play of the actors, taking into account the times of 1988. Among the characters, Merlin, Arthur, Sandy, Morgan and especially the main character are remembered by the audience. This work was appreciated even by those who are negative about the plot. On the other hand, the film was saturated with the ideology of the USSR during the perestroika period. Then the paintings showed that art wants to catch up with Western, but at the same time not lose its color.
Comparison of two paintings
"The Adventures of the Yankees at the Court of King Arthur" and a similar movie from the Soviet Union strongly repeat each other in terms of plot. The reason for this is the original source, which was taken as a novel by Mark Twain with an almost identical name. These free interpretations show the modern hero in the surroundings of the Middle Ages. They demonstrate that even in the most difficult situations, you can use your advantages to find a way out of circumstances. The main characters differ in type, but the goals and their actions are almost the same. Western production received lower ratings due to the fact that the viewer had a greater idea of the genre. In the USSR, such films were rare. Accordingly, many people liked the production.