The Kid Who Would Be King

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Norman Jewison

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Mike Judge

Cast

Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard

Beggar boy Krabat is lured to apprentice for an evil, one-eyed sorcerer. With a number of others, he works at the sorcerer's mill while learning black magic. Every Christmas, one of the lads has to face the master in a magical duel, where the boy never stands a chance because the master is the only person allowed to use a secret spell.

Runtime

1h 13m

Director

Karel Zeman

Cast

Luděk Munzar, Jaroslav Moučka

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Michael Lembeck

Cast

Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold

Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

Wolfgang Reitherman

Cast

Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews