Quest of the Delta Knights (1993) (V)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Director:

James Dodson

Writer:

Redge Mahaffey (written by)

Genre:

Fantasy | Action | Adventure

Tagline:

In an age of swords and sorcery, one young hero holds the key to infinite wisdom - and ultimate power.

Plot:

A secret society, the Delta Knights, attempts to save a medieval society from the evil over-lady.

Plot Keywords:

Knight | Secret Society | Sorcery | Middle Ages | MST3K

Cast

David Warner	...	Lord Vultare / Baydool / Narrator
Corbin Allred	...	Tee
David Kriegel	...	Leonardo
Brigid Brannagh	...	Thena (as Brigid Conley Walsh)
Olivia Hussey	...	The Mannerjay
Sarah Douglas	...	Madam Maaydeed
Richard Kind	...	Wamthool
Peter Sands	...	Jaamteer
Robert Miano	...	Incense Merchant
Stephen Gregory Foster	...	Fantle (as Steffen Gregory Foster)
Sam Fontana	...	Rando
Edward Ivory	...	Auctioneer
Chuck L. Hilbert	...	Huge Man
Priscilla Alden	...	Old Woman
Veronica Bird	...	Anreonne
Terry Michaels	...	Zula
Robert Feero	...	Mannerjay's Aide
Alex Martin	...	Mannerjay's Scribe
Don Pedro Colley	...	Black Spy
George Maguire	...	Archimedes
Franc Ross	...	Centurian (as Franc A. Ross)
Dixon Troyer	...	Polos
Rodney Sheriff	...	Ale Man
John Brebner	...	Program Man
Jack James	...	Pretzel Man
Thomas E. Draper	...	Caravan Leader
Solier F. Godoy	...	Henchman
José Ignacio Álvarez	...	Henchman (as J. Ignacio Alvarez)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Cramer	...	Roman Soldier / Guard (uncredited)
Ron Severdia	...	Roman Soldier (uncredited)
Joshua Fredric Smith	...	Young boy (uncredited)

Directed by
James Dodson

Writing credits
Redge Mahaffey		(written by)

Produced by
Veronica Bird	....	associate producer
James Dodson	....	producer
Rana Joy Glickman	....	line producer
Joel Graybeal	....	associate producer
Reonne Haslett	....	producer
Anil Kashyap	....	associate producer
Ravi Kumra	....	associate producer
Patty Mahaffey	....	associate producer
Randy Mahaffey	....	associate producer
Redge Mahaffey	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Herman Beeftink
Carl Schurtz

Cinematography by
James Dodson

Film Editing by
Karen Lee Smith

Production Design by
Rodney Sheriff

Art Direction by
Richard Malerba

Set Decoration by
Allyson Erick

Costume Design by
Arynne Elfenbein

Makeup Department
Suzana P. Rupe	....	hair stylist (as Suzanna Rupe)
Suzana P. Rupe	....	makeup artist (as Suzanna Rupe)

Production Management
John Elk	....	post-production supervisor
Rana Joy Glickman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José Ignacio Álvarez	....	second unit director (as J. Ignacio Alvarez)
Ynze Bijl	....	second assistant director: second unit
Michael Hamm	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael Hamm	....	second assistant director
John Keefer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Manuel Corona-Reynoso	....	property maker
John Elk	....	art department coordinator
Adam Mead Faletti	....	property master
Gilbert Johnson	....	set designer
James Chianese	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Victor R. Buccola	....	sound mixer
Tim Miller	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Dave Gregory	....	visual effects design & supervision

Stunts
José Ignacio Álvarez	....	stunt coordinator
Rana Joy Glickman	....	stunts
Joshua Fredric Smith	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James 'Slim Jim' Ballard	....	dolly grip
James 'Slim Jim' Ballard	....	key grip
William Ballard	....	gaffer (as William 'Cool Breeze' Ballard)
Rick Brown	....	grip
Michael Stuart Clark	....	best boy electric (as Michael 'Stu-gats' Clark)
Michael Stuart Clark	....	gaffer: second unit (as Michael 'Stu-gats' Clark)
Lee Daniels	....	grip
Super Dave	....	grip
David Dowell	....	cinematographer: second unit
Dave Drysdale	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as David Drysdale)
Marc Frantz	....	key grip: second unit (as Mark Franz)
Miranda Mar	....	additional second assistant camera: second unit
Raymond M. Perosi	....	best boy
Raymond M. Perosi	....	grip
Reginald Powell	....	electrician
Patrick Rousseau	....	first assistant camera
Edwin Schenderlein	....	grip
Gregory Shummon	....	grip
Pat Taylor	....	additional second assistant camera
Patrick Taylor	....	assistant camera
Roger Thompson	....	second assistant camera
Poly Veitzer	....	additional first assistant camera (as Poly Veitler)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lizby	....	key costumer

Transportation Department
Marc Frantz	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Zehra Berkman	....	script supervisor
Ted Draper	....	animal trainer
Ted Draper	....	wrangler
Chris Harvey	....	production intern
Harvey Malkin	....	production controller (as Harve K. Malkin)
Jeffrey D. Nelson	....	production coordinator
Jason Patnode	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Steve Strech	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Ramsway Ltd.
• Metro Pictures Productions

Distributors

• Hemdale Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• NCA Pictures (Brazil) (VHS)
• Prime Time Entertainment (1994) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• RCV Home Entertainment (1994) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)

Runtime:

Brazil:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Marin County, California, USA

Company:

Ramsway Ltd.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Baydool first brings Tee to his house, some plastic hangars with costumes on them can be seen in the background.

Quotes:

Tee: Wisdom, composed of knowledge, judgment, and compassion.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Quest of the Delta Knights (#10.13)" (1998)

Quest of the Doofus Knights

It's nice to see the SCA people getting more work. In fact, they get a huge amount of work in this cheesy quasi-medieval movie, playing all the extras and even some of the principals.

The so-called premise of this stinker is that the inventor and scientist Archimedes invented a huge amount of technology, including some kind of laser. One of his assistants collected everything and hid it away in a cave somewhere in ENGLAND! Uh-huh. They did this to keep this technology away from the world, which is a good thing in my opinion. Archimedes gets killed by some Roman soldiers(what?!)-or a guy at a toga party gets stabbed by a guy in a bad Halloween costume, take your pick.

Cut to the fourteen hundreds, where a really annoying, whiny little kid is being sold as a slave 'somewhere in Europe'. Europe the country, that is. A beggar buys the kid for one copper, because nobody else wanted him(what a surprise). The beggar turns out to be a spy for an organization called the Delta Knights(the airline?). He recognizes the girly slave boy as some kind of special prophet that the Knights have been waiting for, because he can translate a 'red book' left by Archimedes to point the way to the treasure. The puzzles in this book are so lame that a two year old could have figured them out, but whatever.

The beggar-knight teaches the boy for six years or so(or at least that's what it feels like). The kid grows long golden curls and looks ever more like a girl, which makes me think of a good reason why the knight kept him around so long. Especially since the boy calls him 'Master' all the time...

In comes the villain of the piece, played by the same actor who played the beggar-knight! You'd think the guy would recognize his identical twin, but no...Maybe its the stupid costume Lord Vulchare is wearing that keeps the knight from recognizing himself. It involves gold leaf, horns, and a truly silly looking cape. I'm surprised that he didn't spend all of his time swishing it. He looked like an escapee from a Broadway musical.

Lord Vulchare captures the knight, the boy rescues him using a blow gun, of all things! And then Vulchare kills the knight. I wonder what happens when you wipe out your Doppleganger... One annoying character down, a man we couldn't forgive anyway because of an earlier scene in which he threw his own urine onto a passing 'villager'. Unfortunately, the boy-girl survives and escapes.

He meets an Orlando Bloom wannabee in a tavern, after getting hit on by a tavern whore. The prissy artist type claims to be Leonardo Da Vinci, a heresy if ever I saw one. The kid can't even draw, I doubt Da Vinci EVER wore clothes that femmy, AND he spent the rest of the movie hitting on the tavern whore. The real Da Vinci might have evinced far more interest in the pretty boy-girl than in the overblown charms of the woman.

The pair saves the girl from Vulchare, I'm never sure why, and set out to find the storehouse. This is supposed to involve a trip to England, but I never saw them in any kind of boat. Did they fly over the English channel? They get captured by a Robin Hood type, who turns out to be a Prince of some kind(of what, we never find out). And lo and behold, the tavern whore turns out to be his long lost sister! At this point, I had the massive urge to slap this movie briskly..

There's a scene where the boy and Leonardo try to escape from the Robin Hood guy, and as they flee through the night a disembodied voice croons "I'm coming..." over and over again. Hysterical. Somebody was obviously sucking a medieval bong before they went out to chase down the dynamic duo.

They finally find the store house, and marvel at the cheesy artifacts. Leonardo promptly appropriates all of Archimedes' ideas, proving that he was a lucky idiot rather than any kind of genius. The kid blows up the store house to keep the treasures from getting out into the world, making you wonder: "What was the whole purpose of this movie!" Arrgh! The whole quest goes down the tubes, and you sincerely wonder why you just spent the last hour and a half wasting your time watching this piece of crap! Oh well, at least it was quite funny, especially Richard Kind as the idiotic 'great wizard'.