Dragonslayer (1981)

Regisseur:

Matthew Robbins

Drehbuchautoren:

Hal Barwood (written by) &
Matthew Robbins (written by)

Premierendatum:

26. Juni 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Fantasy

Werbezeile:

IN THE DARK AGES DRAGONS WERE REAL. [USA theatrical]

Plot:

A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone...

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Fire Breathing Dragon | Attack | Virgin Sacrifice | Kingdom

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Now THAT'S what I call a dragon!!!

Besetzung

Peter MacNicol	...	Galen
Caitlin Clarke	...	Valerian
Ralph Richardson	...	Ulrich
John Hallam	...	Tyrian
Peter Eyre	...	Casiodorus Rex
Albert Salmi	...	Greil
Sydney Bromley	...	Hodge
Chloe Salaman	...	Princess Elspeth
Emrys James	...	Valerian's Father
Roger Kemp	...	Horsrik
Ian McDiarmid	...	Brother Jacopus
Ken Shorter	...	Henchman
Jason White	...	Henchman
Yolanda Palfrey	...	Victim
Douglas Cooper	...	Urlander

Alternativ:

Drachentöter, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

108 Min | USA:109 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | Vistasonic (some 35 mm prints)

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-16 (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:L | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Denmark:11 | Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Drehorte:

North Wales, Wales, UK

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

To create the dragon fire, the FX team used a pair of military-style flamethrowers.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: During the scene in which the wizard teleports himself to the mountaintop for the final battle, thunder continually rumbles under a clear sky in the soundtrack though the wizard hasn't yet magically summoned the electrical storm (which he will do in a few moments).

Dialogzitate:

Valerian: [to Galen] It's a shield. I made it. Might keep the fire off of you, might not. You know, you're an idiot. You're going to die tonight. You'll be ripped, limb from limb. This is the last time I'll ever speak to you!

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Now THAT'S what I call a dragon!!!

With the name Disney attached to a sword and sorcery/fantasy romp, many genre purists might be filled with immediate consternation as they visualise in horror the possible 'cute' connotations.

Fortuitously, the understandable apprehension that this may well induce actually proves to be entirely unfounded however, as this movie is about as far from Pete's Dragon or any other Disney fare as is humanly imaginable!

What we do have here, is an excellent movie with top notch production values, awesome special effects, a fine cast, and a very dark story.

The dragon itself is without doubt the best ever committed to celluloid (a much better design than the CGI one in Dragonheart) and proves to be hugely menacing and destructive as it incinerates everything in it's path.

The actors to, all put in excellent performances and it's particularly great to see such a fine piece of casting in the form of the late great Sir Ralph Richardson as the wizard Ulrich. In fact for such a role there has surely never been a more appropriate choice of actor other than of course, Peter Jackson casting Sir Ian McKellen to play Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

For fans of sword & sorcery and fantasy movies in general, this really is an absolute must see!