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Dragonslayer (1981)

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User Rating: 6.8/10 (3,732 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Matthew Robbins
Writers:
Hal Barwood (written by) &
Matthew Robbins (written by)
Release Date:
26 June 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
IN THE DARK AGES DRAGONS WERE REAL. [USA theatrical] more
Plot:
A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Excellent more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min | USA:109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | Vistasonic (some 35 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
North Wales, Wales, UK more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
To create the dragon fire, the FX team used a pair of military-style flamethrowers. more
Goofs:
Continuity: 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). more
Quotes:
Galen: [to the Urlanders] ... My lord Ulrich is no longer. All that you asked of him, you may now expect of me. The dangers he would face, I will now conquer. The task he would undertake, I will now fulfill. I'm Galen Brandwardyn... inheritor of Ulrich's craft and knowledge... and I am the sorcerer you seek. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983) (TV) more

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20 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent, 27 December 2004
10/10
Author: otto4 from California, USA

I saw this when it came out, in the theater, in 1981. It was a sort of surprise hit that summer. This is a movie with plot. It's about a young man and woman meeting challenges, death, redemption, the death of magic and the birth of Christianity, and the hypocrisy of gov't. And it's all disguised as a PG movie about a dragon which is terrorizing a hamlet of decent people in the Dark Ages.

HIGHLY recommended. PG, but does have one foot gnawing which today would probably give it an R or X rating given the gutlessness of parents everywhere :). This is an early movie by Industrial Light and Magic, or ILM as it's known nowadays, and I believe was funded by Disney. Despite that it's got a gritty edge. Check it out, for youths and adults

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