Dragonslayer (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Matthew Robbins

Escritores:

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

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 junio 1981 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Aventura | Fantasía

Frase comercial:

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:

Dragon | Apprentice | Kingdom | Knight | Sword And Sorcery

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A quirky, enjoyable journey into a magical Dark Age

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

El dragón del lago de fuego (Spain) [es]
El verdugo de dragones (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

108 min | USA:109 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

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

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

North Wales, Wales, UK

Compañía:

Paramount Pictures

Trivialidades:

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

Errores:

Continuidad: 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).

Citas:

Galen: Are there other entrances?
Valerian: No! One's enough!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

A quirky, enjoyable journey into a magical Dark Age

Sir Ralph Richardson is the fulcrum of this delightful tale of a Medieval time that never was. Peter MacNicol's spontaneous boyishness makes the Sorcerer's Apprentice come alive in another garb. Of course, Alex North's remarkable, controversial score defines and deepens this fairy tale into a noire journey through the dark heart of human superstition driven by simultaneous fear of the unknown and lust for power. The magic here is as much the discovery of love and sensuality as it is a journey into the dragon's layer. Dark hearts are where you find them.