Dragonslayer (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)



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Cast & Crew.

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

Ian McDiarmid
Brother Jacopus

Roger Kemp
Horsrik

Ken Shorter
Henchman

Yolande Palfrey
Victim

Douglas Cooper
Urlander

Jason White
Henchman

Debbie McWilliams
Casting

Hal Barwood
Screenplay / Producer

Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design

Alex North
Original Music Composer

Derek Vanlint
Director of Photography

Matthew Robbins
Director / Screenplay

Howard W. Koch
Executive Producer

Tony Lawson
Editor

Ian Whittaker
Set Decoration

Alan Cassie
Art Direction

Deborah Brown
Casting

Peter Diamond
Stunts

Terry Walsh
Stunt Coordinator

Tony Smart
Stunts

Paul Huston
Visual Effects

Phil Tippett
Visual Effects

Donald Toms
Unit Production Manager
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Details.
Release DateJune 26, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Content RatingPG
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$14,110,013
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
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Dragonslayer is a 1981 American dark fantasy film directed by Matthew Robbins from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hal Barwood. It stars Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, and Caitlin Clarke. It was a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions, where Paramount handled North American distribution and Disney handled international distribution through Buena Vista International. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom where a young wizard encounters challenges as he hunts a dragon, Vermithrax Pejorative.
It is the second joint production between Paramount and Disney, after Popeye (1980), and is more mature than most contemporary Disney films. Because the audience expected the film be solely children's entertainment, the violence, adult themes and brief nudity were somewhat controversial, though Disney did not hold the North American distribution rights. The film was rated PG in the U.S. Like The Black Hole (1979), the version of the film broadcast on the Disney Channel was edited to remove two scenes.
The special effects were created at Industrial Light and Magic, the first use of ILM outside of a Lucasfilm production. Phil Tippett had co-developed an animation technique there for The Empire Strikes Back (1980) called go motion, a variation on stop motion. This led to the film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, but it lost to Raiders of the Lost Ark, the only other visual effects nominee that year, whose special effects were also provided by ILM. Including the hydraulic 40-foot (12 m) model, the dragon consists of 16 puppets dedicated to flying, crawling, or breathing fire.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics, but it performed poorly at the box office, grossing $14.1 million worldwide against a production budget of $18 million. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, which went to Chariots of Fire. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, again given to Raiders of the Lost Ark. On October 21, 2003, Dragonslayer was released on DVD in the U.S. by Paramount Home Entertainment. The film was re-released in remastered format on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on March 21, 2023, in the U.S. by Paramount Home Entertainment.
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