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Dragonheart (1996) -- The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality.
Dragonheart (1996) -- Bowen's plan to make money with the dragon goes bad when the dragon does not sink into the lake after he pretends to be killed by Bowen.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   24,469 votes
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Release Date:
31 May 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
You will believe.
Plot:
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
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(3 articles)
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Dennis Quaid ... Bowen

David Thewlis ... King Einon

Pete Postlethwaite ... Gilbert of Glockenspur

Dina Meyer ... Kara

Jason Isaacs ... Lord Felton

Brian Thompson ... Brok
Lee Oakes ... Young Einon
Wolf Christian ... Hewe
Terry O'Neill ... Redbeard
Eva Vejmelková ... Felton's Minx (as Eva Vejmelkova)
Milan Bahúl ... Swamp Village Chief (as Milan Bahul)
Peter Hric ... King Freyne
Sandra Kovacicova ... Young Kara
Kyle Cohen ... Boy in Field
Thom Baker ... Aislinn's Chess Partner

Julie Christie ... Queen Aislinn

Sean Connery ... Draco (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

John Gielgud ... King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

Buddy Quaid ... Cook / Servant (uncredited)
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Directed by
Rob Cohen 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Patrick Read Johnson (story) &
Charles Edward Pogue (story)

Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay)

Produced by
Kelly Breidenbach .... associate producer
Raffaella De Laurentiis .... producer
Herb Gains .... associate producer (as Herbert W. Gains)
Hester Hargett .... co-producer
Patrick Read Johnson .... executive producer
David Rotman .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Randy Edelman 
 
Cinematography by
David Eggby (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Peter Amundson 
 
Casting by
Margery Simkin 
 
Production Design by
Benjamín Fernández  (as Benjamin Fernandez)
 
Art Direction by
Maria-Teresa Barbasso (supervising art director) (as Maria Teresa Barbasso)
Ján Svoboda  (as Jan Svoboda)
 
Set Decoration by
Giorgio Desideri 
 
Costume Design by
Thomas Casterline 
Anna B. Sheppard  (as Anna Sheppard)
 
Makeup Department
Giannetto De Rossi .... makeup supervisor
Mirella De Rossi .... chief hair stylist
Maurizio Silvi .... makeup artist
Angelo Vannella .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Barbara Ostrowiecki .... post-production supervisor
Viliam Richter .... production manager: Slovakia
Milan Stanisic .... unit production manager
Stefano Spadoni .... production supervisor (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Herb Gains .... first assistant director (as Herbert W. Gains)
Hester Hargett .... second second assistant director
Chitra F. Mojtabai .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Jonathan Downing .... prop assistant
Ron Downing .... supervising property master
Patrick Janicke .... storyboard artist
Jiri Juda .... property master
Ladislav Markic .... plasterer
Stano Mozny .... property master
Mark Siegel .... sculptor
Dusan Svoboda .... assistant art director
Alberto Tosto .... assistant art director
Peter Balogh .... props (uncredited)
Joseph Musso .... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Mike Smithson .... preproduction dragon designer (uncredited)
Francesco Valento .... carpenter (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Charlie Ajar Jr. .... sound recordist
Richard L. Anderson .... supervising sound editor
Michael C. Casper .... sound re-recording mixer (as Michael Casper)
Avram D. Gold .... dialogue editor
Hilda Hodges .... foley artist: dragon
Mary Jo Lang .... foley mixer: dragon
Daniel J. Leahy .... sound re-recording mixer (as Daniel Leahy)
Randy Singer .... foley mixer (as Randy K. Singer)
Reinhard Stergar .... production sound mixer
Bill Varney .... sound re-recording mixer
Ed Callahan .... sound editor (uncredited)
Matt Colleran .... foley recordist (uncredited)
Clayton Collins .... sound editor (uncredited)
Jessica A. Dickson .... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Nicholas James .... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Marla McGuire .... sound editor (uncredited)
Bill Meadows .... sound recordist (uncredited)
John Roesch .... foley artist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Terence J. Cox .... senior special effects technician (as Terry Cox)
Brian Johnson .... microlight coordinator
Kit West .... special effects supervisor
Trevor Wood .... senior special effects technician
Peter Fern .... senior technician (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Michael Bauer .... digital effects artist: ILM
Steve Braggs .... digital effects artist: ILM
Bruce D. Buckley .... CGI character modeler
Blair Clark .... animator: Tippett Studio
Rob Coleman .... supervising character animator
Marc Cooper .... digital effects artist: ILM
Lou Dellarosa .... digital character animator
Syd Dutton .... matte painter: Illusion Arts
Russell Earl .... digital effects artist
Vicki L. Engel .... visual effects coordinator
Mara Hamilton .... visual effects coordinator
Sandy Houston .... digital 2D paint and rotoscoping supervisor
Tony Hudson .... digital modeler: ILM
Daniel Jeannette .... character animator
Wayne Kennedy .... digital modeler: ILM
Ken Satchel King .... character animator
Gregor Lakner .... digital effects artist: ILM
Euan K. MacDonald .... digital effects supervisor (as Euan MacDonald)
Robert Marinic .... character animator
Robert Mendez Jr. .... computer graphics resource assistant (as Robert Mendez)
Curt I. Miyashiro .... digital effects artist (as Curt Miyashiro)
Mark Moore .... visual effects art director
Patrick Neary .... digital effects artist
David Parrish .... digital artist
Kevin Rafferty .... digital effects supervisor
Carolyn Ensle Rendu .... 3D digital artist
Jonathan Rothbart .... animatic artist
Alex Seiden .... visual effects pre-production co-supervisor
Scott Squires .... visual effects supervisor
James Straus .... character animation supervisor
John Swallow .... effects producer
Bill Taylor .... matte painter: Illusion Arts
Dennis Turner .... character animator
Adam Valdez .... animator/animatics
John Walker .... digital effects artist
Andy Wang .... digital artist: ILM
Judith Weaver .... visual effects producer
Jeff Wells .... digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Darryl Anka .... storyboards (uncredited)
Al Bailey .... digital frame touch-up: ILM (uncredited)
Loring Doyle .... digital artist (uncredited)
David Dozoretz .... concept artist (uncredited)
Anastasia Emmons .... visual effects assistant (uncredited)
Douglas Epps .... software developer (uncredited)
Dan B. Goldman .... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Roger Guyett .... senior technical director (uncredited)
Pat Hadnagy .... visual effects (uncredited)
Craig Hayes .... visual effects art director (uncredited)
Benton Jew .... storyboard artist: ILM (uncredited)
Marshall Richard Krasser .... digital rotoscoper (uncredited)
Angela Leaper .... electronic editorial (uncredited)
Steve Nichols .... animator (uncredited)
Cary Phillips .... software research and development (uncredited)
Douglas James Smith .... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Robert Stromberg .... matte paintings (uncredited)
Chad Taylor .... Sabre artist: ILM (uncredited)
Danny Gordon Taylor .... character animator (uncredited)
John Torrijos .... CG technical assistant (uncredited)
Mike Wassel .... matte artist (uncredited)
Heidi Zabit .... digital artist (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Miroslav Bertovic .... stunts
Lubomir Burco .... stunts
Gerry Crampton .... stunts
Monika Fiserova .... stunts
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik .... stunts (as Vladimir Furdik)
Zoltán Gulyás Kiss .... stunt double
Peter Hric .... stunts
Samuel Kalim .... stunts
Rastislav Kotula .... stunts
Vladimir Kuna .... stunts
Gustáv Kyselica .... stunts (as Gustav Kyselica)
Branislav Martinak .... stunts
Lubomir Misak .... stunts
Peter Oglay .... stunts
Pavol Osusky .... stunts
Peter Plazak .... stunts
Peter Prikler .... stunts
Peter Rak .... stunts
Michael Sandala .... stunts
Stanislav Satko .... stunts
Jaroslav Sykora .... stunts
Marek Toth .... stunts
Martin 'Mato' Uhrovcik .... stunts (as Martin Uhrovcik)
Peter Uhrovcik .... stunts
Ingrid Vrabcova .... stunts
Paul Weston .... stunt coordinator
Daniel Zdenek .... stunts
Jana Zvarikova .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Buzz Feitshans IV .... director of photography: second unit
Igor Meglic .... camera operator
Dean Brkic .... best boy electric (uncredited)
Ivo Gresak .... grip (uncredited)
Mark Gutterud .... camera operator: effects camera (uncredited)
Branko Knez .... first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Miguel A. Fuertes .... animator
Peter Konig .... character designer and sculptor: Tippett Studio
 
Casting Department
Sheila Trezise .... casting: UK
Lenka Stefankovicova .... extras casting (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Sarah Brockhoff .... assistant film editor (as Matthew Brockhoff)
Giorgio Conti .... assistant film editor
Lisa Cossettini .... assistant film editor
John M. Taylor .... first assistant editor (as John Taylor)
Aaron Yamamoto .... assistant film editor (as Aaron I. Yamamoto)
Theresa Repola Mohammed .... negative cutter (uncredited)
Mike Stanwick .... color timer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Joanie Diener .... music editor
Randy Edelman .... conductor
Ralph Ferraro .... orchestrator
Susan McLean .... scoring crew (as Sue McLean)
 
Transportation Department
Mladen Cernjak .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
David Cook .... microlight pilot
Jacob Cook .... assistant pilot
Terry Dunn .... assistant production accountant (as Terrence Dunn)
Daniel Hadl .... assistant to producer
David Henri .... assistant to director
Hilde Odelga .... production coordinator
Nada Pinter .... script supervisor
Mark Siegel .... creature maker
Mark Siegel .... puppeteer
Phil Tippett .... dragon designer
Rhonda Baer .... location manager (uncredited)
Beau Holden .... assistant: Dennis Quaid (uncredited)
Zeljko Hren .... caterer (uncredited)
Erik Jessen .... production assistant (uncredited)
Dragan Josipovic .... location manager (uncredited)
Steve O'Corr .... production liaison (uncredited)
Sandra Odelga .... assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Golda Offenheim .... production liaison (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for action/violence.
Runtime:
103 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
More than 200 photos were taken of Sean Connery with a variety of facial expressions, and along with footage of his voice recording, were used to make the dragon bear a stronger resemblance to him. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: A tombstone at Avalon wobbles. more
Quotes:
Gilbert: My humble life is indebt to your exalted prowess, your dauntless courage, and your superb, swift sword!
Bowen: You have the poet's gift of exaggeration.
Gilbert: Oh, sir, you should read my histories.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dragon (2006/II) more

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31 out of 37 people found the following review useful.
For those who love dragons, 7 April 2005
8/10
Author: burgan6203 from Bozeman, MT, USA

I have read innumerable reviews stating emphatically how "stupid" or "unrealistic" "Dragonheart" is. And, I suppose the largest fault this movie has is not going as in-depth into its own mythology as it could have(Draco being able to share his heart etc.). But for me, it is great, for one big reason: I love dragons. I always have. I hate how they are always depicted as evil monsters in most fantasy stories(this would be Tolkien's biggest flaw in my opinion). And here is one where the dragon is noble and kind! Sean Connery, by the way, has just about the best dragon voice there is(Gregory Peck might be a close second).

"Dragonheart" may strike casual viewers(or the terminally unimaginative)as a silly, special-effects extravaganza; but, for people who love dragons, it provides something more.

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