The Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (2003) (V)

Director:

Dan Krech

Writers:

Richard Elliott (writer)
Simon Racioppa (writer)

Release Date:

10 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Fantasy

Plot:

Long ago in a land ravaged by strife, an ancient race of mages crafted the ultimate weapon to destroy their enemies...

Plot Keywords:

Dungeons And Dragons | RPG | Sword And Sorcery | Interactive | Role Playing Game

Cast

Dan Hay	...	Regdar
Lester Rosenthal	...	Barathion
Anna Deas	...	Mialee
Caroline Lesley	...	Lidda
Jack Brown	...	Rayne
Sam Cunningham	...	Ariadne
Chad Nixon	...	Innkeeper
Paul Stodolny	...	Teaghan
Peter Lepeniotis	...	Jaerhome
Tom Perry	...	Korgen
Jos'h R.L. Fuller	...	Druid 1
Mark Davies	...	Druid 2
Damian Upton	...	Additional Character
Justin Drury	...	Additional Character

Directed by
Dan Krech

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Elliott		writer
Simon Racioppa		writer

Produced by
Jeff Bell	....	executive producer
Marylou Bono	....	executive producer
Linda Gillies	....	producer
Julie Kane-Ritsch	....	associate producer
Dan Krech	....	co-executive producer
Jackie Lynette	....	co-executive producer
Carol Monroe	....	executive producer
Cindi Rice	....	producer
Arny Schorr	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Steve Pecile
David W. Shaw

Production Design by
Paul Dobson

Art Direction by
Paul Dobson

Production Management
Rob Aitchison	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kyran Kelly	....	assistant director

Art Department
Jason Doucet	....	concept artist
Bogdan Molea	....	concept artist
Michael Schwab	....	concept artist

Sound Department
Paula Anderson	....	re-recording supervisor
Paula Anderson	....	sound director
Rob Andres	....	voice recording engineer
Adam Bolduc	....	sound editor
Gary Daprato	....	foley artist
Justin Drury	....	sound designer
Ryan Henwood	....	sound editor
Ric Jurgens	....	re-recording engineer
Baxter Merry	....	sound designer
Baxter Merry	....	supervising dialogue editor
Baxter Merry	....	voice recording assistant engineer
Scott Murdoch	....	sound editor
Joe Serafini	....	executive audio supervisor
Joe Serafini	....	re-recording supervisor
Jamie Sulek	....	re-recording engineer
Stephen Traub	....	voice recording engineer

Visual Effects by
Rob Aitchison	....	motion capture director
Peta Bayley	....	modeler
Kevin Clark	....	visual effects
Paul Dobson	....	character modeler
Allison Gardner	....	visual effects
Marc-André Guindon	....	motion capture integrator
Alan Kennedy	....	lead effects compositor
Alan Kennedy	....	supervising compositor
Warren Lawtey	....	effects animator
David Lesso	....	additional compositor
Bryan Luren	....	visual effects (as Bryan C. Uren)
Roubina Messerkhanian	....	visual effects
Bogdan Molea	....	matte painter
Mark Neysmith	....	modeler
Dave Olivares	....	additional compositor
Pranay Patel	....	effects animator
Carol Prince	....	lead character modeler
Florent Revel	....	character animator
Scott Sanderson	....	fur effects developer
Michael Schwab	....	matte painter
Paul Stodolny	....	visual effects
Sean Sullivan	....	character rigging
Pat Wakefield	....	effects compositor
Brent Whitmore	....	effects compositor
Brian Windsor	....	motion capture technical director
Roger Wong	....	modeler
Boogab Youn	....	lighter

Camera and Electrical Department
Belma Abdicevic	....	lighting technician
Peta Bayley	....	lighting technician
Paul Dobson	....	lighting supervisor
Kyran Kelly	....	lead camera
Alan Kennedy	....	lead camera
Bryan Luren	....	camera operator: 3-D camera (as Bryan C. Uren)
Dominic Menegon	....	lighting technician
Tom Perry	....	lighting technician
Scott Sanderson	....	lighting technician
Paul Stodolny	....	camera operator: 3-D camera
Daniele Tosti	....	lighting lead
Rob Waterworth	....	lighting technician
Andrew Woodhouse	....	lighting technician
Boogab Youn	....	lighting technician

Animation Department
Craig Barr	....	animator
Peta Bayley	....	animator
Katie Cheang	....	animator
Mark Davies	....	animator
Tim Dormady	....	animator
Michael Fabris	....	animator
Brian Foster	....	animator
Dan Hay	....	animator
Inna Itkin	....	animator
Scott Johnston	....	animator
Kyran Kelly	....	animator
Justin Kupka	....	animator
Peter Lepeniotis	....	animator
Kevin McDonagh	....	animator
Dominic Menegon	....	animator
Keith Nicholson	....	animator
Keith Nicholson	....	animator
Carol Prince	....	animation director
Florent Revel	....	animator
Scott Sanderson	....	animator
Sue Hyunsook Shim	....	animator
Nick Starcevic	....	animator
David Stodolny	....	animator
Sean Sullivan	....	animator
Glen Sylvester	....	animator (as Glenn Sylvester)
John Wong	....	animator

Casting Department
Paula Anderson	....	voice casting

Other crew
Paula Anderson	....	assistant voice director
Jeff Bell	....	head of systems
James Craig	....	scene planner
Paul Dobson	....	story consultant
Jos'h RL Fuller	....	database developer
Ashley Irving-Scott	....	production coordinator
David Lesso	....	rendering
Lisa Ann Meawasige-Kertesz	....	production coordinator
Dominic Menegon	....	environment modeler
Caesar Niculescu	....	environment modeler
Pranay Patel	....	technical development
Scott Sanderson	....	environment modeler
Ed Stark	....	creative content consultant
Damian Upton	....	systems administrator
Derek Vanlint	....	story consultant
Brent Whitmore	....	title designer: main titles

Production Companies

• Dan Krech Productions

Special Effects

• Dan Krech Productions
• Realities Studio

Other Companies

• Foley Arts  foley art

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Australia:PG

Company:

Dan Krech Productions

Trivia:

The characters of Regdar, Lidda and Mialee are referred to by D&D players as the "iconic characters" as they were created to be used as examples in the 2002 edition of the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook. The three characters also make regular appearances in a series of Dungeons and Dragons novels by T.H. Lain beginning in 2002. The three characters as shown are consistent with their literary counterparts, except that Mialee has less hair due to the logistics of computer animation.

Well worth it for D&D Players

This movie/game tells the story of a party of adventurers sent to capture a rogue Cleric of Pholtus and bring him back to his temple. The situation gets complicated though when the party meets another group intent on stopping him more permanently...

The movie plays for segments lasting up to 3 minutes, before presenting the viewer with a choice of which way the characters should progress the story. After selecting a choice, the movie continues along that path, presenting another choice every couple of minutes through the movie. A full 'viewing' of the film takes about 40 minutes.

As one other viewer noted, it is not possible to fast-forward through scenes that you have seen before, BUT you CAN use the chapter skip button on your DVD to skip to the end of the scene and straight to the next choice. This means that the absence of a fast forward is a very minor annoyance.

The story changes quite significantly depending on the choices made, though these different arcs will tend to rejoin later in the film. Some choices can result in death, though if these are midway through the film an option to restart at the last choice made is given. There are 4 different endings, each with differing amounts of success.

Dungeons and Dragons players (especially 3rd Edition) will see many aspects of the game faithfully reproduced in the movie. Spells, creatures and even some of the standard characters appear. I was pleased to see that this is not a 'kiddy' film, covering everything with cotton wool the way that the Dungeons and Dragons film did.

While the animation won't win any awards, it does the job and looks pretty good. My major gripe is the wooden animation in many fight sequences.

My rating of 7 assumes that the viewer will be at least familiar with the Dungeons and Dragons setting. Casual viewers may find it rates closer to a 6. I look forward to seeing more of these movies released in the future.