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  1. 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 ...

  2. Feb 20, 2024 · The dragon is destruction, and it needs to be faced head on. This is the crux of the movie. While this is the scene that finally lives up to the title, more or less, it’s also centered on the...

  3. Dragonslayer is a 1981 Fantasy film produced by Paramount and Disney. A deconstruction of many Sword And Sorcery tropes, the film was considerably darker than the typical Disney movie, which may have caused its commercial failure despite having very good production values for its time.

  4. The mission in this movie is a simple one, as all fairy-tale missions must be: Galen, a young sorcerer’s apprentice (MacNicol) must travel to a faraway kingdom and kill a fearsome dragon who holds the countryside under its fiery scorn.

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    A sixth century post-Roman kingdom called Urland is being terrorized by a 400 year old androgynous dragon named Vermithrax Pejorative. An expedition led by a young man called Valerian comes to the house of the sorcerer Ulrich of Craggenmoor, the last of his kind. They explain that their king, Casiodorus, who is desperate to appease the dragon, offe...

    Caitlin Clarke - Valerian
    Ralph Richardson - Ulrich of Craggenmoor
    John Hallam - Tyrian
    It was the last co-production between Walt Disney Pictures and Paramount Pictures and they never co-produced the films together again for 42 years until Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyin 2023.
    This film was one of Ian McDiarmid's earlier roles. He would later play, and become well known as, Palpatine from the Star Warssaga.
    While dressed as a boy, Valerian's appearance seems to reference that of Joan of Arc. However, Valerian wears boy's clothing eight centuries before her, and does so to disguise her gender (whereas...
  5. Mar 3, 2021 · The title is a nice play on words: Galen is the designated dragon-slayer but the heart of the horror lies in the dragon’s lair. A third act reveal, in which a character has died and is the dinner of a monster, is still startling (seriously, don’t let your kids watch this).

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  7. Dragonslayer: Directed by Matthew Robbins. With Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam. A young wizarding apprentice is sent to kill a dragon which has been devouring girls from a nearby kingdom.

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