Dragonworld (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dragonworld |
| Original title | Dragonworld |
| Country of production | USA , UK , Romania |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o.A. (Without age restriction) |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ted Nicolaou |
| script | Ted Nicolaou, Suzanne Glazener Naha |
| production |
Albert Band , Charles Band |
| music | Richard Band |
| camera | Alan M. Trow |
| cut | D. Brett Schramm |
| occupation | |
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Dragon World ( Dragonworld ) is a direct-to-video production released as a fairy tale film in 1994 and directed by Ted Nicolaou . It was also shown subtitled The Last Dragon .
action
After the five-year-old Johnny McGowan lost his parents in a traffic accident, he is said to be living with his grandfather in Scotland. When he arrives at the old castle, he discovers a magical wish tree with which he conjures up a friend, the little dragon "Yowler". Now they grow up together and experience quite a few adventures.
Fifteen years later, the grandfather has since died, discover the documentary filmmaker Bob Armstrong, his daughter Beth and his pilot Brownie McGee Yowler, who has grown into a stately kite. Eager for fame and money, Armstrong Johnny persuades Yowler to "rent" Yowler to the corrupt local businessman Lester McIntyre. Johnny, forced in part by the high taxes he has to pay on the castle, to raise money, allows Lester to take Yowler in. Johnny does this because of his growing interest in Beth.
Yowler is very unhappy about this, because he is now supposed to serve as an attraction for the people in the new amusement park "Dragonworld". But he knows how to defend himself and unexpectedly begins to breathe fire. The visitors flee the amusement park in panic and the security personnel shoot the kite. When it becomes clear that McIntyre has deceived Johnny into exploiting the dragon, Johnny and his new friends take action. First they confront McIntyre, but the entrepreneur is not ready to return the kite. Bob Armstrong knocked out McIntyre and tied him to his chair. After the security guards are also outwitted, Yowler can be freed from the amusement park. McIntyre is furious when he sees the kite fly away and tries to pull it back at gunpoint. For his protection, Johnny sends the dragon away, which is now disappearing again in a cloud of fog from which it emerged fifteen years ago.
Johnny Yowler tries in vain to wish himself back. He keeps going back to the place where they first met and Beth, who stayed with Johnny, can't really comfort him either. He has to realize that for him the time of fairy tales is finally over and he has grown up. Beth gives him a son over the course of the year and he now shows him the family property, as his grandfather once did. Yowler suddenly returns unexpectedly and now Johnny is lucky.
criticism
The lexicon of international films summed up: "The fairytale film , told with wit and charm, convinces with its simple fable, which defends the right of the imagination against the business acumen."
continuation
In 1997 a sequel was created with Dragonworld - The Last Dragon , which was also directed by Ted Nicolaou. It is confusing that this title is the same as the reference title of the first part.
Awards
The film was recognized in two categories at the Young Artist Awards in 1995: Actor Courtland Mead received an award, and the film was honored as Best Family Film Made for Video .
Web links
- Dragon World in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dragonworld. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .