Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders
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| German title | Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders |
| Original title | Eragon |
| Country of production | United States , United Kingdom , Hungary |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 105 minutes |
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FSK 12 JMK 10 |
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| Director | Stefen Fangmeier |
| script | Peter Buchman |
| production |
John Davis , Wyck Godfrey |
| music | Patrick Doyle |
| camera | Hugh Johnson |
| cut |
Chris Lebenzon , Masahiro Hirakubo , Roger Barton |
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Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders is a film adaptation of the fantasy novel of the same name, Eragon, by the American writer Christopher Paolini .
action
The 17-year-old orphan Eragon from the small village of Carvahall finds a strange stone in a mountain range, the hump, which later turns out to be a dragon's egg and from which the blue dragon lady Saphira hatches. Through Saphira, as well as through Brom, the storyteller of Carvahall, Eragon learns that he is now a dragon rider and that he must now fear for his life. Because King Galbatorix, who is himself a dragon rider and keeps the kingdom of Alagaësia cruelly suppressed, has it in for the other dragon riders and wants to force each one under his rule. Whoever does not bow to him will be killed. Eragon feels this when the Ra'zac, creatures of Galbatorix, attack Carvahall, destroy his farm and kill his uncle Garrow.
Eragon sets out with Saphira and Brom to visit the Varden, a group of rebels who refuse to submit to Galbatorix. On the way there they pass through Teirm, where Eragon is told the future of the witch Angela. Shortly afterwards, he discovered his magical abilities during an attack by the Urgals, a people of warlike, human-like beings and allies of Galbatorix.
During their journey Eragon is tutored by Brom and so Eragon learns to ride Saphira, fight with the sword and use magic in a controlled manner. Suddenly they are attacked again by the Ra'zac, but together they manage to defeat the enemy. After the fight, Brom is recognized by Eragon as a former dragon rider. Brom explains that his dragon was murdered by Morzan, a traitor and ally of Galbatorix. He himself persecuted Morzan for this and finally killed him, and with him his dragon, the last besides the king's. After that he hid for years as a storyteller in Carvahall.
Eragon begins to dream of Arya, an elven princess who asks for help and explains that she is being held captive by Durza, a shadow, in Gil'ead. In fact, the shadow itself speaks through them to lure Eragon to it.
When Eragon tries to free the elf despite Brom's warning, he is attacked by Durza. When the latter throws a spear at him, Brom jumps in between, saving Eragon's life. Eragon uses the chance to drive Durza off with an arrow shot in the head. When Eragon, Brom and Arya want to flee on Saphira's back, the king's soldiers stand in their way. A stranger kills the guards and enables them to escape. After Saphira, Eragon, Brom and Arya fled the fortress of Gil'ead, the wounded Brom dies on Saphira's back. He is buried in a stone grave by the others. Saphira's hot breath transforms the stones into a crystal-like mass that encloses his body and thus preserves it.
Eragon must now move on without bromine. Soon they meet the young stranger who saved him from the guards. He wants to join them and promises to take them to the Varden. When the small group finds the entrance to the Varden caves in the Beor Mountains, they are attacked by Urgals and can only escape by fleeing to the rebels' hideout. There the stranger is recognized by Ajihad, the leader of the Varden, as Murtagh, son of the traitor Morzan, and imprisoned by the rebels and the dwarves. At first there is nothing Eragon can do about it.
Soon Durza, who can only be killed as a shadow with a stab in the heart, attacks the rebels' hideout with a large army of Urgal and enemy soldiers. The Varden and the dwarfs living there fight valiantly in battle with the help of Eragon and Saphira. It comes to the final fight between Eragon and Durza, who has conjured a kind of dragon out of black smoke. In the end, Eragon succeeds in defeating Durza once and for all by piercing his heart. But Saphira is seriously injured in the fight. After Eragon has healed her with the last of his strength, he collapses.
When he wakes up again, Arya has already left to return to her home, the city of elves. Eragon catches up with Saphira and speaks a few more words with her. She assures him that they will see each other again soon. Then they part ways.
In the last scene you can see Galbatorix, who angrily cuts the large map of Alagaësia with his sword, behind which his black dragon Shruikan emerges.
Movie dates
The film had a budget of $ 100 million. On the opening weekend, Eragon grossed just under $ 23.24 million in the US alone. In total, the film made $ 249.5 million. The film was released in German and Swiss cinemas on December 14, 2006 and in Austrian cinemas on December 15. The German premiere took place on December 11, 2006 in Hamburg's Streit’s film theater .
actor
In addition to well-known actors ( John Malkovich , Jeremy Irons and Robert Carlyle ), the newcomer Edward Speleers took on the main and title role.
team
Stefen Fangmeier , also a debutante, who had previously worked in the field of visual effects and was able to contribute experience for a film in which a dragon is generated on the computer, took over the direction .
Avril Lavigne sang the theme song to Eragon , the ballad called Keep Holding On . The British singer Jem also sang another song for the film with Once In Every Lifetime .
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DVD output
On DVD there are some previously unreleased scenes. The theatrical version does not show Katrina, Sloan's daughter, although there are scenes and stills with Tamsin Egerton . Some making-of trailers that were shown on television also showed footage of the dwarf Orik, played by Kimo Keoke . These scenes are also missing in the film. Interviews with Ed Speleers and Christopher Paolini can also be seen.
continuation
The filming of The Order of the Elder - Part 2 of the book series - is not planned for the time being, even if it initially looked like it. The US toothpaste brand Aquafresh even held a competition, the winner of which was to win an extra role in part 2.
criticism
Gernot Gricksch of TV-Media wrote that the film was reminiscent of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings ; it is an elaborate cinema spectacle that should interest all age groups. However, not all magazines and programs rate the film so positively: In the MTV News it was z. B. viewed as illogical, which the moderator attributed to the fact that the author was relatively young at the time of creation. SpiegelOnline described the film as soulless. The Westdeutsche Zeitung wrote: “ Many effects, but nothing behind them. “On the film site cinema.de it was said that the child-friendly fantasy adventure lacked any sense of timing or even tension.
Even in the fan base, the film is seen by many as a disappointment, especially since the plot of a 700-page book has been shortened to 105 minutes of film time and serious changes have been made to the content. In addition, many central people, actions and consequences of the second part were only briefly or not dealt with at all, so that a filming of the second part seems very difficult or even impossible. Parts of the fan base are even calling for a remake that is more correct in terms of content and enables a longed-for sequel based on the example of the books.
Although AMPAS thought about nominating Eragon for Oscars in a few categories (e.g. visual effects), it did not.
Awards
In addition to a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination for Kym Barrett in the category Best Costume Design of a Fantasy Film , Eragon was nominated for two Saturn Awards in the categories Best Fantasy Film and Best Actor in a Fantasy Film ( Ed Speleers ).
supporting documents
- ↑ Clearance Certificate for Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2006 (PDF; test number: 107 329 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ http://www.kulthit.de/eragon.html
- ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eragon.htm
- ↑ http://www.moviefans.de/az/e/eragon/az/katrina.html , http://www.shurtugal.com/?id=mandm/eragon/cast/egerton
- ↑ Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders on cinema.de ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Mark Cotta Vaz: Behind the scenes at ERAGON. Das Filmbuch - Hardcover edition: cbj - ISBN 3-570-13269-2
- Eragon - The legacy of the dragon riders - novel to the film (paperback) Blanvalet - ISBN 3-442-36606-2
Web links
- Eragon - The legacy of the dragon riders in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eragon - The legacy of the dragon riders atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- List of the complete film staff (PDF file; 73 kB)
- Criticism on spiegel.de
- The official German film site of Eragon