The Flight of Dragons (1982)

Directors:

Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.

Writers:

Peter Dickinson (novel)
Gordon R. Dickson (novel)

Data di uscita:

3 agosto 1986 (USA)

Genere:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Slogan:

Man is faced with the ultimate question, of whether to have a world of Magic or a world of Science. Which will it be?

Plot:

A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.

Plot Keywords:

Mission | Male Female Relationship | Hero | Drunkenness | Fish Out Of Water

Recensioni degli utenti:

A Lasting Part of my childhood

Cast

Victor Buono	...	Arak (voice)
James Gregory	...	Smrgol (voice)
James Earl Jones	...	Ommadon (voice)
Harry Morgan	...	Carolinus (voice)
John Ritter	...	Peter Dickenson (voice)
Larry Storch	...	Pawnbroker (voice)
Don Messick	...	Giles of the Treetops / Lo Tae Shao, The Golden Wizard (voice)
Bob McFadden	...	Sir Orin Neville Smythe (voice) (as Robert McFadden)
Ed Peck	...	(voice)
Jack Lester	...	(voice)
Alexandra Stoddart	...	Princess Melisande (voice)
Nellie Bellflower	...	Danielle (voice)

Alias:

Flight of the Dragon

Durata:

96 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Iceland:L | UK:U

Company:

Rankin/Bass Productions

Curiosità:

The last film project of Victor Buono.

Errori:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the end Magic Vs Science confrontation when Peter recites science names, he mentions numerology which is not a science. He also says "I am science and the truth" which is scientifically incorrect (science is about method and proof, not truth)

Citazioni:

Carolinus: There was time between the waning age of enchantment and the dawning age of logic when dragons flew the skies, free and unencumbered. Look down there Gorbash, my friend. On the top of the earth below us, confusion and chaos reign. All mankind is facing an epic choice: a world of magic or a world of science. Which will it be?

A Lasting Part of my childhood

The Flight of Dragons. To this day, I still get excited when I hear that title. I remember when I was first introduced to this exceptional cinema work. I wasn't more than 7 or so. For the first time, my family had the pleasure of having cable. It was one of those ancient cable boxes (I'm 17 now, if that clues you in on anything), but it was cable. I was watching the Disney Channel, and my mother was taping The Flight of Dragons. I liked it, but as with many other obsessions of mine, I didn't grow to love this movie until years later. I don't know what it is about this movie that keeps me coming back, time and time again. Is it the storyline? A man, with "one foot in the realm of magic, the other in the realm of science". It must have enthralled me, in some way. Dragons, warriors, mythical battles? There's nothing to turn me off there.

The characters. The plot. I can't put a finger on what turns me on to this movie. However, I believe this is a timeless classic that I will most certainly be showing my kids one day. I hope they will get as much out of it as I did.