![]() ![]() ![]() Universal originally bought the script in 1990, but the start of that decade would prove to be a period of transition for Hollywood movies, when rapidly advancing VFX technology became more and more integral to blockbuster success. Together, the pair con the surrounding villages by staging dramatic dragon slayings and reaping the rewards, while the tyrannical King Einon (David Thewlis) terrorises the land. Originally conceived by filmmaker Patrick Read Johnson and screenwriter Charles Edward Pogue, the film follows the unlikely friendship between Draco, (voiced by Sean Connery) the last surviving dragon, and Bowen, (Dennis Quaid) an English knight who has sworn to hunt down and kill all of his kind. ![]() It was a moderate success upon release, but has also quietly carried on as a direct-to-video franchise all these years, most recently with the 2020 prequel, Dragonheart: Vengeance. Released 25 years ago this month, Dragonheart is one of those 1990s adventure movies that has its devoted fanbase of people who saw it when they were young but isn’t necessarily among the decade’s most celebrated blockbusters. ![]()
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