DragonHeart: A New Beginning

2000 1h 24m EN

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5.4

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33%

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4.6

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★5.4TMDB · 328🥫33%Rotten Tomatoes★4.6IMDB · 4,541

FantasyActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

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When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dream of becoming a knight in shining armor can now come true. Together, they soon face challenges that turn them into heroes. But caught up in the excitement of their new lives, Geoff and Drake fail to see the hidden dangers that surround them.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Christopher Masterson
Geoffrey
Harry Van Gorkum
Lord Osric of Crossley
Rona Figueroa
Lian
Matt Hickey
Novice Monk Mansel
Henry O
Master Kwan
Tom Burke
Roland
Robby Benson
Drake (voice)
Ken Shorter
The King

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Doug Lefler
Writers: Shari Goodhartz
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "DragonHeart Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Doug Lefler, shot by Buzz Feitshans IV. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark McKenzie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor John M. Taylor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Christopher Masterson and Harry Van Gorkum and Rona Figueroa carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Doug Lefler directs. Buzz Feitshans IV behind the camera. Mark McKenzie scores. John M. Taylor cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Part of the "DragonHeart Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Doug Lefler, shot by Buzz Feitshans IV. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Mark McKenzie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor John M. Taylor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Christopher Masterson and Harry Van Gorkum and Rona Figueroa carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0214641 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "friendship", "heart", "magic", "kingdom".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Buzz Feitshans IV
Original score: Mark McKenzie
Editing: John M. Taylor
Stunt coordinator: Monika Fišerová
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: DragonHeart: A New Beginning (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes: 33% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 4.6/10 · 4,541 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

6 nominations.

Part of

DragonHeart Collection

Long ago, when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, there lived a knight who would come face-to-face and heart-to-heart with the most remarkable creature that ever existed – the dragon. Dennis Quaid stars with the voice of Academy Award winner Sean Connery in the heroic adventure that blazes with fantasy and humor. Dragonheart is an epic adventure that will thrill the entire family.

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Filipe Manuel Neto2023-01-13
★ 2/10
A shame. If “Dragonheart” managed to make an impact and assert itself as an iconic epic adventure, the same cannot be said of its sequels. In the review I wrote for the initial film, I spoke a little about its popularity and impact… and when a film achieves this effect, it already makes a series of sequels designed to “milk the cow” and monetize the success obtained. This was the first sequel, and it was so weak that it would have been better not to exist. We already know that sequels are rarely as good as the original movies (although we can name several examples of sequels as good or better than the originals), but this movie is so weak and had such a limited budget that I have doubts about the real effort. from the studio to bring the project to a successful conclusion. The most praiseworthy and redeeming aspects of this film reside in some of its technical characteristics. In fact, the film has a good soundtrack (in good part a recycling of the first film's musical themes) and tries its best to be fun, engaging, friendly and enjoyable for the whole family. There's plenty of humor, although the jokes don't always work: burning flatulence or drool dripping over a human are situations we've seen before on film, and much better. Everything else is woefully weak: the script, based on an implausible prophecy and a dragon's egg left behind by Draco, is rather weak and riddled with problems; there are several action-packed scenes, but almost all of them are overly choreographed, imaginative and uninteresting, plus the climax was clearly cobbled together in a hurry. The sets and costumes also suffer from the excesses of imagination applied to the script, turning the Middle Ages into Middle Earth, or almost. There are clearly problems with the lack of good taste in the design of some sets and costumes. The film used CGI and computer effects quite intensively, both for the castles and the dragon itself. Its use, however, should have been more punctual, since nothing is real, and we clearly understand that. I, for one, don't remember seeing many movies with such clearly fake and amateurish CGI and effects! There are also pacing problems, which reveal faulty editing and many shortcomings in the post-production work. About the actors, I can only say that we shouldn't hope for miracles. We are dealing with a very weak cast, with weak talent and little able to shine. The main character is the CGI-created dragon, but despite Robby Benson's good voice work, he's a jerk. The best interpretations are by Christopher Masterson and Harry Van Gorkum. Masterson is the classic hero and Gorkum is the Machiavellian villain. What unites them? Both are crooks.

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