The flight of dragons

My absolute favorite movie as a kid.full stop.
An amalgamation of two books, the plot largely came from 'the dragon and the george' by Gordon R Dickson with some modification. and then the visual style and physiology of the dragons came from 'the flight of dragons' by peter dickinson. I havent seen this film for about a decade but still bits of it spring to mind almost unbidden, Smrgol fighting the ogre of gormley keep, Peter/Gorbash crashing into a lake, evil Wizard Omadon (voiced by james earl jones no less!) disintegrating and blowing away on the wind, and my aboslute favorite moment, Bryagh the evil dragon exploding as a burning sword is thrown at him.
Trust me this film was as ball-bustingly brilliant as any modern anime, and way before its time, people just assumed it was kids movie, but it's so bloody dark.
For example, James earl jones gives a speech about how the fantasy world they live in will come to an end, "I will teach him to use his machines! i'll show him the power science can muster!" a mushroom cloud rises up, and forms the hunched shape of the wizard. genius.
in recent years i have sought to aquire a copy of my own but i dont think they do a pal version. I believe my gran has the old copy taped off the telly but i'm not sure she still has it.

man, i really need to find me a copy of this film!

ttfn
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# posted by The Prisoner | 11:33 AM |

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