Dragon Hunters (film)

For the TV series, see Dragon Hunters.

Dragon Hunters
French theatrical poster
Directed by	Guillaume Ivernel Arthur Qwak
Produced by	Philippe Delarue Tilo Seiffert
Written by	Frédéric Engel-Lenoir Arthur Qwak
Starring	Vincent Lindon Patrick Timsit Marie Drion
Music by	Klaus Badelt
Editing by	Soline Guyonneau
Distributed by	Bac Films
Release date(s)	20 March 2008 (2008-03-20) (Russia) 26 March 2008 (2008-03-26) (France)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€11,000,000
Box office	$12,224,450[1]

Dragon Hunters (French: Chasseurs de dragons) is a 2008 French computer-animated fantasy film, directed by creator Arthur Qwak and Guillaume Ivernel. It stars the voices of Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit and Marie Drion. The film was produced by Futurikon, and co-produced by LuxAnimation, Mac Guff Ligne and Trixter. It is based on the Dragon Hunters TV series.

Plot

Lord Arnold wants to find knights to destroy the World Gobbler, a powerful dragon which awakens every 20 years causing great destruction in this futuristic, medieval world of floating land masses, ever terrorized by a widely varying menace of monsters known collectively as dragons. His grandniece, Zoe, is a child passionate with the fairy tale knights, especially the Silver Knight Gothic, and upon hearing her uncle's distress, flees the castle in search of a knight.

Eventually Zoe is attacked by a pair of Jimbob dragons, and Lian-Chu, a roving dragon hunter, rescues her, leading Zoe to think that Lian-Chu is a knight. Gwizdo, Lian-Chu's only childhood friend, convinces Lian-Chu to pretend to be a knight when they hear that Zoe's uncle is rich, thus enabling them to fulfill their dream of someday owning a farm. They decide to go to the castle, whereupon the blind Lord approves Lian-Chu's bid as a knight, and briefs him on the World Gobbler (This "World Gobbler" is taken directly from the Norse mythological being Jormungandr, the World Serpent). Their mission is to stop the "World Gobbler" from destroying the planet. Lian-Chu, Gwizdo, their little pet rabbit-dog Hector, and (ever escaping and big-mouthed) Zoe, set off to the end of the world to stop him. The "World Gobbler" is a dracolich, an undead dragon or skeletal dragon.

Cast

• Lian-Chu - Vincent Lindon (French), Forest Whitaker (English)
• Gwizdo - Patrick Timsit (French), Rob Paulsen (English)
• Zoé - Marie Drion (French), Mary Mouser (English)
• Lord Arnold - Philippe Nahon (French), Nick Jameson (English)
• Gildas - Amanda Lear (French), Jess Harnell (English)
• Hector - Jeremy Prevost (French), Dave Wittenberg (English)
• Mamular - Jean-Marc Lentretien

Release

An English dubbed version starring the voices of Forest Whitaker, Rob Paulsen and Mary Mouser was released in the United States on 5 April 2008.

See also

• Dragon Hunters (cartoon series)

References

1. ^ "CHASSEURS DE DRAGONS (DRAGON HUNTERS)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=00&wk=2010W16&id=_fCHASSEURSDEDRAGO01. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Dragon Hunters at the Internet Movie Database
• Dragon Hunters at AllRovi
• Dragon Hunters at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Dragon Hunters at Rotten Tomatoes