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Excerpts from the music score have been used in dozens of movie trailers and even for a special projection at the 1997 Oscars. The main theme was also used as interstitial/credits music during the U.S. telecast of the 2004 Olympics.
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The five dragonslayers' names are Uhlric, Cavan, Ivor, Tavis, and Trahern, according to the novelization of the film by Charles Edward Pogue. Also, despite playing a pretty important role in the story, none of the dragonslayers or the actors that played them are listed in the credits.
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More than 200 photos were taken of Sean Connery with a variety of facial expressions, and along with footage of his voice recording, were used to make the dragon bear a stronger resemblance to him.
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Jason Isaacs played Lucius Malfoy, father of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. In this movie, the dragon is named Draco, and Isaacs plays Lord Felton. Tom Felton is the actor who plays Draco Malfoy.
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After-hours recreation - such as decent restaurants - was in short supply on the location shoot in Slovakia so, when he had time off, Dennis Quaid would fly to Paris to join his then-wife Meg Ryan who was shooting French Kiss there at the time.
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Dennis Quaid broke a finger in a duel with David Thewlis and spent the last two weeks of the shoot in a plaster cast.
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Julie Christie, David Thewlis, and Jason Isaacs all turn up again in the Harry Potter series as Madame Rosmerta, Professor Remus Lupin, and Lucius Malfoy respectively.
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