Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

Director:

Courtney Solomon

Writers (WGA):

Topper Lilien (written by) &
Carroll Cartwright (written by)
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Release Date:

8 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Action

Tagline:

This is no game.

Plot:

Profion, a tyrant attempts to overthrow a peaceful kingdom ruled by a tough empress.

Plot Keywords:

Scepter | Empress | Mage | Dragon | Empire

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jeremy Irons	...	Profion
Bruce Payne	...	Damodar
Justin Whalin	...	Ridley Freeborn
Marlon Wayans	...	Snails
Robert Miano	...	Azmath
Tomas Havrlik	...	Mage
Thora Birch	...	Empress Savina
Edward Jewesbury	...	Vildan Vildir
Zoe McLellan	...	Marina Pretensa
Lee Arenberg	...	Elwood Gutworthy
Kristen Wilson	...	Norda
Martin Astles	...	Orc #1
Matthew O'Toole	...	Orcs
David O'Kelly	...	Three Eyes
Richard O'Brien	...	Xilus
Kia Jam	...	Thief #1
Nicolas Rochette	...	Thief #2
David Mandis	...	Thief #3
Robert Henny	...	Crimson Brigade
Stanislav Ondricek	...	Another Mage
Roman Hemala	...	Council Mage
Tom Baker	...	Halvarth
Andrew Blau	...	Elf #1
Marta Urbanová	...	Elf #2
Jirí Machácek	...	Loyalist General
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Arneson	...	Cameo appearance (scenes deleted)

Directed by
Courtney Solomon

Writing credits (WGA)
Topper Lilien		(written by) &
Carroll Cartwright		(written by)
E. Gary Gygax		(game) uncredited

Produced by
Allen Crawford	....	associate producer
Bob Dahlin	....	associate producer
Ann Flagella	....	co-producer
Thomas M. Hammel	....	producer (as Tom Hammel)
Kia Jam	....	producer
Nancy Koester	....	associate producer
Mark Leahy	....	co-producer
Nelson Leong	....	executive producer
David Minkowski	....	co-producer
John Raczka	....	associate producer
Steve Richards	....	co-producer
Conrad Riggs	....	co-producer
Bruce Rockowitz	....	co-executive producer
Joel Silver	....	executive producer
Courtney Solomon	....	producer
Matthew Stillman	....	co-producer
Allan Zeman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Justin Caine Burnett

Cinematography by
Douglas Milsome

Film Editing by
Caroline Ross

Casting by
Petr Brodsky
Abra Edelman
Elisa Goodman		(as Elisa Goodman Edelman)
Jeremy Zimmermann		(as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Production Design by
Bryce Perrin

Art Direction by
Jindrich Kocí
Ricardo Spinacé		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Tomas Hais

Costume Design by
Barbara Lane

Makeup Department
Martin Astles	....	special makeup effects artist
Václav Frank	....	hair stylist
Václav Frank	....	makeup artist
Lorraine Hill	....	makeup artist
Bob Keen	....	special makeup effects artist
Matthew O'Toole	....	special makeup effects artist
Tara Smith	....	hair stylist
Tara Smith	....	makeup artist
Marie Soudna	....	hair stylist
Marie Soudna	....	makeup artist
Ivo Strangmüller	....	hair stylist
Ivo Strangmüller	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Andrew Blau	....	production supervisor
Michal Skop	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francis Delia	....	second unit director
Jakub Dvorak	....	assistant director
Richard Gironi	....	first assistant director: special unit
Adam Lux	....	assistant director
Mirek Lux	....	first assistant director
Jan Mensík	....	assistant director: second unit
David Rauch	....	assistant director: second unit
Martin Sebik	....	second assistant director
Lenka Wimmerová	....	assistant director

Art Department
David Baxa	....	set designer
Bob Bowen	....	storyboards
Pavel Hemmy	....	buyer
Pavel Hemmy	....	lead man
Richard Kalasek	....	set designer
Stuart Kearns	....	senior set designer
Martin Kotek	....	set dresser
Martin Kubricht	....	set dresser
Tomás Lehovec	....	set dresser
Astrid Sieben	....	stand-by art director
Tully Summers	....	concept artist
Stanislav Suva	....	scenic artist
Igor Toshevski	....	art director: second unit
Igor Toshevski	....	assistant art director
Igor Toshevski	....	storyboard artist
Adam Trachtman	....	graphic art

Sound Department
Kevin Banks	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Barden	....	supervising sound editor
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tomas Cervenka	....	second boom operator
Lee de Lang	....	assistant sound editor
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
J.R. Fountain	....	assistant sound editor
Ray Gillespie	....	assistant sound editor
Rose Gregoris	....	assistant sound editor
Craig Henighan	....	co-supervising sound editor
Craig Henighan	....	sound designer
Craig Henighan	....	sound effects editor
Craig Henighan	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Holding	....	production sound mixer
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Whit Norris	....	additional sound mixer
Jill Purdy	....	adr editor
Trent Richmond	....	assistant sound editor
Stephen Roque	....	sound effects editor
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Roberto Cappannelli	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Frederick Bryant	....	solutions architect
George Gibbs	....	practical effects supervisor
Peter Hawkins	....	animatronic creature effects
Barbora Kolarova	....	special effects assistant
Dana H. Suddath	....	special effects coordinator
Roman Tudzaroff	....	special effects technician
Jirí Vater	....	special effects technician
Jirí Vojtech	....	special effects technician
Richard Darwin	....	animatronic model designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Chris Anderson	....	visual effects coordinator: Sation X Studios
Tom Baker	....	digital effects coordinator
Jamie Baxter	....	visual effects
Laurence Berkani	....	visual effects coordinator: icestorm
Danny Braet	....	compositing supervisor and CG lead: SXS
Kristen Branan	....	visual effects producer
Dennis Bredow	....	texture artist
John Frederick Bryant	....	solutions architect
Adam Buckner	....	digital compositor
Everett Burrell	....	3D supervisor: Flat Earth Productions
Phil Carbonaro	....	effects artist (as Philip Carbonarg)
Joan Collins Carey	....	visual effects producer
Joan Collins Carey	....	visual effects supervisor
Steve Carpenter	....	digital artist
Audrey Chang	....	visual effects editor
Serena Chang	....	texture artist
Benjamin Cinelli	....	senior character animator
Chuck Comisky	....	visual effects supervisor
Charles Darby	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Firepower
David R. Davies	....	software engineer
Jason Doss	....	modeler
Yanick Dusseault	....	digital artist: icestorm (as Yannick 'Botex' Dusseault)
Thomas Esmeralda	....	matte painter: Digital Firepower
Charles L. Finance	....	visual effects producer
Josh Gans	....	digital artist
Mark Glaser	....	visual effects supervisor
Robin Griffin	....	visual effects producer
Martin Hall	....	compositor
Owen Hammer	....	digital compositor
Jordan Harris	....	digital animator
G.G. Heitmann Demers	....	digital compositor: Kleiser-Walczak
Jongwoo Heo	....	visual effects
Judith Holzman	....	digital artist
Carl Hooper	....	lead digital artist
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor
Rusty Ippolito	....	CG team lead
Edward Irastorza	....	visual effects coordinator: Flat Earth
Gary Jackemuk	....	lead digital compositor: The Production Plant
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Mathew C. Judd	....	3D modeler
Oded Yosef Kassirer	....	digital artist (as Oded Kassirer)
Joe Ken	....	digital compositor
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects supervisor
Jon-Marc Kortsch	....	digital artist
Daniel Kramer	....	senior CG supervisor
Kevin Kutchaver	....	visual effects supervisor
Bill Latka	....	visual effects producer: Production Plant
Kim Lavery	....	in house visual effects producer
Derek Ledbetter	....	visual effects
Garry E. Lewis	....	visual effects artist
Matt Linder	....	3D effects animator
Scott Lord	....	senior systems administrator
Mary E. Manning	....	digital artist
Michael Melchiorre	....	data management
David Minton	....	digital artist: VisionArt
Richard Morton	....	digital texture lead
Brad Moylan	....	digital artist: Flat Earth (as Scott Bradley Moylan)
Craig A. Mumma	....	visual effects supervisor: VisionArt
Enrique Munoz	....	digital artist
Daniel Naulin	....	visual effects artist
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor
Rocco Passionino	....	CG supervisor
Eric Reinhard	....	digital compositor
Daniel Roizman	....	visual effects
Kody Sabourin	....	lead artist
Salar Saleh	....	digital artist
Lopsie Schwartz	....	texture painter
Naz Shams	....	digital artist (as Nazgol Shams)
Chris Simmons	....	digital artist
Mark G. Soper	....	visual effects coordinator
Jeremy Squires	....	lead effects animator: VisionArt
Jimmy Squires	....	lead effects animator: VisionArt
Kevin Struckman	....	digital effects artist: Flat Earth Productions
Esdras Varagnolo	....	digital artist
Todd Vaziri	....	compositor: Flat Earth Productions
Pam Vick	....	digital animator/compositor
Grant Viklund	....	digital artist
Kenneth Voss	....	digital artist
Daniel James Weber	....	visual effects artist
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Shannon Wiggins	....	digital artist: Vision Art (as Shannon Roy)
Brad E. Wilhite	....	visual effects editor
Chris 'Willie' Williams	....	lead modeler
Simon Yuen	....	senior 3D animator
Jean-Luc Bouchard	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Yancy Calzada	....	3D animator: Flat Earth (uncredited)
John Campuzano	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Brian Connor	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Michael Kory	....	digital artist (uncredited)
John J.S. Lee	....	visual effects technical assistant intern (uncredited)
Richard Liukis	....	visual effects: Production Plant (uncredited)
Will McCoy	....	digital compositor: Vision Art (uncredited)
Tory Mercer	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Michael Meyers	....	CGI modeling supervisor: production plant (uncredited)
Kate Neumann	....	executive assistant: Digital.Art.Media (uncredited)

Stunts
Pavel Cajzl	....	stunts
Graeme Crowther	....	stunt coordinator
Petr Drozda	....	stunt coordinator
Romana Hajkova	....	stunts
Martin Hub	....	stunts
Dusan Hyska	....	stunts
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunts
Jiri Kraus	....	stunts
Martin Kraus	....	stunts
Zuzana Kristofova	....	stunts
Theo Kypri	....	stunt double: Justin Whalin
Katerina Lahodova	....	stunt interpreter
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts
Dimo Liptkovsky	....	stunts
Eva Maredova	....	stunts
Ivan Masek	....	stunts
Jiri Simberský	....	stunts
Kamila Skoblova	....	stunts
Patrik Stanek	....	stunts
Martin Stanék	....	stunts
Karel Vávrovec	....	stunts
Martin Zalud	....	stunts
Craig Appel	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Theo Kypri	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Jiri Stanek	....	stunt double: Lee Arenberg (uncredited)
Patrik Stanek	....	stunt double: Bruce Payne/Richard O'Brien (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Arnautov	....	gaffer
Jan Boruvka	....	best boy
Václav Cermak	....	electrician
Jiri Gazda	....	key grip
Ivo Gresak	....	grip
Martin Grosup	....	director of photography: second unit
Jiri Horych	....	electrician
Igor Jelen	....	electrician
Borivoj Klecka	....	electrician
Viktor Lonek	....	video assist operator
Filip Majer	....	assistant camera
John J. Moers	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Zdenek Mrkvicka	....	assistant camera
Alexander Surkala	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Tim Dobbert	....	animator
Jason Doss	....	animator
Steve Keele	....	animator

Casting Department
Amanda D. Mahoney	....	casting assistant
Lana Veenker	....	casting assistant: London (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hana Kucerova	....	set costumer
Patricie Soptenková	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Josh Campbell	....	first assistant editor
Hunter S. Ellis	....	post-production assistant (as Steven T. Ellis)
Martin Hubacek	....	assistant editor
Andrea Pugner	....	assistant editor (as Andrea Pugnerová)
Jason Solberg	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Paul S. Henning	....	orchestrator
Wataru Hokoyama	....	orchestrator
Tod Holcomb	....	music editor
Malcolm Luker	....	scoring mixer
Jack Smalley	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Jiri Husak	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Rino Bonavita	....	first assistant accountant
Kathi Danielson	....	production accountant
Joseph Ford	....	business and legal affairs intern
Richard Gironi	....	chief of crowd control
Sheri Jeffrey	....	legal services
Petr Kavalek	....	assistant to production coordinator
Robert Krejcik	....	horse master
Karen Kuder	....	production assistant
Katerina Lahodova	....	interpreter
Susan Lambie	....	script supervisor
Erick M. Medina	....	production insurance
Jason Miller	....	legal services
Pavel Mrkous	....	location manager
Martin Pavek	....	location manager
Pavlina Prikrylova	....	assistant production coordinator
Laura Vergelli	....	dialogue adaptor

Thanks
Hans Zimmer	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Behaviour Worldwide
• MDP Worldwide
• Silver Pictures
• Station X Studios
• Stillking Films
• Sweetpea Entertainment

Distributors

• Eurocine (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Entertainment Film Distributors
• Fiction Pictures (2009) (Greece) (DVD)
• Fiction Pictures (2009) (Greece) (TV)
• GAGA (2000) (Japan) (all media)
• Helkon Filmverleih GmbH (Germany)
• J&M Entertainment (European sales)
• Manga Films (2001) (Spain) (all media)
• New Line Cinema (USA)
• Prooptiki (2000) (Greece) (all media)
• SND (France)
• Sherlock Media S.L. (Spain)
• Universal Pictures Video (2001) (Netherlands) (video)

Special Effects

• Digital Firepower
• Flat Earth Productions
• Icestorm Digital Studio
• Pacific Title Digital
• Production Plant
• Station X Studios
• Viewpoint Datalabs International
• VisionArt

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting rental facility
• Allyoucanstunt  stunts
• Allyoucanstunt  stunts
• Barrandov Studios  studio facilities provided by
• CE VideoAssist Rental  Additional VideoAssist equipment provided by
• Deluxe Post-Production  post-production facilities
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA | Czech Republic

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37857) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Peru:PT | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Kutná Hora, Stredoceský, Czech Republic

Company:

Behaviour Worldwide

Trivia:

Edward Jewesbury's last major film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The sound of the Dragon's Eye against the stones that make up Snail's grave-marker indicate that it's glass.

Quotes:

Snails:She must've put some kinda holding spell into that bracelet.
Ridley:Yeah, must be the only way she can get guys to come home with her.
Marina Pretensa:I'd have to put a feeble mind spell on myself to want to take *you* home.
Snails:That was funny.
Marina Pretensa:You're going to the city dungeon.
Snails:That wasn't.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: The Time Machine (#1.14)" (2009)

What a waste

It is unbelievable how this movie could have been created with such good actors and so much money, but such a bad script and directing.

Dialogues are painfully bad in this movie, as is the story itself.

The acting is also below any standard you would expect from such an expensive movie. Jeremy Irons was especially shocking, his performance was very pathetic and flat, as if this would be a bad movie for three year olds. That was not acting, that was a torment ! I cried every time he appeared on the screen.

Thora Birch was also far, far below her level in 'American Beauty', obviously unable to tell how one should put a little life into her bad dialogue and flat character, and somehow even thinking that that was her own fault.

If at all, the thief Snails (Marlon Wayans from Scary Movie) had quite some good moments in his slapstick scenes, the only good moments in the whole movie. Unfortunately they don't last long. Wayans seems to have a talent to shine even in the worst movies, however.

The performance of the main actor was also bad. His dull and cheap sunnyboy behavior really nerved me, and I saw absolutely no reason for his 'being special', but far more for 'being untalented'.

The effects where better than the story, but really not that exciting either.

Some people say fantasy is about stereotypes, but that doesnt mean you can forget all rules how to make up a good story ! This story was not worth getting on the screen. This story was also not worth getting such good actors and effects. This story was nothing but crap !

And I can't believe that Jeremy Irons and Thora Birch are such bad actors, they have proven they can do far, far better ! I can only guess it must have been the director who forced them to do such bad performances.

Definitely not recommended for anyone except maybe children below ten. Oh wait, they're not allowed ? No loss.