Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000) (V)

Director:

Doug Lefler

Writers (WGA):

Patrick Read Johnson (characters) and
Charles Edward Pogue (characters) ...
(more)

Release Date:

8 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon...

Plot Keywords:

Dragon | Knight | Teenager Fighting Adult | Comet | Violence

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Christopher Masterson	...	Geoff (as Chris Masterson)
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
John Woodnutt	...	Friar Peter
Lubomir Misak	...	Lubo
Karin Haydu	...	King's Attendant
Peter Hric	...	Sir Stefan, Osric's Henchman
Imrich Strunar	...	Miller
Gustáv Kyselica	...	Cowherd
Vladimir Oktavec	...	Abbott
Anthony O'Donnell	...	Older Mansel (voice)
Vlado Durdík	...	Old Man
Stano Satko	...	Squire
Roman Jankovic	...	Squire
Peter Olgyay	...	Squire
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	...	Sentry (as Vladimir Furdik)

Directed by
Doug Lefler

Writing credits (WGA)
Patrick Read Johnson		(characters) and
Charles Edward Pogue		(characters)
Shari Goodhartz		(written by)

Produced by
Raffaella De Laurentiis	....	producer
Hester Hargett	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mark McKenzie

Cinematography by
Buzz Feitshans IV		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John M. Taylor

Casting by
Elizabeth Hayden		(as Elizabeth Passero)
Jeffery Passero

Production Design by
Giorgio Postiglione

Art Direction by
Ján Svoboda		(as Janko Svoboda)

Set Decoration by
Alberto Tosto

Costume Design by
Giorgio Desideri

Makeup Department
Eloisa De Laurentiis	....	key makeup artist
Blazena Dollingerova	....	hair stylist
Blazena Dollingerova	....	makeup artist
Angelo Vannella	....	key hair stylist (as Angelo Vanella)

Production Management
Dino De Laurentiis	....	post-production supervisor
Raffaella De Laurentiis	....	unit production manager
Jim Kristoff	....	executive in charge of production
Dubravko Petrovic	....	unit manager
Viliam Richter	....	production manager: Slovakia
Milan Stanisic	....	production supervisor
Ed Wacek	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jozef 'Dodo' Banyak	....	first assistant director: Slovakia (as Jozef Banyak)
David Carrigan	....	first assistant director
Daisy Cummins	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jan Adasek	....	property buyer
Tomas Agh	....	set dressing carpenter
Tibor Alexy	....	painter
Peter Balogh	....	set dressing designer
Jozef Benus	....	carpenter
Miro Benus	....	carpenter
Peter Benus	....	carpenter
Stefan Benus	....	carpenter
Vito Consoli	....	painter
Oliver Csoka	....	assistant property master
Vierka Dandova	....	assistant art director
Marian Deda	....	upholsterer
Giorgio Desideri	....	supervising set decorator
Galliano Donati	....	sculptor
Ron Downing	....	supervising property master
Franco Fabietti	....	head carpenter (as Franco Fabietta)
Stanislaw Flak	....	painter
Robert Galfy	....	assistant property master
Milan Jaycay	....	set dressing leadman
Miroslav Kakacka	....	carpenter
Milan Karik	....	carpenter
Vendelin Karlak	....	carpenter
Jozef Koniarcik	....	carpenter
Eugen Koszeghi	....	set dressing leadman
Juraj Kriha	....	set dressing buyer
Peter Kusy	....	set dresser
Igor Lichy	....	draftsman
Dusan Luknar	....	construction supervisor
Carlo Maggi	....	head painter
Miroslav Malicek	....	plasterer
Ladislav Markic	....	plasterer
Gianfranco Masciotti	....	set dressing carpenter
Alexander Mattefy	....	carpenter
Ignac Matula	....	carpenter
Ratislav Pauliny	....	construction coordinator
Andrej Pavlicek	....	carpenter
Palo Prielozny	....	model maker
Marian Skolar	....	plasterer
Ludvik Sury	....	upholsterer
Fero Turna	....	property master
Pavol Venglar	....	carpenter
Peter Vojtech	....	dressing props master
Karol Zelenay	....	set dresser
Marcel Ziak	....	plasterer
Stefan Ziak	....	plasterer
Jan Ziska	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Tyler Berrie	....	assistant sound engineer
Milos Betko	....	recording supervisor
Maija Burnett	....	assistant adr editor
Marc Chiasson	....	adr editor
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	sound recordist
Dean Giammarco	....	adr recordist
Milos Gluvna	....	boom operator
Paul Hackner	....	sound recordist
Stefan Henrix	....	supervising sound editor
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd Langer	....	adr mixer
Jacques Leroide	....	assistant sound editor
Sheena Macrae	....	adr supervisor
Stuart Morton	....	assistant sound editor
Becki Ponting	....	dialogue editor
Andy Potvin	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Juraj Pravec	....	sound mixer
Nicole Thompson	....	adr coordinator
Andrej Vojticko	....	cable person
James Harrison	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Aladino V. Debert	....	senior technical animator: MetroLight Studios
Peter Fern	....	senior technician
Ron Hone	....	senior technician
Alexander Mucha	....	pyrotechnician
Trevor Neighbour	....	special effects supervisor
Drago Poldrugac	....	special effects technician
Jozef Taptik	....	pyrotechnician
George Vrattos	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Patricia Aguirre	....	administrative assistant: MetroLight Studios
Jenny Arata	....	administrative assistant: MetroLight Studios
Jason Armstrong	....	CGI supervisor: MetroLight Studios
Natalie Carroll	....	administrative assistant: MetroLight Studios
Benjamin Cinelli	....	character animator/color and lighting: MetroLight Studios
Rafael Colon	....	lead compositor
Sean Combs	....	editorial assistant: MetroLight Studios
Jason Dennis	....	studio production manager: MetroLight Studios
Fish Essenfeld	....	2D compositing supervisor
John Follmer	....	visual effects supervising producer: MetroLight Studios
Peter Greenstone	....	senior character animator
Pat Hadnagy	....	visual effects coordinator
David Hankinson	....	chief technical officer: MetroLight Studios
Jessica Harris	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Balin Hewitt	....	production coordinator: MetroLight Studios
So-ok Kim	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Alex Klyusner	....	video operator: MetroLight Studios
James W. Kristoff	....	executive in charge of production: MetroLight Studios
Brian Krusic	....	systems administrator: MetroLight Studios
Tim Lannon	....	character animator
Heather MacPhee	....	resource manager: MetroLight Studios
Stephan Martinière	....	dragon illustrator: MetroLight Studios
Andrea Maxwell	....	visual effects editor
Reynaldo Mollinedo	....	production driver: MetroLight Studios
Hugo Ramírez	....	production driver: MetroLight Studios
Leigh H. Rens	....	character animator/color and lighting: MetroLight Studios
Rebecca Ruether	....	senior character animator: MetroLight Studios
Dobbie Schiff	....	visual effects executive producer: MetroLight Studios
Ron Simonson	....	visual effects supervisor
Eric Tablada	....	character animator/color and lighting: MetroLight Studios
Jeremie Talbot	....	character animator/color and lighting: MetroLight Studios
Melissa Taylor	....	visual effects producer
Christine Troianello	....	compositor: MetroLight Studios
Bruno Vilela	....	animation director
Bruno Vilela	....	art director: Metrolight Studios
Stefano Villa	....	animation technical director
Jerry Weil	....	senior technical animator: MetroLight Studios
Shyam V. Yadav	....	digital imaging: MetroLight Studios

Stunts
Ratislav Benza	....	stunts
Marek Borik	....	stunts
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	....	stunts (as Vladimir Furdik)
Lubos Gajdosik	....	stunts
Roman Jankovic	....	stunts
Rastislav Kotula	....	stunts (as Ratisalv Kotula)
Radislav Lehocky	....	stunts
Richard Lekl	....	stunts
Branislav Martinak	....	stunts
Jaroslav Medvid	....	stunts
Ivan Mica	....	stunt performer
Ivan Mica	....	stunts
Peter Plazak	....	stunts
Juraj Pospech	....	stunts
Marcel Potocny	....	stunts
Pavol Rolnick	....	stunts
Michael Sandala	....	stunts
Stanislav Satko	....	stunts
Ladislav Sekera	....	stunts
Melissa Siew	....	stunt double
Lucia Srnoca	....	stunts
Marek Toth	....	stunts
Martin 'Mato' Uhrovcik	....	stunts (as Martin Uhrovcik)
Barbara Zadovicova	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Vlado Bures	....	electrician
Václav Cermak	....	best boy electric
Ivan Fabo	....	electrician
Buzz Feitshans	....	camera operator
Cranston Gobbo	....	dolly grip
David Holub	....	electrician
Ivan Hulik	....	video operator
Stjepan Klen	....	key grip
Branko Knez	....	camera operator
Jura Kostic	....	clapper loader (as Jure Kostic)
Pavol Kovac	....	grip
Lubor Kysel	....	electrician
Fernando Massaccesi	....	gaffer
Zoran Mikincic	....	focus puller (as Zoran Mikinic-Budin)
Ranko Mitic	....	focus puller
Miroslav Polak	....	still photographer
Neno Sokac	....	best boy grip
Emil Tardik	....	grip
Guenther Uttendorfer	....	assistant camera
Lovre Vidic	....	generator operator
Jozef Zeman	....	grip

Animation Department
Ana Maria Alvarado	....	senior character animator (as Ana Alvarado)

Casting Department
Lenka Stefankovicova	....	casting assistant: Slovakia
Zuzana Stefankovicova	....	casting assistant: Slovakia (as Zuzka Stefankovicova)
Eva Stefankovicová	....	casting: Slovakia
Sheila Trezise	....	casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zdenka Bocankova	....	head wardrobe mistress
Alzbeta Burianova	....	set wardrobe mistress
Snjezana Miric	....	set wardrobe mistress
Andrea Rezna	....	seamstress
Vittorio Torrieri	....	tailor
Alberto Tosto	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Philip Azenzer	....	mastering colorist (as Phil Azenzer)
Chris Lamie	....	dailies colorist
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Steven Sjolund	....	on-line editor (as Steve Sjolund)
Bronwyn Waddington	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Milos Betko	....	scoring crew
Peter Breiner	....	conductor
Pavel Hanzel	....	scoring crew
Ladislav Krajcovic	....	scoring crew
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Otto Nopp	....	score mixer
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
Warren Sherk	....	orchestrator
Paul Hackner	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Mladen Cernjak	....	transportation coordinator
Martin Stubniak	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Roy Bodner	....	unit publicist
Eduardo De La Grana	....	production accountant
Dino De Laurentiis	....	assistant to producer
Leslie Hathaway	....	account coordinator
Erik Jessen	....	story editor
Tomas Klenovics	....	set production assistant
Brano Kollar	....	location manager
Andrejka Lalakova	....	production coordinator
Michael Lichtenegger	....	shipping coordinator
Bruce Lomet	....	account coordinator
Michael Menzies	....	supervising accountant
Steve O'Corr	....	production liaison
Hamid Orandi	....	accountant
Nada Pinter	....	script supervisor
Juraj Povazan	....	production accountant
Elena Povazanova	....	assistant production accountant
Sergio Salvadori	....	accountant
Zdenko Sertic	....	assistant location manager
Talley Singer	....	assistant to director (as Taylor Singer)
Pascal Vaguelsy	....	set production assistant
Martin Vrabel	....	location manager
Aaron Yamamoto	....	additional effects editor
Zeljko Hren	....	caterer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Family and Home Entertainment (presents)

Distributors

• Finnkino (2000) (Finland) (VHS)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2000) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Videosonic Arts (2000) (Greece) (VHS)

Special Effects

• MetroLight Studios

Other Companies

• ARRI Rental  lighting equipment
• Anderson Video  post-production services
• Background, The  adr voice casting
• Encore Hollywood  post-production services
• Encore Hollywood  titles
• Sound Design Company, The  post-production sound facilities
• Varèse Sarabande  score album released by
• Western Post Productions  additional adr recorded at
• Western Post Productions  post-production sound facilities
• Westwind Media  sound re-recorded at

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:6 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Iceland:LH | Australia:PG | USA:PG (certificate #36963) | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Orava Castle, Oravsky Podzámok, Slovakia

Company:

Universal Family and Home Entertainment

Trivia:

Drake is the only film dragon that can breath ice..

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Kwan's hand movements are several seconds late when he says "Turn that way so you don't hit the mill. Then let it all out."

Quotes:

Mansel:Drake is an innocent, he's easily mislead!
Geoff:Don't worry. I'll protect him.
Mansel:Who's going to protect him from you?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #24.8" (2000)

This is actually pretty good

Since the chief character in "Dragonheart" dies at the end, I didn't expect a sequel, but thought it was neat when they came up w/1. If you've seen the 1st, you should know that this isn't a carbon copy - but that's no problem, since there's always something to replace what was left behind & works equally well. Geoff (Chris Masterson) is a stable boy who longs to become a knight, when he discovers the world's last living dragon, apparently whose egg was found at Draco's nest. Drake (Bobby Benson) has been shut away in Gilbert's monastery (this is decades later, so he's not around anymore) & hasn't learned to breathe fire, fly, or even venture outdoors, because of a prophecy that a dragon's heart will end mankind. Geoff thwarts the monks' plans by leading his new friend into the outside world, where they win the respect of Osric, the village leader who has his own secret reasons for taking interest in Drake. As Geoff is respected & trained to become a knight, a Chinese warrior girl & her master arrive - to kill Drake because of the prophecy. Drake & Geoff accept these 2 as friends, since they obviously like him despite their mission. But as they get used to their new lives, neither can foresee the evil approaching them. This is pretty different from the original, but not worse - even if the main character/"hero" is selfish for a time. The heartbreaking moments are replaced by comical 1s, the atmosphere of war becomes trying to find peace, new characters have experiences slightly similar to their idols from Dragonheart but in different ways. Watch for the dragon breathing ice, & the tributes to the old characters, & enjoy.