Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004) (TV) The Last Dragon (original title)

Director:

Justin Hardy

Writers:

Justin Hardy (story)
Charlie Foley (creator)
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Release Date:

20 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy

Tagline:

What if dragons actually existed?

Plot Keywords:

Sketch | Skeleton | Knight | Museum | Dragon

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Paul Hilton	...	Dr. Tanner
Katrine Bach	...	Biologist
Aidan Woodward	...	Data Analyst
Tom Chadbon	...	Museum Curator
Niccolo Cioni	...	Lead Knight One
Hamish MacLeod	...	Lead Knight Two
Bradley Lavelle	...	Narrator (voice) (as Brad Lavelle)
Patrick Stewart	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ian Holm	...	Narrator (UK version) (voice)

Directed by
Justin Hardy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charlie Foley		creator
Charlie Foley		story
Justin Hardy		story
David McNab		story
Kevin Tao Mohs		story
Aidan Woodward

Produced by
Ceri Barnes	....	producer
Rola Bauer	....	executive producer: Tandem Communications
Charlie Foley	....	executive producer
Tim Halkin	....	executive producer: Tandem Communications
Alice Keens-Soper	....	executive producer
David McNab	....	executive producer
John Smithson	....	executive producer
Kevin Tao Mohs	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Richard Blair-Oliphant

Cinematography by
Mike Eley
John Howarth

Film Editing by
Rick Aplin

Production Design by
Patrick Bill

Art Direction by
Mari Lucaccini
Joanna Pratt

Art Department
Cathy Featherstone	....	art department

Sound Department
Jovan Ajder	....	sound designer
Ronald Bailey	....	sound mixer
Peter Crooks	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Mike Peel	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Laurent Benhamo	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Brendan Body	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Frederic Cervini	....	technical director: Framestore CFC
Michael Davis	....	line producer: Framestore CFC
Robert Deas	....	lighting technical director: Framestore-CFC
Philip Dobree	....	visual effects supervisor: Jellyfish Pictures
Stuart M. Ellis	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Stephen Enticott	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
Neil Glasbey	....	lead animator: Framestore CFC
Timothy Greenwood	....	digital effects artist: Framestore CFC
Guy Hauldren	....	CGI scanning: Framestore CFC
Daren Horley	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Alec Knox	....	computer graphics supervisor
Dan Lavender	....	senior technical director
Joe Leveson	....	camera tracker: Framestore CFC
Adam Lucas	....	CGI modeller/rigger: Framestore CFC
Christian Manz	....	senior digital compositor
Sarah Micallef	....	visual effects coordinator: Framestore CFC
Mike Milne	....	director of computer animation: Framestore CFC
Catherine Mullan	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Darran Nicholson	....	digital effects artist: Framestore CFC
Joanna Nodwell	....	producer: Framestore CFC
Alfie Olivier	....	senior technical director: lighting
Tom Parker	....	editor: Framestore CFC
Sirio Quintavalle	....	visual effects supervisor
Darren Rodriguez	....	animator: Framestore CFC
George Roper	....	digital effects artist: Framestore CFC
Pedro Sabrosa	....	digital effects artist: Framestore CFC
Elsa Santos	....	digital paint artist: Framestore CFC
Jakob Schmidt	....	CGI modeller/rigger: Framestore CFC
Nicholas Seal	....	digital effects artist: Framestore CFC
Romain Bivar Segurado	....	CG modeller
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore CFC
Marc Smith	....	laser scanning
Sarah Tosh	....	CG modeller
Sean Varney	....	CGI scanning: Framestore CFC
Jon Veal	....	CG modeller

Camera and Electrical Department
Jono Tomes	....	focus puller: Gran Canaria

Editorial Department
James Skinner	....	additional editing

Other crew
David Doyle	....	production executive
Neil Gaiman	....	creative consultant
Paul Gardner	....	archive researcher

Production Companies

• Darlow Smithson Productions

Distributors

• Discovery Communications (2004) (worldwide) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Tandem Communications (2004) (Germany) (all media)

Special Effects

• Framestore CFC
• Jellyfish Pictures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Loudhailer  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"The Last Dragon" - UK (original title)
"Dragon's World: A Fantasy Made Real" - USA (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild violence

Runtime:

Argentina:99 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Iceland:LH | South Korea:12

Company:

Darlow Smithson Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #34.4" (2005)

Dragon lover's favorite "document"

I rented this movie tonight out of curiosity. First I thought this would be some lousy action movie with even lousier effects (think Ice Planet, for example). But I was positively surprised to find out that this science fiction quasi-documentary was actually thoroughly enjoyable.

I am a fan of "Walking With Dinosaurs", and as a fantasy enthusiast, this documentary was right up my alley. Sure I know that dragons weren't real, but the theories provided seemed sound enough to me. And I have to admit, I was touched by the tragedy of the mountain dragons as well as awe-struck by the beauty of the dragons mating, taking the plunge and scorching the ground as they pull up.

As a "what if" documentary this was a 10/10. If somebody wants to complain that this isn't a "real" documentary, they should pay in mind that it was not planned as such. Dragon's World is a different and enjoyable document to see, as long as you don't take everything too seriously.

Besides, you never know...