Dragon Hunters (2008)
"Chasseurs de dragons" (original title)

A fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters!

Directors:

Guillaume Ivernel, Arthur Qwak

Writers:

Frédéric Lenoir, Arthur Qwak

Stars:

Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Philippe Nahon

Cast

Credited cast:
Vincent Lindon	...	Lian-Chu (voice)
Patrick Timsit	...	Gwizdo (voice)
Philippe Nahon	...	Le Seigneur Arnold (voice)
Amanda Lear	...	Gildas (voice)
Marie Drion	...	Zoé (voice)
Jeremy Prevost	...	Hector (voice)
Jean-Marc Lentretien	...	Mamular (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John DiMaggio	...	Fat John (voice)
Elias Eliot	...	Gildas (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Gildas (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Lord Arnold (voice)
Mary Mouser	...	Zoé (voice) (as Mary Matilyn Mouser)
Rob Paulsen	...	Gwizdo / Bat / Lensflair (voice)
Forest Whitaker	...	Lian-Chu (voice)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Hector (voice)

Storyline

The world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly populated with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords. Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules: Eat and don't get eaten. For this new world has become infested with a terrible plague: omnipresent, monstrously famished, mutant creatures, are wreaking havoc - They are known as the Dragons. Gwizdo and Lian-Chu are two dragon hunters, but are a long way from being among the best. Their only real talents: the size of the hulking brute with the heart of gold, Lian-Chu, and Gwizdo's talent for scams of all and any shape or form. Their sole ambition: to buy a little farm where they can relax and raise mussels, a creature that is a lot less unpleasant and difficult to hunt down than dragons. A few islands away rises the fortress of Lord Arnold. Arnold has a problem: he's living in terror at the thought of the return of World Eater, that horrible ...

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Plot Keywords:

dragon | hunter | cgi film | computer animation

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Taglines:

La chasse aux dragons, c'est pas un conte de fées (Dragon hunting isn't a fairy tale)

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some scary images, fantasy action and language

Details

Official Sites:

Bac Films [France] Official site

Country:

France Luxembourg Germany

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 March 2008 (France)

Also Known As:

Cazadores de dragones

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

€11,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Futurikon, Luxanimation, Trixter Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is an 'Easter Egg' near the beginning, after Zoé is saved from the Jim Bobs by Lian-Chu and Gwizdo is relating the exploits of 'Sir' Lian-Chu in order to convince Zoé to hire them, and Gwizdo says "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am!" This is American adult slang for a 'quickie' or a brief sexual encounter, and inappropriate in an animated movie intended for young audiences.

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Quotes

Zoé: [with reference to jaws] "Were going to need a bigger island"

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Connections

Referenced in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Lotus"
Performed by Jalan Jalan

User Reviews

visually stunning and pretty funny, thumbs way up!

this is my first review on IMDb, i didn't really want to write one but since there are only 2 for this great movie right now, i feel compelled to add my perspective...and no, i'm not associated to the movie makers in any way (yeah yeah how often did you here that before ;-) ) FYI i'm in my late 20s

1st of all i have to admit i really like animated movies, because what you see is only limited by the imagination of the creators and they were pretty imaginative on this one. Not so much in terms of story but in achieving a very unique and imo fresh visual style. The characters look good but far from real and it works well for the movie, after all it's a fairytale-like world. But the backgrounds and the world in general is filled with awesome visuals that my jaw dropped several times while watching this. The blue, bunny-like mini-dragon steels the show and has easily some of the funniest moments of the movie, he is already an instant classic, much as Scrat from Ice Age. The story is not too surprising (a bunch of anti-heroes have to go out and slay the biggest dragon you can imagine) but who cares if the movie looks and sounds THAT good ;-) 1 thing i have to point out, imo the movie is not suited for VERY young children because it has some darker scenes in it and maybe frightening for kids under 6-8 i would say, these are only very few scenes but worth mentioning imo. Anyway i had a great time watching this and can't wait for it to hit the stores in high def to watch it over and over again just for the sheer beauty of it.

8,5 for me