Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008)

A barbarian woman with a miraculous healing staff gains the help of a group of to-be heroes as an army of dragons invades the land.

Director:

Will Meugniot

Writers:

Tracy Hickman (novel), George Strayton (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael Rosenbaum, Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless

Cast

Credited cast:
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Tanthalas 'Tanis' Half-Elven (voice)
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Raistlin Majere (voice)
Lucy Lawless	...	Goldmoon (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Flint Fireforge / Fewmaster Toede (voice)
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Tika (voice)
Rino Romano	...	Caramon Majere (voice)
Jason Marsden	...	Tasslehoff Burrfoot (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Fizban The Fabulous (voice)
Marc Worden	...	Sturm Brightblade (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Riverwind / Gilthanas (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Pyros (voice)
Juliette Cohen	...	Onyx (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Takhisis (voice)
Caroline Gelabert	...	Laurana (voice)
Ben McCain	...	Elistan (voice)

Storyline

After five years apart, searching the world of Krynn for proof of the existence of the true gods, a group of adventurers find their proof in the form of a barbarian woman carrying a miraculous blue crystal staff. Soon they are thrust into war as an army of dragons overtakes their homeland.

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Plot Keywords:

dragon | knight | high fantasy | mystical | actor voicing multiple characters | 

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Taglines:

The heroes of Krynn take a stand against evil!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA India Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Tale

Company Credits

Production Co:

Commotion Pictures, Toonz Animation India, Witox

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kiefer Sutherland actually looked into the whole background of his character, Raistlin, before showing up on the set to do the recording. He was continuously worried about the pronunciation of the magic spells, so they had to to record multiple takes around his spell casting.

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Goofs

Throughout the scenes in Pax Tharkas (when they're rescuing the prisoners) Laurana changes repeatedly from being in her elven clothing, to elven armor and back again

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Quotes

Tasslehoff Burrfoot: Hey! She cast that spell without using those funny words! Why can't you do that, all powerful mage?
Raistlin Majere: She's channeling the power of a god, you dolt. I'm wresting arcane energies from the very fabric of the universe - it's completely different.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #39.14 (2008)

User Reviews

Convoluted, lacking characterisation, but contains some charm for fans of the books.

I remembered these books fondly from reading them as a child several years ago, and couldn't pass up the opportunity to see the film version, and it was for me a mixed bag. Whilst the film does remain very faithful to the story and the events within, its severely limited by its 90 minute run-time, the characterisation other than Tanis is lacking, the story simplified and compressed to the degree where the characters hurtle from one event to another, without the breathing space and reflection of the book it becomes very convoluted.

Furthermore the film makers decided to use a mixture of 2d and 3d animation , with the dragons and draconians represented by a dated 3d animation, that makes the fighting sequences look very poor and overall the 3d sections look very plastic. The 2d animation is not much better, moving often jerkily, though some of the characters are drawn quite nicely.

Overall i wasn't very impressed, but since its only 90 minutes its hardly as though its a massive chunk of my life has been lost to it. Id recommend to fans of the books, for a little nostalgia trip and for Kiefer Sutherlands (underused) performance as Raistlin.