Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011)

As the village of Berk prepares for its winter holiday, the resident dragons all inexplicably fly away.

Director:

Tom Owens

Writers:

Adam F. Goldberg (screenplay), Cressida Cowell (book)

Stars:

Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Jay Baruchel	...	Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voice)
Gerard Butler	...	Stoick the Vast (voice)
Craig Ferguson	...	Gobber the Belch (voice)
America Ferrera	...	Astrid Hofferson (voice)
Jonah Hill	...	Snotlout (voice)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse	...	Fishlegs (voice)
T.J. Miller	...	Tuffnut (voice) (as TJ Miller)
Kristen Wiig	...	Ruffnut (voice)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Female Viking (voice)
Peter Lavin	...	Viking 1 (voice)
Neil Dickson	...	Viking 2 (voice)
Ian Ruskin	...	Viking 3 (voice)
Julian Barnes	...	Viking 4 (voice)

Storyline

The Viking town of Berk, now enjoying its new alliance with the dragons, is preparing for its annual winter holiday of Snoggletog. However, that spirit is threatened when all the dragons, except Toothless who needs Hiccup to help him, suddenly fly away for some reason. While Astrid ineffectually tries to salvage the occasion, Hiccup decides to build Toothless a new prosthetic to allow him to fly independently, only to have the dragon take off as well. However, as the holiday approaches, Hiccup finds himself swept up to learn the dragons' secret the hard way and to find a solution to bring them home early.

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Plot Keywords:

dragon | viking | island | village | cgi animation | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

How to Hatch Your Dragon

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

[Toothless wakes hiccup up by making noises on the roof]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: Okay, okay. I'm coming.
[Hiccup go outside the house and find Toothless on the roof]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: Oh good morning Mr. Bossy!
[Toothless laughs at him, he imitates Toothless's laugh]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: You always have to wake me up so early to go flying...
[Hiccup almost slips on the ice. Luckily, Toothless catches him]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: Stupid leg.
[to Toothless]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III: No thanks buddy i'm okay. Yeah, we can go flying now.
[...]

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Connections

Spun-off from How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

User Reviews

Short but nice...

I loved the first "How to Train Your Dragon", so I was definitely going to give this "Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury" a go as well.

Despite it being a very short animated movies, about 22 minutes or so, it was actually still quite good. The animation and CGIs were as cool as in the previous movie. And there is still so many awesome details in every scene.

The story was not that bad, despite it being limited to less than 30 minutes. And I assume that it is something that could have potential to become a part of children's Christmases everywhere.

I just have a gnawing sensation that releasing such a short movie is sort of digging a bit too deep into people's pockets. Why couldn't something like this have been an extra on a collector's edition of the first movie? But hey, money does make the world go round.

If you liked "How to Train Your Dragon", then you definitely should check out this part of the saga as well.