Dragonworld | |
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Promotional VHS-release Poster
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Directed by | Ted Nicolaou |
Produced by |
Albert Band Charles Band |
Written by | Suzanne Glazener Naha Ted Nicolaou |
Starring |
Alastair Mackenzie Courtland Mead Janet Henfrey |
Music by | Richard Band |
Cinematography | Alan M. Trow |
Edited by | D. Brett Schramm |
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Distributed by |
Full Moon Features Paramount Pictures |
Release date
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July 21, 1994 |
Running time
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99 minutes |
Country | United States Scotland United Kingdom Romania |
Language | English |
Dragonworld: Soundtrack | |
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Film score (Digital download)/Audio CD by Richard Band | |
Released | June 12, 2012 |
Length | 60:32 |
Label | Intrada |
Dragonworld is a 1994 film that was released Direct-to-video. It is the third film to be released by Moonbeam Entertainment, the children's video division of Full Moon Entertainment.
Set in modern times, a young five-year-old boy named Johnny McGowan travels to Scotland to live at his grandfather's castle after he loses both his parents in a traffic collision. At the magical Wish Tree on his grandfather's estate, he conjures up a friend which is an infant dragon whom he nicknames "Yowler". They grow up together as 15 years go by. One day after the years go by, a documentary film maker Bob Armstrong, his daughter Beth, and his pilot Brownie McGee stumble upon Yowler. Eager for fame and money, Bob convinces John to "rent" Yowler to local corrupt businessman, Lester McIntyre. John, who is coerced in part by the offer to have the mounting taxes on the castle paid off, allows Lester to take Yowler in. He does so also partly because of his growing interest in Beth. Yowler is miserable and harassed in the new theme park built for him, and when it becomes clear that McIntyre has duped them in order to exploit the dragon, John and his new friends take action.
All music composed by Richard Band.
The film was released directly to videocassette and laserdisc in 1994 by Paramount Home Video. The film has still yet to see a DVD and Blu-ray disc release by Moonbeam's new company, Moonbeam Films, as of March 29, 2017.
A sequel to the film, Dragonworld: The Legend Continues, was released directly to video in 1999, although filmed in 1996. The film bears little relation to the first movie and has received mainly negative reviews from critics.