Dragon Hunters (film)
Dragon Hunters is a 2008 French-German-Luxembourgish 3D computer-animated adventure action fantasy comedy-drama family film and fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters. It was released on March 26, 2008 in France and on March 20, 2008 in Russia and New Zealand. It was also distributed by Icon Productions and Bac Films. The film received a Cristal Award nomination for Best Feature and it earned $12,235,843 on a €12,000,000 budget. Dragon Hunters was released on DVD on November 5, 2008 in France by Warner Home Video.
Dialogue
[edit]- Zoé: [with reference to jaws] "Were going to need a bigger island"
- [Lian-Chu and Gwizdo sit by the campfire. Gwizdo is sulking]
- Lian-Chu: What's the matter, Gwizdo? Are you mad?
- Gwizdo: You think, that for once, you could take your job seriously? It's always the same old circus, Lian-Chu. All you do is clown around for the peanut gallery.
- Lian-Chu: But I don't do it on purpose.
- Gwizdo: [scoffing] Yeah, it's a blimey good thing too. Why, pray tell, do you think these hicks never pay?
- Lian-Chu: Because they've got no money?
- Gwizdo: [taking a deep breath] No! They rip us off because you're not credible!
- Lian-Chu: What does credible mean?
- Gwizdo: I dunno, eh... [He grabs Hector by the arm] We'll take Hector here, for example. Hector, with his big fangs and all that fur, well, he's credible. And that's why the hicks are scared of him, you get it? [Lian-Chu looks puzzled and shrugs] You don't get it. [He absent-mindedly drops Hector] Hey, look. A dragon hunter who's credible makes the whole earth shake when he walks, right? [He demonstrates by stomping on the ground] Like, boom, boom, ba-boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, huh?
- Hector: [laughing] Stupid.
- [Gwizdo smacks Hector upside the head]
- Gwizdo: And if he has to, he smacks his debtors a couple of times. Bim! Bam! Fork over the money! You get the picture?
- Lian-Chu: Hitting clients? That's being credible?
- [Gwizdo sighs loudly]
- Gwizdo: Another example. [He picks up a bag Lian-Chu knitted] You think it's credible? A dragon hunter who likes to knit?!
- Lian-Chu: But I tore a hole in my...
- [Gwizdo snatches Lian-Chu's knitting]
- Gwizdo: YOU GOT MANDULAR BOOGERS ON THE BRAIN OR WHAT? YOU KNUCKLEHEAD, KNITTING'S SOMETHING OLD LADIES DO!
- [Lian-Chu stands up and raises an arm as though he were about to punch Gwizdo in the face. Gwizdo cowers and whimpers. Instead, Lian-Chu snatches back his knitting]
- Lian-Chu: It was my mother who taught me.
- [He storms off. Gwizdo looks ashamed]
- [Gwizdo sees two bats sitting in front of him]
- Gwizdo: D'ahh! What are you doing here?
- [They laugh mockingly]
- Gwizdo: What's this circus all about?!
- [They laugh again]'
- Gwizdo: Wait a sec. What do you girls want? To make me feel guilty? Is that it?
- Gwizdo: Scaredy pants? Yeah, and so what?! Do you think I look like the hero in this fairy tale??
- Gwizdo: ... He won't listen to me!
- Gwizdo: It's all Zoe's fault!!
- [The bats flutter around Gwizdo]
- Gwizdo: SHUT UP! I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE SMALL AND POOR!
Gwizdo: EXACTLY! UGLY, AND MEAN! NOW GET OUTTA HERE! SCRAM! JUST SCRAM, BATS! I DON'T BELIEVE IN HEROISM, AND HAPPILY EVER AFTERS, AND ANIMALS THAT TALK!! [He realizes that animals, except possibly Hector, don't talk] Animals... that talk...? [He realizes he's been hallucinating]
Voice cast
[edit]French cast
[edit]- Vincent Lindon as Lian-Chu
- Patrick Timsit as Gwizdo
- Marie Drion as Zoé
- Philippe Nahon as Lord Arnold
- Amanda Lear as Gildas
- Jeremy Prevost as Hector
- Jean-Marc Lentretien as Mamular
Hungarian cast
[edit]- István Hajdu (Steve) as Lian-Chu
- László Görög as Gwizdo
- Lilla Hermann as Zoé
- Gábor Reviczky as Lord Arnold
- László Tahi Tóth as Gildas
English cast
[edit]- Forest Whitaker as Lian-Chu
- Rob Paulsen as Gwizdo, and Sir Lensflair
- Mary Mouser as Zoé
- Nick Jameson as Lord Arnold
- Jess Harnell as Gildas
- Dave Wittenberg as Hector
- Frank Welker as The World Gobbler