Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy film about a knight's friendship with a dragon, starring Dennis Quaid as the knight and the voice of Sean Connery as Draco, the dragon.
Creature Shop
During the film's early production phase, in 1992, Jim Henson's Creature Shop was hired by producer Raffaella De Laurentiis to create the dragon as an enormous animatronic. A warehouse in Camden Town was utilized for the project, becoming the new Creature Shop headquarters, and a full-sized dragon head and quarter-scale animatronic dragon puppet were produced. John Stephenson referred to the dragons as "one of the best jobs we've ever done." Only a small amount of test footage was shot. Dragonheart was put on hold, and when the film was finally completed, the dragon was created entirely through computer animation supplied by Industrial Light & Magic.[1]
References
- When Dragonheart actor Dennis Quaid appeared on Muppets Tonight in episode 207, he introduced a purported screen-test for the film in which he played "Sir Cumference of the Circle" and Kermit the Frog stretched his acting ability as a dragon named "Frogo" (who sounds nothing like Sean Connery).
Connections
- Ben Kingsley played Drago in Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
- Pete Postlethwaite played Brother Gilbert of Glockenspur in Dragonheart (1996)
- John Gielgud voiced King Arthur in Dragonheart (1996)
- Patrick Read Johnson co-wrote the story for Dragonheart (1996)
- Dennis Quaid played Bowen in Dragonheart (1996)
- Patrick Stewart played Drago in Dragonheart 4: Battle for the Heartfire (2017)
Sources
- ↑ Bacon, Matt. No Strings Attached. p. 79