Dragonworld

Dragonworld
Promotional VHS-release Poster
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
Production company	Moonbeam Entertainment
Distributed by	Full Moon Features Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 21, 1994
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States Scotland United Kingdom Romania
Language	English

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.

Plot

Set in the 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.

Cast

• Alastair Mackenzie (credited as Sam Mackenzie) as Johnny McGowan
• Courtland Mead as Young Johnny McGowan
• Richard Trask as Yowler the Dragon
• Janet Henfrey as Miss Twittingham
• Brittney Powell as Beth Armstrong
• John Calvin as Bob Armstrong
• John Woodvine as Lester MacIntyre
• Jim Dunk as Brownie McGee
• Lila Kaye as Mrs. Cosgrove
• Andrew Keir as Angus McGowan

Soundtrack

All music composed by Richard Band.

Home media

The film was released directly to videocassette and laserdisc in 1994 by Paramount Home Video. As of May 9, 2016, it has still yet to see a DVD and Blu-ray disc release by Moonbeam's new company, Moonbeam Films.

Sequel

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.

References

External links

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