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Dragonheart: A New Beginning is a 2000 fantasy action adventure drama film directed
by Doug Lefler. It stars Robby Benson, Christopher Masterson, Harry Van Gorkum and
Rona Figueroa. The film is a direct-to-video sequel of the 1996 film Dragonheart.
Dragonheart: A New Beginning
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Directed by
Doug Lefler
Produced by
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Written by
Shari Goodhartz
Based on
Dragonheart
by Charles Edward Pogue
Patrick Read Johnson
Starring
Robby Benson
Christopher Masterson
Harry Van Gorkum
Rona Figueroa
Music by
Mark McKenzie
Randy Edelman (theme)
Cinematography
Buzz Feitshans IV
Edited by
John M. Taylor
Production
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One year before his death, Sir Bowen visits the cave-home of his long-dead dragon
friend Draco, and there finds an egg. He takes the egg to a monastery where his
friend Brother Gilbert, an eccentric and virtuous monk, lives. The friars at the
monastery pledge to hide the dragon away, with Friar Peter (John Woodnutt)
protecting him and teaching him for 20 years. The task of taking care of the dragon
is passed to a young and grumpy but just friar named Mansel (Matt Hickey).
An orphaned stable boy named Geoff (Christopher Masterson), who dreams of one day
becoming a knight like Bowen, lives at the monastery, doing menial chores; he
tricks Mansel into manual labor and finds the hidden Drake, the dragon (voiced by
Robby Benson). At first Geoff is afraid, but realizes Drake is more afraid of him.
They soon form a friendship.
While Geoff is complaining about this new law, he and Drake are surprised by some
bullies, and Drake is forced to take his first flight. During this, the two Chinese
learn of Drake's existence and, after using a test to check his heart's purity,
start to train him to use his dragon abilities, including fire-breathing, flight,
using his tail, claws, and teeth, and to exhale ice breath, the last of which is a
rare skill that few dragons manage to master. Before this time of teaching, Geoff
discovers that the Chinese grandson is the princess of China in disguise, who
reveals that dragons once abetted mankind until a renegade dragon named Griffin
betrayed the dragon's code of honour and killed humans until virtuous dragons took
his heart and defeated him. Fearing that all dragons were akin to Griffin, the
Chinese emperor ordered the killing of every dragon in the country, so that Drake
is the last dragon in the world.
The Chinese citizens are captured and Geoff is made a knight for his friendship
with Drake. Osric takes them to battle a group of rebels where a fight engages,
during which Osric fakes a fatal blow and asks Drake to give him half his heart.
Realizing that the attempt is a trick, Geoff rallies Drake in an escape. Drake
masters his fire-breathing skills for the first time. At the castle, Osric
recognizes a familiar box. Master Kwan, the elder Chinese, recognizes Osric's true
identity and orders the amulet burned. Osric recovers the box and discovers his
lost heart. Out of revenge for her ancestor's slaying of the dragons, Osric throws
a knife at Master Kwan's companion Lian, but Kwan intervenes and dies.
Geoff and Drake arrive, and as the comet comes into view, Osric reveals himself as
Griffin, whose heart was cut out by the virtuous dragons and imprisoned as a human
for his crimes. Lian carried his heart with her to protect it. When he recovers
possession of his heart, he resumes his dragon form and asks Drake to join him in
the conquest of mankind. Recalling how Griffin would have cost him his soul if
Geoff had not intervened, Drake refuses and challenges Griffin. After a short but
fierce dragon fight, Drake uses his ice breath to freeze Griffin to death. Geoff is
injured by a piece of ice lodged in his heart; so Drake offers a piece of his own,
securing his place in the constellation Draco. The old code is restored and Lian
returns to her royal duties for a time. Mansel is awarded guardianship of Brother
Gilbert's scrolls and has a life of prayer and devotion. Geoff and Drake go on to
become brothers, having discovered the familial bond that is all they ever truly
wanted.
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Universal 1440 Entertainment
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Release date
Running time
97 minutes
Country
United States
United Kingdom
Romania
Language
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Box office
$2,140,832[1]
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In the 9th century in the north of Britain, a druid circle foresees a "falling
star" from the constellation Draco, with Brude - one of the druids - summoning a
Pict clan known as the "Painted tribe" to slaughter the druids and lead the clans
to war against the southern kingdoms over Hadrian's Wall. A druid apprentice called
Lorne escapes the slaughter of the druids.
On the southern side of the wall, Gareth and a group of squires undergo their final
tests to prove that they should be knighted. Gareth proves to be the best fighter,
but fails to collect enough money from the peasants. Disappointed, his superior Sir
Horsa refuses to knight him and tells Gareth that he owes him 100 crowns – after
which Gareth will be given his knighthood. With nowhere to go, Gareth is taken in
by a peasant couple who couldn't pay him. That night, a meteor falls to Earth on
the north side of the wall – with Gareth stealing a sword from one of the knighted
squires and going over the wall to find the meteor after being told by the couple
that it would contain riches.
Eventually, Gareth finds the meteor – only for it to burst open and reveal a dragon
with nine eggs. The dragon proceeds to attack the Painted tribe members that also
tracked down the meteor, with Gareth saving one of the dragon's eggs despite being
badly wounded by the clan warriors. Impressed by Gareth's mercy, the dragon shares
its heart with him, saving Gareth's life. However, before claiming the eggs, Brude
uses a slavery spell called the Sorcerer's Curse on the dragon – rendering the
creature powerless during daylight or by the light of a flame and meaning the
dragon will be under Brude's control by the full moon.
Gareth is rescued by Lorne – who explains to Gareth about dragons and the bond he
now shares with the dragon – before Gareth is introduced to the rebel leader Rhonu
and the clans who oppose Brude, with the hope Gareth will get the dragon to fight
for them. Meeting the dragon again, the dragon, who Gareth names Drago, explains
his purpose to raise the young dragons he has brought as friends to mankind.
However, he also states that he needs help to retrieve the eggs as he cannot do it
himself due to the curse. Gareth's first attempt fails, with him getting captured
by the clan. Brude intends to kill him, but stops upon learning about Gareth's
connection with Drago. With help from Rhonu and Lorne, he successfully escapes with
the eggs.
Gareth convinces the group to head towards the wall, with Rhonu telling her uncle
Traevor to gather the clans who oppose Brude. Travelling with Rhonu and Lorne, the
trio are forced to go on foot after one of the eggs is accidentally destroyed.
Along their journey, Drago tries to teach Gareth how to shadow-jump, although
apparently fails. However, while trying to free a group of people captured by the
painted clan, Gareth shows an act of valour – temporarily freeing Drago from the
curse before Brude recasts it. The trio escapes from Brude and the clan after
Gareth sacrifices one of the dragon eggs and shadow-jumps to safety.
Before the group reaches the wall, Gareth confesses to Drago that he isn't a knight
and that the southern side of the wall is a cruel place with no respect for the Old
Code of King Arthur – although Drago still sees Gareth as a friend. Upon reaching
the gate, Gareth, Lorne and Rhonu are arrested and the dragon eggs seized upon
learning of the Painted clan heading towards the wall. At the full moon, Drago, now
fully under Brude's control, and the Painted tribe attack, although Gareth and
Rhonu escape with help from Lorne's magic. As Gareth interrupts the sale of the
dragon eggs and battles Sir Horsa to protect them, his act of valor frees Drago –
who aids both the soldiers and the northern clans led by Traevor. Gareth slays Sir
Horsa, while Rhonu battles and kills Brude – although is fatally wounded herself.
With Brude dead and Drago free, the remainder of the Painted tribe retreats.
Following the battle, Gareth tends to Rhonu, who is saved as one of the unhatched
dragons shares its heart with her. Gareth becomes a knight and leader of the
settlement, with peace achieved between the North and South as Hadrian's Wall is
renamed the Dragon's Gate. Gareth and Rhonu finally express their love for each
other as the baby dragon that saved Rhonu begins to hatch.
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Language
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Box office
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Many years after Gareth and Rhonu became rulers, a woman dies moments after giving
birth to twin infants, who both have peculiar patches of scales on their bodies.
Despite their appearances, their father Walter keeps them in his care. Twenty years
after the twins' birth, King Gareth nears death, and with his estranged son having
been missing for years, succession is in doubt. As Gareth passes, Drago, who had
previously shared his heart with him, survives and learns his heart is connected to
someone else.
Drago leaves the capital and finds that his heart is now bound to Edric, the male
twin who possesses enhanced strength and uses it to serve as a sheriff for the
shire of Earl Roberts. Drago reveals that Edric's father was Gareth's estranged
son. Between his father spending most of his time helping Drago and his mother
dying after her bonded dragon's death, Walter became disillusioned with dragons and
ran away. Drago convinces Edric to take his grandfather's throne. Despite being
well-liked by the people, Edric's arrogance and inexperience with royal duties
bothers Drago. After realizing that their bond is abnormally weak, Drago confronts
Edric, forcing him to reveal the existence of his twin Mehgan. The young girl grew
up shunned because of her more visible scales and her power to manipulate fire.
After she accidentally burned their home down with Walter inside, Edric bargained
to have her sent away by boat to protect her from the villagers. Unwilling give up
the chance to be Robert's sheriff, he refuses to stay with Mehgan.
Edric later learns that a contingent of Vikings have invaded, and he rides out with
his army to meet them. Still refusing to trust Drago, he ignores advice to let the
dragon fight and instead challenges the Norsemen's leader to a duel, only to find
that it is Mehgan. The twins meet for a parley where Drago teaches them about the
Heartfire, the source of his fire breath. Mehgan demands that she be given the
throne as the firstborn twin, but Edric refuses and ends the negotiations.
Overnight, Mehgan and her army sneak into the camp, and she drains the Heartfire
from Drago while he sleeps. When the Norsemen start their attack, Mehgan reveals
her control of the Heartfire. Overwhelmed by Mehgan's power, Edric has no choice
but to surrender. Once Mehgan and the Vikings secure control, she banishes Edric,
unaware that Thorgrim sent men after him against her wishes. Edric flees to
Robert's shire and requests aid in opposing Mehgan, only for his former Earl to
betray him to the Vikings. He is then taken aboard a ship bound for Norway to be
sold into slavery. While Mehgan goes on to improve women's rights in the kingdom,
she tells a captive Drago what happened after Edric sent her away. After getting
caught in a storm that threw everyone but her into the sea, she was set adrift
until she ran aground in Norway, where her powers earned her the attention of
Thorgrim. Edric tries to escape his captors, only to nearly sink the boat. He is
saved by Drago, who was freed from his captivity by locals. Edric and Drago receive
aid from a theatre troupe, where the two reconcile, and Edric reveals his guilt
over his hateful last words to his father and sending his sister away alone. With
the help of the troupe, Edric and Drago sneak into the royal castle. When Edric
goes to take the Heartfire from Mehgan, he sees a Viking attempting to kill her.
His warning saves her life, but their refusal to work together allows the Viking to
take the Heartfire to Thorgrim, who promptly turns his men against the twins.
Drago saves the twins from being captured, then forces them to fight to the death
for the throne. They fight and argue until they begin to remember how close they
were as kids. Mehgan reveals that Edric accidentally killed their father: to
protect his chances of having a good life, she took the blame herself. The truth
moves them both to reconcile and work together against the Vikings. Returning to
the castle, Edric challenges Thorgrim to combat in a bid to steal back the
Heartfire while Mehgan rallies the women of the castle to help her fight the
Vikings. Mehgan finds open flame, but is mortally wounded by an archer before she
can reach it, which fells Drago also. Edric fails to get the Heartfire back and
Thorgrim drinks it in a bid to control the power, but is overwhelmed by the power,
opening Edric up to kill him, which scares the Vikings off. Mehgan uses her
remaining strength to recover the Heartfire and offers it to Drago, but he instead
has Edric use it on her. The Heartfire heals Mehgan, and the two siblings offer
their Dragonhearts to one another, allowing them to survive Drago's death at the
cost of their powers. As he becomes a new star in the Draco constellation, Drago
calls on them to rule their land together.
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Universal 1440 Entertainment
Distributed by
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
February 4, 2020
Running time
97 minutes
Country
United States
Romania
Language
English
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In the years following Drago and Gareth's bonding, the seven dragons they raised
left to different lands when they were grown. One of them, a female named Siveth,
traveled to Wallachia. The kingdom and its ruler, King Razvan, initially welcomed
Siveth; however, after he's wounded in battle, Siveth refused to share her heart
with him, and the king exiled her. Thirty years later, Lukas, a young farmer,
discovers savage raiders known as the Bear, the Wolf, the Snake, and the Scorpion,
killing his family. After losing his parents and house to them, Lukas leaves on a
quest for revenge. Lukas goes to the city where King Razvan rules and begs for
help, only to be turned down. Later, a swashbuckling, sword-fighting mercenary
named Darius approaches Lucas, offering his services to help track down the
murderers. A brawl breaks out between Darius and another group of mercenaries,
forcing Lukas to flee. He learns from a blacksmith he meets that Siveth might help
him.
Lukas travels deep into the countryside to find Siveth, offering her a bag of crop
seed as payment. Realizing that Lukas wants vengeance and not justice, Siveth
refuses to help, so Lukas leaves. He soon finds a horse with a saddle and supplies
to aid him in his journey. Darius, who followed him, decides to teach Lukas how to
fight. Going after the Bear first, Darius and Lukas follow his trail and discover
that Siveth has traveled with them, disguised as Lukas's horse. Realizing Siveth
helps them, Darius leaves after a heated argument with her, causing Siveth and
Lukas to face the Bear and his band of raiders. During the fight, the Bear falls to
his death while trying to kill Lukas, pleasing Lukas, much to Siveth's dismay.
They later subdue the Wolf through cunning and Siveth's shapeshifting abilities.
Though Lukas threatens to kill the marauder, Siveth tells him the Wolf is more
valuable alive, so when he agrees to lead them to the Snake and Scorpion, they take
him prisoner. The Wolf keeps his word but, as Darius blunders into the ambush, he
escapes, losing an arm to Siveth's ice breath. Despite this, they capture the
Snake, and Lukas learns Siveth and Darius are bonded. When questioning what to do
with their prisoner, Siveth tells Lukas to spare her and take her back to town to
face justice, while Darius says to kill the raider. To dissuade Darius, Siveth
explains why she shared her heart with him. When Darius was a child, the king
started a war to bolster his popularity and distract people from his corrupt
dealings; while Siveth tried to prove the king's corruption, he was wounded in
battle. During his return home, the king had his cart driver run Darius's parents
off the road, killing them. Siveth then shared her heart with Darius to save him,
leading to her refusal to share her heart with Razvan and her banishment. She kept
the truth from Darius to protect him. Hurt, Darius reluctantly agrees to spare the
Snake, having discovered the raiders were receiving messages.
After imprisoning the Snake, Darius discovers King Razvan is behind the raiders'
attacks, ordering them to kill off his subjects to prevent starvation due to him
not preparing for food shortages. Meanwhile, Lukas, with Siveth's help, flirts with
Oana, the town healer, after meeting her earlier. The Scorpion returns for the
Snake and frees her, poisoning Oana's father, the town's jailer, and setting his
house ablaze to cover their escape. Siveth uses her ice breath to put out the
flames and regroups with Darius and Lukas. Darius tells them his discovery, so
Siveth tries to retrieve the raiders' orders from the king's guards who took them.
As Siveth uses her shapeshifting to try reclaiming the evidence, Lukas and Darius
pursue the Snake and Scorpion, leading to the raiders ambushing them. During the
fight, the Scorpion poisons Lukas with his venom-laced staff, and the Snake further
wounds him in battle. Darius kills the Scorpion, and Siveth abandons her mission to
save them after seeing Darius in trouble through their bond. Siveth kills the Snake
to save Lukas, who repents and admits he let revenge darken his heart. Darius and
Siveth also reconcile, and he begs her to save the boy. Siveth takes Lukas to the
monastery that raised Darius, and Oana heals him. Razvan and a crowd of townsfolk
confront Lukas and Siveth shortly after; the king orders Lukas to be surrendered
for crimes he didn't commit and orders Siveth to resume her exile. However, Siveth
refuses and calls Razvan out for his corruption. Then Darius and the recaptured
Wolf appear, with the Wolf confessing about Razvan's misdeeds. Siveth offers her
protection to anyone else willing to concede against the king. More people come
forward from the king's guards and council to confess to Razvan's corruption,
leading to his and the Wolf's imprisonment.
In the days and weeks after, Siveth is welcomed back into society and shares the
saved crop seed she received as payment to end Razvan's famines. Lukas returns to
his farm and rebuilds his home, beginning a relationship with Oana. Now recognized
by the kingdom as bonded with Siveth, Darius lives a happy life among the people as
their protector. Lukas reflects on everything that Siveth has taught him and gladly
acknowledges that she showed him the path to happiness, friendship, and a
meaningful life.
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David Thewlis
Pete Postlethwaite
Dina Meyer
Julie Christie
Sean Connery
Music by
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
David Eggby
Edited by
Peter Amundson
Distributed by
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Release date
Running time
103 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
United States
Slovakia
Language
English
Budget
$57 million[1]
Box office
$115.3 million[2]
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An English knight of 'The Old Code' named Bowen mentors the Saxon Prince Einon in
his ideals to make him a better king than his tyrannical father, King Freyne. While
suppressing a peasant rebellion, rebels kill the king. Then a young peasant girl
named Kara accidentally mortally wounds Einon's heart. Einon's Celtic mother, Queen
Aislinn, has Einon taken before a dragon and asks him to save the boy's life. The
dragon makes Einon promise to rule with justice and virtue and replaces Einon's
wounded heart with half his own. However, Einon proves even more oppressive than
his father by enslaving the former rebels that killed his father and forcing them
to rebuild a Roman castle. Believing the dragon's heart corrupted Einon, Bowen
swears vengeance on all dragons by hunting them down.
Twelve years later, an adult Einon has rebuilt his castle. Kara asks that he free
her father after years of slavery. Einon agrees but instead kills him to "free"
him. Meanwhile, Bowen has become a skilled dragonslayer. Monk and aspiring poet
Brother Gilbert witnesses Bowen's prowess and follows him to record his exploits.
Bowen stalks a dragon to its cave, but the confrontation ends in a stalemate,
during which the dragon states that he is the last one alive. They agree not to
kill each other and instead form a partnership to defraud local villagers with
staged dragon slayings. Bowen names the dragon Draco, after the constellation.
Unknown to Bowen, Draco is the dragon who shared his heart with Einon, and they
feel each other's pain.
At another village, Bowen reunites with Gilbert while Kara attempts to expose Bowen
and Draco, disgusted by their actions. The villagers don't believe her until after
the staged slaying while Draco plays dead. He bolts when the villagers decide to
carve him up for meat, revealing the scam. Then they surround Bowen, Kara, and
Gilbert, wanting to eat them instead. Draco rescues the trio and takes them to
Avalon, where they take shelter among King Arthur and the Knights of the Round
Table's tombs. Draco tells them about himself and Einon: he hoped to change Einon's
nature by saving him, reunite the races of Man and Dragon, and earn a place in the
constellation, the Dragon's Heaven. Now Draco fears his actions have cost him his
soul, and his spirit is doomed to disappear upon death like he never existed. After
hearing that Kara and even Gilbert intend to fight against Einon, Draco agrees to
help. After a vision of King Arthur reminds him of his knightly honor, Bowen also
agrees.
Bowen, Kara, Gilbert, and Draco organize and train the villagers into a formidable
army and are nearly victorious against Einon's forces when Gilbert strikes Einon in
the heart with an arrow. Draco, feeling Einon's pain, falls from the sky and is
captured. Realizing he is immortal as long as Draco lives, Einon is determined to
keep the dragon safe. Knowing their connection, Aislinn attempts to kill Draco at
his request, but Einon intercepts and kills her instead, enraging Draco.
The rebels invade Einon's castle, with Bowen throwing Einon from the top of a tower
after a duel through the castle. While he tries to free Draco, the dragon begs
Bowen to kill him and end Einon's reign. Bowen can't bring himself to kill his
friend, so Draco tries and fails to provoke him. Then Einon rises and charges at
Bowen. Bowen reluctantly throws an ax into Draco's exposed half-heart, killing him
and Einon. Draco's body dissipates as his soul joins his fellow dragons as a new
star in the constellation. Then Bowen and Kara lead the kingdom into an era of
justice and brotherhood.
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10 Commandments of ChivalryEdit
Thou shall believe all that the Church teaches and thou shalt observe all its
directions.
Thou shall defend the Church.
Thou shall respect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of
them.
Thou shall love the country in which thou wast born.
Thou shall not recoil before thine enemy.
Thou shall make war against the infidel without cessation and without mercy.
Thou shall perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to
the laws of God.
Thou shall never lie, and shalt remain faithful to thy pledged word.
Thou shall be generous, and give largesse to everyone.
Thou shall be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good
against Injustice and Evil.[19]
Catherine Hanley says, "His rather simplistic work is been superseded by more
recent scholars."[20]