The special effects were created at Industrial Light and Magic, the first use of ILM outside of a Lucasfilm production. Because the audience expected the Disney name to be solely children's entertainment, the film's violence, adult themes, and brief nudity were somewhat controversial though Disney did not hold the US distribution rights. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom, where a young wizard experiences danger and opposition as he hunts the dragon, Vermithrax Pejorative.Īfter Popeye (1980), it is the second joint production between Paramount and Disney and is more mature than most contemporary Disney films. It is a co-production between Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions, where Paramount handled North American distribution and Disney's Buena Vista International handled international distribution.
It stars Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, and Caitlin Clarke. Dragonslayer is a 1981 American dark fantasy film directed by Matthew Robbins, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hal Barwood.
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