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The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 computer animated film produced by Jules Bass as well as Arthur Rankin, Jr. and also freely combining the speculative natural history book of the exact same name (1979) by Peter Dickinson with the novel The Dragon and also the George (1976) by Gordon R. Dickson. The film centers upon a mission undertaken to stop a wicked wizard that intends to rule the globe by dark magic. A major concept within the tale is the concern of whether scientific research and also magic could co-exist. This is informed mainly via the encounter of personality Peter Dickinson, drawn from the 20th century right into the enchanting world.

Launched straight to video on August 17, 1982, it was broadcast as an ABC "Saturday Evening Movie" on August 2, 1986, and released by Detector Brothers as a custom-made DVD in the United States on 17 November 2009 as part of the "Warner Archive Collection". [1] [2]
The opening tune is sung by Don McLean.
The "Environment-friendly Wizard" Carolinus (Harry Morgan) finds magic failing as humankind embraces science, and also summons his brothers Lo Tae Zhao the Yellow Wizard (Don Messick); Solarius heaven Wizard (James Earl Jones); as well as Ommadon the Red Wizard (additionally articulated by James Earl Jones), accompanied by their dragons Shen Tsu, Lunarian, and Bryagh (James Gregory), before which he solves to develop a "Last World of Magic" concealed from the remainder of the globe. Lo Tae Zhao and also Solarius approval, yet Ommadon rather proposes to take control of the globe himself; whereupon the various other wizards choose to seize Ommadon's crown, the resource of his powers. Due to the fact that the wizards are prohibited to fight among themselves, they offer Carolinus's dragon Gorbash (Bob McFadden when not Ritter-as-Peter) and also the knight Sir Orrin Neville-Smythe (Bob McFadden), to do so, with Solarius giving a guard to deflect dark magic and also Lo Tae Zhao giving a flute to lull dragons to sleep. Requiring a 3rd lead character, Carolinus summons Peter Dickinson (John Ritter), a board-game creator as well as polymath scientist. Having actually shown up in the magical globe, Peter becomes enamored of Princess Milisande (Alexandra Stoddart), Carolinus's ward.
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