The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Actors:
Jules Bass (producer),
Arthur Rankin Jr. (director),
Paul Frees (actor),
James Gregory (actor),
James Gregory (actor),
James Earl Jones (actor),
Jules Bass (director),
Bob McFadden (actor),
Romeo Muller (writer),
Don Messick (actor),
Don Messick (actor),
Harry Morgan (actor),
Arthur Rankin Jr. (producer),
John Ritter (actor),
Larry Storch (actor),
Plot: This is an animated movie based on the book by Peter Dickinson. In this movie the realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommedon.
Keywords: animal-attack, archer, archery, armor, based-on-novel, battle, black-magic, board-game, boston-massachusetts, bow-and-arrow
Genres:
Adventure,
Animation,
Family,
Fantasy,
Romance,
Taglines: Man is faced with the ultimate question, of whether to have a world of Magic or a world of Science. Which will it be? All mankind is facing and epic choice. A world of magic or a world of science. Which will it be? The ultimate war between magic and science is about to begin. A wondrous tale of action and suspense, damsels and ogres, dungeons and dragons, questing knights and evil warlocks.
Quotes:
Breog: [about to drop Peter] May the rocks crush your skull!
Carolinus: Good would be totally impotent, without the contrast of evil.
Smrgol: What? Never had gemstones in your craw?::Peter Dickenson: [in dragon form] I never had a craw.
Smrgol: Ah, shut up and eat yer limestone!
Gorbash: Whither dost thou command me, oh, master?::Carolinus: Gorbash, please for pity's sake, no formalities.::Gorbash: Well, I, uh, like to do things by the book.::Carolinus: To the Temple of All Antiquity!::Gorbash: Right!::[turns around, confused]::Gorbash: Where?::Carolinus: I'll guide you as we go. Away!
Peter Dickenson: [holding up a pocket watch] This is an heirloom. It must be worth something.::Pawnbroker: Your heir didn't loom too big. If I gave you 50, I'd be fired.
Carolinus: For as evil is a part of all things, evil is a part of magic.
Carolinus: There was time between the waning age of enchantment and the dawning age of logic when dragons flew the skies, free and unencumbered. Look down there Gorbash, my friend. On the top of the earth below us, confusion and chaos reign. All mankind is facing an epic choice: a world of magic or a world of science. Which will it be?
Sir Orin Neville Smythe: Blade with whom I have lived, blade with whom I now die, serve right and justice one last time, seek one last heart of evil, still one last life of pain, cut well old friend, and then farewell
Ommadon: Come devils, witches, demons, ogres, trolls, sandmerks, harpies, ghouls, sorcerers!::Peter Dickenson: Come algebra, anatomy, astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, geometry, mathematics, meteorology, mineralology, oceanography, paleontology, physics, psychology, sociology, trigonometry, and zoology!