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Eragon Deals With Friendship
Edward Speleers, the 18-year-old British newcomer who stars as the title character in the upcoming fantasy film Eragon, told SCI FI Wire that at its core the story is a study in friendship. Based on the best-selling Christopher Paolini novel, the first of a trilogy, Eragon centers on a boy destined to become a Dragon Rider and his friend Saphira, a dragon. Together, Eragon and Saphira take on King Galbatorix (John Malkovich), an evil figure who rules over Eragon's homeland of Alagaesia with an iron fist.
"It's a real heartwarming story," Speleers said in an interview. "It's a transitional story. It's all about these two characters growing together and the strength of love and respect for one another in order to defy evil. That's one way of putting it, I guess."
Speleers said that the story of Eragon is universal in nature and certainly one he could relate to. "I think it's all about the growing-up stages and the battle that all teenagers go though, whether they're Dragon Riders or whether they're just regular school kids," he said. "They all go through that angst of not being sure whether or not they want to grow up yet. I'm probably still going through it, but when you're 16, you want to grow up, and at the same time you don't want to grow up. But everybody has no choice, I guess."
If Eragon proves anywhere near as popular as the book on which it's based, 20th Century Fox will no doubt green-light an adaptation of Eldest, the second book in Paolini's Inheritance trilogy. Speleers said that he hopes it comes to pass, as he's looking forward to realizing several elements of the adventure. "I think the sea battle is what interests me the most," he said. "I think that's going to be fantastic to film. That story is all about what Eragon does, his development, his skills development, how his sword work becomes extremely fast. I want to learn that and train and actually be as good as that with a sword. Also the scene when Saphira gets drunk: I'm quite interested to see how that is going to work." Eragon opens on Dec. 15.

Rewind: Dragons Have Breathed Fire In Many Films Besides 'Eragon'
Top 10 dragons in filmdom include Haku of 'Spirited Away,' Maleficent in 'Sleeping Beauty,' Ghidorah of 'Godzilla' fame.
by Karl Heitmueller
Look! Up on the screen! It's the brave Eragon the Alagaesian taking back his homeland from the evil King Galbatorix of the Forsworn with the aid of Saphira the dragon and the forces of Varden! We were going to use "Eragon" as a springboard to write about the silliest names in cinematic history, but then thought it might be easier to focus instead on the top 10 dragons in filmdom.
10. Falkor in "The NeverEnding Story" (1984)
Proof positive that nostalgia is an impenetrable fortress of forgiveness, "The NeverEnding Story" is, well, unbearable unless you first saw it as a small child, in which case it's a beloved masterpiece. At the center of the German fable about a young boy who must save the land of Fantasia is Falkor, a creepy dog-dragon hybrid that's only slightly less believable than Pterri the Pterodactyl from "Pee-wee's Playhouse." But we knew that to omit the fuzzy pup — er, dragon — would be to incur the wrath of the film's legion of fans.
9. The Daddy Dragon in "Reign of Fire" (2002)
Unlike most of the films on this list, "Reign of Fire" doesn't take place in some fictitious fantasy world of long ago but rather in Europe in the near future. In 2008 London, an underground construction crew awakens a nest of hibernating dragons, which quickly begin to lay waste to most of the world. A ragtag team of "freedom fighters" led by Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey realizes that the entire dragon population is sired by one male dragon and sets out to put an end to the spreading of his fiery seed. The movie is a bizarre melding of genres that tries too hard to scientifically explain its ludicrous setup, but at least the dragons are pretty spectacular.
8. Vermithrax Pejorative in "Dragonslayer" (1981)
In "Dragonslayer" (set in the more dragon-like milieu of the Middle Ages), King Casiodorus has promised an endless supply of sacrificial virgins to appease the dragon Vermithrax Pejorative (perhaps named by Frank Zappa). But when the next virgin in the queue turns out to be his daughter, the king enlists a young wizard's apprentice to eliminate the fire-breather. The film uses "go-motion," a variation of stop-motion animation in which the camera shoots the puppets being moved slightly (rather than taking a frame after it's been slightly moved), creating some pretty dazzling pre-CGI dragon effects. The movie also contains some fairly cynical ideas about where nice guys finish, particularly refreshing in the typically happy-ending fantasy context.
7. Haku in "Spirited Away" (2001)
Hayao Miyazaki's Japanese anime blockbuster "Spirited Away" took home an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and deservedly so. The movie tells the tale of Chihiro Ogino, a sad girl lost in a new town. Her family stumbles upon a tunnel that leads to a bathhouse where spirits go to relax. When Chihiro's parents are turned into pigs, she's helped by Haku, a magical lake spirit that sometimes appears as a young boy but can also take the form of a dragon. Haku, refreshingly honest and lacking in anything remotely cutesy, is just one of many beautiful-yet-disturbing creatures in the film, one of the most visually mesmerizing works of animation in the art form's history. And it's all hand-drawn, people!
6. Draco in "Dragonheart" (1996)
Ten years ago, the age of digital effects was just dawning, as evidenced by this medieval fantasy flick. Dennis Quaid stars as the noble Bowen, last of a dying breed of dragon-slaying knights. When Bowen finds himself up against Draco, the last dragon, it signals the end of an era — until the two start talking. Yes, that's right, talking. Bowen and Draco form an alliance against the tyrannical King Einon. The film is mostly remembered for the choice of the actor to voice the CGI dragon: none other than the original 007, Sean Connery, which makes us wonder if Draco prefers his knights' blood shaken or stirred.
5. Elliott in "Pete's Dragon" (1977)
In this Disney musical, Elliott is a pink-haired animated dragon who befriends the live-action orphan Pete in a seaside town in Maine. Elliott becomes Pete's guardian angel, protecting him from abusive foster parents and a con man named Doc Terminus. Luckily for our heroes, Elliott has the power to make himself invisible, which probably was a boon for the animators too.
4. Sauron's servants in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-2003)
Perhaps no filmmaker has made better use of CGI technology than Peter Jackson in his epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Amid all the many, many CGI elements in the films, few leap off the screen as dramatically as the soaring dragons fighting on the side of the Dark Lord Sauron in the battle for Middle-earth. Unlike some dragons in other J.R.R. Tolkien tales, none of the fire-breathing beasts (besides the Balrog, which isn't a dragon) in the trilogy is named, depriving us of a moniker for any "LOTR" dragon on this list. It's a crying shame we won't get to see Jackson's take on Smaug in "The Hobbit" (see " 'Lord Of The Rings' Director Peter Jackson Won't Make 'The Hobbit' ").
3. Sokurah's Cave Dragon in "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958)
Incredible dragons did grace the screen before the digital era. "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" features terrific stop-motion animation by the legendary Ray Harryhausen. In the groundbreaking film, the classic sailor of myth (Kerwin Mathews) battles a horde of monstrous creatures including a two-headed Roc, a sword-wielding skeleton and a dragon that guards the entrance to the evil Sokurah's castle. The film may not have quite the dazzle of the skeleton-army battle in 1963's "Jason and the Argonauts," but the clash between the dragon and a huge Cyclops is another really cool example of that grand old movie magic.
2. Maleficent in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959)
We'll cop to not being the biggest fans of the Walt Disney empire, with its formulaic family-friendly fare, but even cynics like us have to admit that some really gorgeous work has come from the studio. "Sleeping Beauty" came at a time when both budgetary restraints and an aesthetic shift resulted in animation that was far more expressionistic and less soft than, say, that of "Snow White." The evil fairy Maleficent is an angular, harsh, frightening presence in human form, but when she transforms into a huge, purple, fire-breathing dragon, it's one of the most terrifying scenes in any Disney film, and she may well be the best-looking dragon on this list.
1. King Ghidorah in numerous "Godzilla" and "Mothra" movies (1954 on)
You gotta be big and bad to be considered Godzilla's archenemy, and that's the title bestowed upon the giant three-headed dragon King Ghidorah, the twin-tailed, laser-spewing winged stalwart of many a Toho Kaiju battle epic. How bad is Ghidorah? So bad that the atomic-breathing Godzilla often needs help to defeat him (and we're talking someone like Rodan, not Matthew Broderick). Like Godzilla, Ghidorah's appearance and powers have evolved over the years, even becoming a cyborg "Mecha-King Ghidorah" with solar-powered metal wings. But we prefer the good old-fashioned rubber-suited dragon.
Please note that we intentionally excluded the CGI creations in the horrendous 2000 movie version of "Dungeons & Dragons," the Muppet-like Yowler from the execrable 1994 children's flick "Dragonworld," Eddie Murphy's grating Mushu from "Mulan" (1998) and the female dragon, Dragon, in "Shrek" (2001). Devon and Cornwall, the two-headed dragon from 1998's "Quest for Camelot," almost made the cut simply for being voiced by Eric Idle and Don Rickles. "Red Dragon" (2002) doesn't count because it's just a tattoo. But it was difficult not to include 1973's "Enter the Dragon" on this list. Honestly, if Bruce Lee had just spit some fire in that quintessential martial-arts flick, he'd be at least #3.
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