Dragonslayer - Supplement

While we try to cover as much as we can in our episodes, there's always more to see, hear, and read about a movie that can enhance your viewing experience. If you enjoyed our episode on Dragonslayer, here's a few extra bits you might find interesting...

You can find more of Chris' work at The Chippa Made This at the link below:

Here's the original theatrical trailer. If you look closely, you can see several shots from scenes deleted from the movie:

Here's a great behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film:

Here you can see one of Peter MacNicol's screen tests that helped him win the lead role of Galen in the film:

Here's an interesting montage showing prop restorer Tom Spina repairing one of the full-size Vermithrax prop heads from the film, which really gives you a sense of how big the animatronic was:

And here's the image Tim mentioned taken as a joke during the filming of Return of the Jedi where Tippett and the effects crew posed the Rancor fighting Vermithrax:

If you're interested in visiting Ulrich's home from the film, here's the visitor website for Dolwyddelan Castle in Wales:

Also, as Tim mentioned journeying into Dungeon Rock in Lynn, Massachusetts when discussing he realism of the set for Vermithrax's cave, here's a video detailing the history of Dungeon Rock with a few shots of its interior:

Thank you for listening!