The Flight of Dragons

Synopsis: 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.
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.8
PASSED
Year:
1982
95 min
918 Views


Gorbash! Gorbash! Come!

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 that troubled 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?

d Flight of dragons d

d soar in the purple light d

d In the sky d

d or in my mind d

d Flight of dragons d

d sail past reality d

d Leave illusion d

d behind d

d Is it the past d

d I see d

d When I look up to the heavens d

d Believing in the magic d

d That I know could never be d

d I want to go where they are going d

d Into the world they've been d

d Can I open up my mind d

d enough to see d

d Flight of dragons, d

d heavenly argosies d

d Catch the wind, d

d rise out of sight d

d Flight of dragons, d

d pilots of fantasy d

d In the sky d

d or in my mind d

d Flight of dragons d

d Flight of dragons d

This cannot be.

The worlds of magic and logic

must exist side by side.

Not destroy each other.

Take care!

Be careful with your

machines I say.

Who is making all that rumpus?

It's that balmy old gent

what lives upstream.

Your motors must not

crowd out all magic.

For the world is lost.

How sort of magician I hear?

I am Carolinus!

The Green Wizard.

Your loony you are. Get

back to where you belong.

I belong everywhere, for my

domain is the green world.

Nature itself and all its inhabitants!

Envatos... Umabella... Flamenca...

Away with your mill wheel.

A ball of blue magic to make it disappear.

Disappear say I!

Kala!

Magic he calls it.

My little boy could do better.

- Father you need rest.

- No time.

Just was not there.

I called upon magic and there was none.

Oh

- The pain again?

- I can't let it bother me.

Have you written the

messages as I asked?

Yes father, but...

Then summoned The Silver

Owls Of The Full Moon.

- But...

- Summoned them I say!

Is it true?

Did they stone you?

Well, me and young Gorbash will fix um'...

We'll burn down that mill and

devour every living one of them.

That would do no good.

Just a little scared then... uh?

A short fiery blast to turn

their hair white uh?

Smrgol, please!

Father, the owls.

Smrgol, I'm summoning my

brothers to a meeting.

Our first in four centuries.

Away.

Ommadon too?

The ancient laws command he be included.

Make Gorbash ready for the journey

to the Temple Of All Antiquity.

I wish I could carry you, old friend.

No, you serve me well as the past.

Let young Gorbash bear your burdens now.

Father, who are these brothers?

You never spoken to me of them.

I know you are Green

Wizard Of Nature Realm.

But the others?

My brother Solarius, is the Blue Wizard.

Lord of the depths and the heights.

He's realm is outer space,

deepest ocean, highest mountain.

My brother calls council, but why?

Lunarian! Lunarian!

And my brother Lo Tae Zhao.

The Golden Wizard.

His realm is light and air.

He is lord of transcendence,

healing, contemplation.

I was expecting this, it was inevitable.

Shen Zu, Shen Zu!

And finally, high in Loathly Tower.

My last brother,

Ommadon.

The Red Wizard.

Lord of the devils domain,

seducer of darkness,

master of that heartless

magic the world calls black.

Bryagh, Bryagh!

My fool brother has just

realized the inevitable.

Well, I'll go.

It should prove amusing.

Bryagh I say!

Astride the terrible Bryagh,

he is absolute ruler

of that infernal like mass of

primordial filth which is his domain.

But why does Antiquity force you to

include something so abominable?

As evil is a part

of all things,

evil is a part of

our world of magic.

For the irony of all existence

is that good would be

totally impotent without

the contrast of evil.

Oh father, take care.

- Gorbash stands ready.

- Then I am on my way.

Ah? Whether does thou

command me, Oh Master?

Gorbash, for pity's sake,

no formality please.

Heh,... Well I ah,... Like to

do things by the book.

To the Temple Of All Antiquity.

- Right. Where?

- I'll guide to as we go.

Away.

Dear brothers, we meet today in

the Temple Of All Antiquity.

Come, come get on with it.

Why did you summon us?

As you must have noticed, our magic

powers have been growing dim.

I have so noticed.

It is because man is

choosing logic over magic.

- But why?

- Because logic is so,... Logical.

So what are you going to do?

Sit around like a bunch of old

nanny's and let it happen?

Please, hear me out.

I propose we create the

last realm of magic.

- Magnificent!

- Incredible!

The Magic Realm, where

all enchanted things

might retreat before

their age ends.

If we consolidate our powers

there will be enough magic left

to create such a place.

Sealed off from the rest of the world

by the Midst Of Invisibility.

You would defeat science and logic with,...

a foolish retirement village?

Not defeat my brother, enhance.

The world though it does not realize

it cannot do without magic.

For example, man hears of the

dragons invulnerable skin

and lo, he makes

armor, battleships, tanks.

A fairy flies and furiously jealous man

himself defies gravity with

machines he will call airplanes.

A magician looks into this crystal

and sees and hears halfway

across the world.

"Aha", says man, "if only it could be so."

And centuries from now

he conjures up miracles but

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Romeo Muller

Romeo Earl Muller, Jr. (August 7, 1928 – December 30, 1992) was an American screenwriter and actor most remembered for his screenplays such as for the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. more…

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