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Dragon and Slippers (Hungarian: Sárkány és papucs) is a 1989 American-British-Hungarian animated fantasy-comedy-adventure TV-film for children made and produced at Hungary's Pannonia Film Studio. It was co-produced with S4C in Wales, and the U.S. outlet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Plot[]

Cast[]

English version[]

  • Dom DeLuise as Goliath the Dragon
  • Danny Glover as King Arthur
  • Michael J. Fox as Sir Lancelot
  • Tracey Ullman as Peggy
  • Bernadette Peters as Guinevere
  • Whoopi Goldberg as Matilda the Witch
  • Robert Morley as Oliver the Horse
  • Tony Randall as Merlin
  • Christopher Plummer as The Pelican
  • Neil Ross as The Jester
  • Patrick Stewart as Sir Gawain
  • Jim Cummings as Sir Kay
  • Scott Menville as The Majordomo
  • Frank Welker as The Donkey
  • Alan King as the Narrator

Additional Voice[]

  • Kath Soucie
  • Tress MacNeille
  • Debi Derryberry
  • B.J. Ward
  • Peter Cullen
  • Tony Jay
  • Danny Mann
  • Rik Mayall
  • Will Ryan

Critical Reception[]

Originally released in 1989 and 1990 across Europe, Dragon and Slippers was picked up for North American release by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a fall release in 1991. The film was a critical and commercial disappointment there, only grossing US$2.1 million from 795 venues, being overshadowed by the release of Beauty and the Beast.

The New York Times wrote "it a fantasy-adventure for the whole Family", NBC-TV Calls it "Children enjoy Watching it again and again"

Los Angeles Times wrote that the movie set a standard as far beneath that of Sleeping Beauty, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert awarded the film with "Two Thumbs Up"

Home media[]

in North America, the English version was released on MGM/UA Home Video on March 25, 1992. The DVD was released on April 16, 2004. The most recent release was a re-release of the same DVD, but bundled with The Pebble and the Penguin, which was released on July 1, 2008.

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