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The Reluctant Dragon(Movie, 1941)

1h 14min | Genres: Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
The Reluctant DragonRating: 3.3/5 (with 6363 votes)
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American live-action/animated anthology comedy film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 27, 1941. Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars Algonquin Round Table member, film actor, writer and comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash, and Walt Disney, all as themselves. The first twenty minutes of the film are in black-and-white, and the remainder is in Technicolor. Most of the film is live-action, with four short animated segments inserted into the running time: a black-and-white segment featuring Casey Junior from Dumbo; and three Tech... ()
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About The Reluctant Dragon

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Kenneth Grahame ("The Reluctant Dragon")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 18 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 06/19/1941
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Dragão Dengoso"
"Le Dragon Réticent"
"El Dragón Chiflado"
"Le Dragon récalcitrant"
"Ο Απρόθυμος Δράκος"
"הדרקון הפייטן - מאחורי הקלעים של אולפני וולט דיסני"
"Il drago riluttante"
"Clássicos De Encantar: O Dragão Relutante"
Keywords: dragon
Budget: 600 USD

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Other movies with this title: The Reluctant Dragon (US, 1981), The Reluctant Dragon (GB, 1987)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:9909, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024