8th edition of the CINENYGMA International Film Festival in Luxembourg from 28 March 2004 to 2 April 2004

The Luxembourg film ‘George and the Dragon’, a world premier, opens the 8th edition of this year’s Cinénygma Film Festival. The movie was produced by Luxembourg resident Tom Reeve and produced by Romain Schroeder from the Carousel Picture Company.

The movie was shot almost entirely in Luxembourg.

CREW:

Producers: Romain Schroeder, Todd Moyer

Co-Producer: Jan Fantl

Executive Producers:Michael Burks, Frank Hübner, Jeremy Saunders

Writers: Tom Reeve and Michael Burks

Cast:

James Purefoy – George

Piper Perabo – Princess Lunna

Michael Clarke Duncan – Tarik

Patrick Swayze – Garth

Stefan Jürgens- -Bulchar

Bill Treacher – Elmendorf

Jean-Pierre Castaldi – Father Bernard

Joan Plowright – Mother Superior

Luxembourg Crew:

Line Producer: Meinir Stoutt

1st Ad: Sean Guest

Continuity: Sheila Mc Naught

Accounts: Penelope Robinson

Construction: Bruno Zenatello

Location: Pascal Charlier

Production Designer: Peter Powis

DOP: Joost van Starrenburg

Composer: Gast Waltzing

Editors: Jonathan Shaw, A.C. / Misch Bervard

Casting: Monique Durlacher

Costume Designer: Uli Simon

Chief Make-Up: Katja Reinert

Chief Hair Designer: Leendert van Nimwegen

Gaffer: Mick Durlacher

Grip: Jean-François Roqueplo

Sound Recordist: Ulf Hermann

Special Effects:Harry Wiessenhahn

Visual Effects: Erik Strauss

Publicity: Etienne Braun

Genre:Action – Romance – Adventure – Fantasy

Plot summary :

Returning home to England from the Crusades, George, an English Knight, finds the kindly King Edgaar in a terrible state. His daughter, Princess Lunna, has disappeared. George agrees to help find her along with Garth – Lunna’s fiancé. They find the princess in a cave, where she guards an egg entrusted to her by a dragon. Realizing they are being chased by a band of ransom seeking mercenaries, the group moves North taking the egg with them. Garth steals away with Lunna trying to force their early marriage, but George interrupts now fully aware of Garth’s plans. Before they can complete their struggle they are alerted to the arrival of El Cabillo and his mercenaries. In the midst of the ensuing battle, the egg hatches. Torn between his belief that the dragon must be destroyed and his love for the princess, George makes a decision that re – writes history and creates a legend that has lasted a thousand years.

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