Gift of the Night Fury
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Directed by | Tom Owens |
Written by | Adam F. Goldberg |
Based on | How to Train Your Dragon byCressida Cowell |
Produced by | Dean DeBlois(Executive) Kate Spencer |
Starring | Jay Baruchel Gerard Butler Craig Ferguson America Ferrera Jonah Hill T. J. Miller Christopher Mintz-Plasse Kristen Wiig |
Edited by | John K. Carr |
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Distributed by | Paramount Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 22 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Gift of the Night Fury(also known asDragons: Gift of the Night Fury) is a 2011 American animatedshort filmbyDreamWorks Animationand directed by Tom Owens. It was released on November 15, 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray, along with another original animated short filmBook of Dragons.[2]
Based on the 2010 filmHow to Train Your Dragon,in-turn loosely inspired by the 2003novel of the same name,the short takes place in the middle of preparing for the Viking winter holiday.[3]After all dragons inexplicably fly away, the last one of them unwittingly kidnaps Hiccup.Jay Baruchel,Gerard Butler,Craig Ferguson,America Ferrera,Jonah Hill,T.J. Miller,Kristen Wiig,andChristopher Mintz-Plasseall reprise their roles from the original film.
Plot[edit]
Right before Berk's traditional winter holiday of Snoggletog, all the dragons of Berk unexpectedly depart, leaving everyone distraught – except for Toothless, who cannot fly by himself. Out of compassion, Hiccup builds him a new automaticprosthesisallowing him independent flight, thus gifting him his freedom; he then flies off too.
Three days later, Meatlug, Fishlegs' dragon whom he had secretly kept chained, escapes, inadvertently taking Hiccup with her. Meatlug flies to an island with hot springs, where all the dragons (except Toothless, who is nowhere to be found) have been hatching their eggs. Meanwhile, on Berk, Astrid and the other teens discover dragon eggs in Meatlug's nest, which they scatter around Berk in hopes of lifting the villagers' spirits; this plan backfires, because dragon eggs hatch explosively (normally underwater). Berk is severely damaged in the process.
On the dragons' island, Hiccup meets Stormfly (Astrid's dragon) and Hookfang (Snotlout's dragon) and their newly-hatched babies; in asking for a ride home, he inadvertently triggers the dragons' return migration. He quickly decides to use a nearby wrecked ship to carry the baby dragons, who cannot yet fly as far as Berk. The Berkians are overjoyed at their dragons' return and the new babies, though Hiccup is still distraught at Toothless' absence. During the ensuing Snoggletog celebration, Toothless returns with Hiccup's lost helmet, which he had dropped into the sea earlier; the two enjoy a heartfelt reunion.
The next day, Toothless discards his new tail, begging Hiccup to put the old tailfin on him and fly with him by controlling his fin manually as opposed to passively riding him; in doing so, he gives Hiccup a "better gift" – his friendship and companionship.[N 1]
Voice cast[edit]
- Jay Baruchelas Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
- America Ferreraas Astrid Hofferson
- Craig Fergusonas Gobber the Belch
- Gerard Butleras Stoick the Vast
- Christopher Mintz-Plasseas Fishlegs Ingerman
- Jonah Hillas Snotlout Jorgenson
- T.J. Milleras Tuffnut Thorston
- Kristen Wiigas Ruffnut Thorston
Home media[edit]
Dragons: Gift of the Night Furywas released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 15, 2011 along withBook of Dragons.It was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of theDreamWorks Holiday Classics.It was re-released on DVD on October 1, 2013 along withShrek the Halls,Merry Madagascar,Kung Fu Panda Holiday,andThe Croods.The short was released again on Blu-ray and DVD on October 15, 2019 byUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment,this time as part of the DreamWorks Ultimate Holiday Collection set.
Notes[edit]
- ^Hiccup would later build another automatic tailfin for Toothless inHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019).
References[edit]
- ^Smith, Matthew (September 7, 2011)."Dreamworks Dragons Blu-ray".Blu-ray.com.RetrievedSeptember 7,2011.
- ^"How to Train Your Dragon Continues On DVD".DreamWorks Animation via ComingSoon.net.September 7, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon January 11, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 7,2011.
- ^Crump, William D. (2019).Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film.McFarland & Co. p. 118.ISBN9781476672939.
External links[edit]
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- 2011 films
- 2011 computer-animated films
- 2010s American animated films
- 2011 animated short films
- 2010s children's animated films
- DreamWorks Animation animated short films
- Animated films about dragons
- Animated films based on children's books
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Films scored by Dominic Lewis
- Films scored by John Powell
- Films set on fictional islands
- 2010s children's adventure films
- 2010s English-language films