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Beowulf is a 2007 American animated fantasy action film produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and featuring the voices of Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright, Brendan Gleeson, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, and Angelina Jolie.
The Beowulf dragon is the earliest example in literature of the typical European dragon and first incidence of a fire-breathing dragon. [10] The Beowulf dragon is described with Old English terms such as draca (dragon), and wyrm (reptile, or serpent), and as a creature with a venomous bite. [11]
Animated Epics: Beowulf: 1998 Beowulf: 1999 a science-fiction/fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert. The 13th Warrior: 1999 action movie directed by John McTiernan mixing Beowulf with the travels of Ibn Fadlan. Beowulf & Grendel: 2005 starring Gerard Butler and directed by the Icelandic-Canadian Sturla Gunnarsson. Grendel: 2007
1984: Beowulf: adapted for live performance by the founding members of Theatre in the Ground. [33] 1990s Beowulf one-man shows in modern English by Julian Glover [34] 1993. Beowulf, op. 17, chamber opera (or dramatic cantata) in one act for a chorus of young voices, light soprano, light tenor and baritone soli, by Richard Lambert. [35]
When the dragon sees that the cup has been stolen, it leaves its cave in a rage, burning everything in sight. Beowulf and his warriors come to fight the dragon, but Beowulf tells his men that he will fight the dragon alone and that they should wait on the barrow. Beowulf descends to do battle with the dragon, but finds himself outmatched.
A castle-like outpost comes under attack by a creature, named Grendel, on a nightly basis.However, it refuses to attack the border lord Hrothgar.One of the outpost's residents, Pendra, escapes the following morning but is captured by a rival siege line who intend to kill her to prevent the outpost's evil from spreading.
Grendel (2007) - a made-for-television movie on the Sci Fi Channel (United States). Christian Boeving portrayed Grendel in Beowulf: Prince of the Geats (2008). [5] In the film How to Train Your Dragon (2010), the Red Death is called "the bride of Grendel" by Tuffnut, one of the teen Vikings. The Moorwen in the film Outlander is based on Grendel ...
Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 Canadian-Icelandic fantasy adventure film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. It stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgård as Hrothgar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma. The screenplay was written by Andrew Rai Berzins