
How to Train Your Dragon
Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2010
How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003
How to Train Your Dragon is a movie directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders in 2010 and based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, which first book was published in 2003. The movie features Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, and others.
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Storyline
The Viking village of Berk, located on a remote island, is attacked frequently by dragons, which take livestock, damage property and endanger lives. During one attack, Hiccup uses a bolas launcher to shoot down a Night Fury, a dangerous and rare dragon of which little is known, but no one believes him, so he searches for the fallen dragon on his own.
Movie vs Book

Year
2010
Minutes
98
Movie Rate
8.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Length: 1h38m
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Year
2003
Pages
214
Book Rate
7.78
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Book
How to Train Your Dragon
Author: Cressida Cowell
Country: UK
First published in: 2003
Length: 214 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: How to Train Your Dragon
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