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April 5

Help ID'ing a film

I've remembered a scene from a animated film I seen years ago, probably early 1990s. The scene I remembered is a group of wizards in a room, one of them casts a spell on him self & changes into a dragon with multiple heads. I thought it was something to do with the Dungeons & Dragons TV series but its been years since I've seen that I'm not sure. Does anyone have any clues ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 12:02, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

I don't know of any animated D&D movies. There is an article titled List of Dungeons & Dragons episodes, maybe you remember one of the show's episodes instead? --Jayron32 12:40, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Don't forget there were the films Dungeons & Dragons (film), Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God and Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness. Though it isn't mentioned in their plot sections it might be one of them. MarnetteD|Talk 14:06, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

And those aren't animated. And they did not exist in the early 1990s. --Jayron32 15:25, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Not The Sword in the Stone, by any chance? 1963, admittedly, but it does have a scene with (two) wizards, one of whom changes herself into a dragon. Only one head, though. Tevildo (talk) 18:41, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Without wanting to put money on it, if it's not The Sword in the Stone or the Dungeons & Dragons TV show, it's probably The Flight of Dragons (1982, Rankin-Bass). The protagonist (not the wizard) is changed into a (single-headed) dragon. Tevildo (talk) 20:17, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

I tried some wording combinations in a Google search and this came up Tiamat (Dungeons & Dragons) and this section Tiamat (Dungeons & Dragons)#Tiamat in other games and media mentions that she is in the TV series. I know the OP said he but this does fit other parts of their question. MarnetteD|Talk 21:15, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

No its not the The Sword in the Stone. I'm not sure if it is Tiamat from the Dungeons & Dragons TV series. What happens in the scene (from what I can remember) the wizard castes a spell on himself, dragon heads, wings & tail burst out of him through his robes. Then as more things grow out of him, he grows bigger & bigger into a dragon sized dragon with multiple heads. I seen the film in the 90s but because it was on VHS it might have been older. 194.74.238.137 (talk) 12:51, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Rasputin ~ Sacred Shabbat

Loreena McKennitt's "Sacred Shabbat" contains a long phrase that's also in Boney M's "Rasputin" (in the latter it has the words "He could read the Bible like a preacher, full of ecstasy and fire"). Presumably they both quoted it from something else, but what? —Tamfang (talk) 16:59, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Presumably this has something to do with the actual Rasputin. StuRat (talk) 17:03, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Never mind, Loreena McKennitt led to An Ancient Muse and then to Kâtibim, which shows a score; the phrase is four bars which occur four times, first at "Kâtibimin setresi uzun, eteği çamur." I guess Boney learned it from a Turkish Gastarbeiter. —Tamfang (talk) 17:08, 5 April 2016 (UTC)