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Last modified: Oct. 24, 2010

How to Train Your Dragon

Release Date: Friday, March 26, 2010 Theaters

Director: Lorna Cook David Soren

Starring: Jay Baruchel Gerard Butler America Ferrera Jonah Hill Kristen Wiig

PG Family 1 hr, 38 m

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Plot

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Plot
Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.
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Key Facts

  • Based on the book by Cressida Cowell, which was first published in May 2004 by Little, Brown Young Readers.

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Parent Rating
PG Parental Guidance Suggested for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language
Runtime
1 hr, 38 m
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Language
English

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Release Dates

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How to Train Your Dragon was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, March 26, 2010. in around 4,055 theaters There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Hot Tub Time Machine, Chloe and Ca$h. Additional information: 2178 3D, 185 IMAX 3D.

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