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...Galen Hammond...
Class reunions during Commitment Week usually include social gatherings and "class events," Jellis added, Many alumni Interviewed yesterday said they were pleased with the opportunity to sit in on lectures. "I wish we could have had more time for classes" commented Galen L. Stone...
Dragonslayer, though technically impressive, is not a very ambitious movie. Robbins sticks close to the traditional outline of heroic deeds interwoven with improbably convenient love. Ulrich, an over-the-hill sorcerer who still wonders why he could never turn lead into gold, sends his young apprentice, Galen, to conquer the dragon. Galen befriends a pretty young woman who wears men's clothing. Once she gets her wardrobe sorted out, he faces his enemy, fortified by his own bravery and a bit of old-fashioned hocus-pocus...
...displeasure with the human race. Great care has been taken to construct a plausible lair for the villain, a spooky underground grotto containing an Olympic-sized pool complete with burning water and oozing ceiling. The little baby dragons, who display a revolting appetite for freshly killed princess and give Galen some initial resistance, may provoke more than a few people to go home and flush their salamanders and iguanas down the toilet while there's still time...
...produced by the Disney organization, Dragonslayer represents a game attempt to recapture the audience that has been drifting away in recent years. At moments the film evokes the kind of shuddery terrors that the classic animated fairy tales did. Like Galen, the Disney people seem to have a magic amulet that is full of promise. It will be interesting to see if, finally, they can slay the monster of indifference that has been laying waste their once secure hillside...