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The Dragon Pearl

The Dragon Pearl

Finding courage when no-one believes

20114.61h 34m

Overview

Josh and Ling were expecting a boring vacation visiting each of their parents at an archaeological dig in China. But the new friends soon discover they're right in the middle of an adventure when they find a Chinese Golden Dragon.

Directed by Mario Andreacchio
Written by Philip Dalkin, Mario Andreacchio, John Armstrong
Produced by Pauline Chan, Mark Patterson, Shan Tam
Box Office0Revenue: $4.9M

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Top Cast

Sam Neill

Sam Neill

Chris Chase

Louis Corbett

Louis Corbett

Josh

L

Li Lin Jin

Ling

J

Ji Wang

Dr. Li

Robert Mammone

Robert Mammone

Philip Dukas

Jordan Chan Siu-Chun

Jordan Chan Siu-Chun

Wu Dong

C

Chen Bao Yuan

Henchman 1

J

Junkang Wang

Henchman 2

Peter Powell

Peter Powell

Narrator (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

australiachinadragonarchaeological digsam neill

About The Dragon Pearl

The Dragon Pearl is a adventure, family, fantasy film released in 2011 exploring themes of australia, china, dragon, archaeological dig, sam neill. Directed by Mario Andreacchio, it stars Sam Neill, Louis Corbett, Li Lin Jin. Josh and Ling were expecting a boring vacation visiting each of their parents at an archaeological dig in China. But the new friends soon discover they're right in the middle of an adventure when they find a Chinese Golden Dragon.

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