{"id":9476,"date":"2026-09-23T03:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/?p=9476"},"modified":"2026-09-23T03:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:07:21","slug":"dragonheart-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/dragonheart-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragonheart (1996)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43003643\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/4706482\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>Commissioned by Michael S. from the UK, &#8220;Dragonheart&#8221; promised swordplay, knights and old codes. 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