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DVD : Heavy Metal [1981] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Heavy Metal [1981] (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring: Don Francks, Caroline Semple, Richard Romanus, Al Waxman, Harvey Atkin directed by: Gerald Potterton, Jimmy T. Murakami |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767836319 Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Animated, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767836316 Label: Columbia TriStar Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: Columbia TriStar Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 23, 1999 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: Columbia TriStar Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 1981 Sales Rank: 115538 MPN: COLD03929D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: As long as there is a need for adolescent male sexual fantasy, there will be an audience for Heavy Metal. Released in 1981 and based on stories from the graphic magazine of the same name, this silly and senseless the movie is an aimless, juvenile amalgam of disjointed stories and clashing visual styles. Hundreds of animators from around the world were employed, resulting in a near-total absence of creative cohesion in the finished product. It remains, for better and worse, a midnight-movie favourite for the stoner crowd--a movie best enjoyed by randy adolescents or near-adults in an altered state of consciousness. With a framing story about a glowing green orb claiming to be the embodiment of all evil, the film shuttles through eight episodic tales of sci-fi adventure, each fuelled by some of the most wretched rock music to emerge from the late 1970s-early 80s period. The most consistent trademark is an abundance of blood-splattering violence and wet-dream sex, the latter involving a succession of huge-breasted babes who shed their clothes at the drop of a G-string. It's rampantly brainless desire to fuel the young male libido becomes rather fun, and for all its incoherence Heavy Metal impresses for the ambitious artistry of its individual segments. Produced by Ivan Reitman (who went on to direct Ghostbusters), the voice talents include several Canadian veterans of the Second City improvisation comedy troupe--including John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy and Joe Flaherty--many of whom went on to greater fame on the US TV series Saturday Night Live. --Jeff Shannon DVD Special Features Feature-length Rough Cut with Optional Commentary by Carl MacEk, Production notes Theatrical trailer Documentary: Imagining Heavy Metal Art Galleries Deleted Scenes, Carl MacEk reading his book "Heavy Metal: The Movie" 1:85:1 widescreen anamorphic Dolby Digital 5.1 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Nothing is ever as good as you remember...Ahhh, I was so excited to relive the nostalgia, and watch some cool deleted scenes and a 'making of', but alas, what a let down. Yes, this was a great film when I was 15, and maybe even in my 'partying' 20s, but Im afraid the animation feels so dated, the stories are just adolescent and plain now. Its nice to see Mobeius and Corbin again, and some funny huge breasted women but the wobbly animation looks drawn by artists not animators. Worse so, theres really only one deleted scene, which turned out to be what would of been one of the coolest stories/animations (what were they thinking!?) The making of was hardly that, more like old farts trying to sell this movie again and reliving their stoner days.... where was any of the art ... Read More: Rating:  - A GREAT EFFORTThe movie was very much awaited back in the 1980s by a whole generation of comic book readers that had grown up reading magazines such as "1984" (from Warren Publishing) and "Heavy Metal". This was a fantastic period for sequential art and artists like Corben were venerated throughout the world. Personally, I believe that the film never lived up to the hype it had generated because moving from a comic book format to an animated one isn't an easy feat. The movie was made using an innovative technique (the rotoscopy, an artifact that allowed for more naturalistic depictions of movement in the film at a time when PCs didn't exist) This is a cult classic and a must for any lovers of sci-fi and for anybody in their forties who remembers ... Read More: Rating: - A one offHeavy Metal remains one of my all time favourite animated films. It blows a loud raspberry at political correctness and takes the viewer on a completely uninhibited, devil may care ride. Sure it surfs adolescent fantasies but has a truly great sense of humour which is at its best in three particular episodes - Harry Canyon, Captain Stern and So Beautiful, So Dangerous. Due to wrangles over the rights to the soundtrack, the film did not make an official appearance on dvd and video for many years. The only copies available were crass quality illegal ones. Its arrival on dvd is therefore, belated but the wait has been worthwhile. The 5.1 soundtrack is good on the dvd and is actually at a lower level than that of the vhs which was very loud ... Read More: Rating:  - ClassicExcellent Short Films, based around an evil green orb. Such a legend in itself :) Being highly interested in animation and manga i was pleased that each film has a slighty different drawing style and so theres a favourite film for everyone. Great music, and great charectors. And i was amazed at the high quality. Only downfall (in my opinion), in the last short film its really quite a slow story line. But it still rocks. Highly recommend Rating: - At last, a watchable version of this classicIf you were hanging around the Science Fiction scene in the early eighties in your late adolescence or early twenties, then you may well have fallen deeply in love, like me, with this film. And when I finally get to see a clean and bright recording of this, I am blown away once more by the exuberant originality of the cartoon film that became the yardstick by which everything else was to be measured. |
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