Heavy Metal (1981)

Regisseur:

Gerald Potterton

Drehbuchautoren:

Daniel Goldberg (screenplay) &
Len Blum (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

7. August 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Trickfilm | Action | Abenteuer | Komödie | Krimi | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Musik | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Werbezeile:

A Step Beyond Science Fiction

Plot:

A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Plot Keywords:

Chase Scene | Taxi | Young Girl | Green Blood | Cult Cartoon

Filmpreise:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

It's my LocNar!

Besetzung

Rodger Bumpass	...	Hanover Fiste (segment "Captain Sternn") / Dr. Anrak (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice) (as Roger Bumpass)
John Candy	...	Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon") / Dan (segment "Den") / Den (segment "Den") / Robot (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Jackie Burroughs	...	Katherine (segment "Den") (voice)
Joe Flaherty	...	Lawyer (segment "Captain Sternn") / General (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Don Francks	...	Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") / Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Martin Lavut	...	Ard (segment "Den") (voice)
Marilyn Lightstone	...	Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") / Queen (segment "Den") (voice)
Eugene Levy	...	Sternn (segment "Captain Sternn") / Male Reporter (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") / Edsel (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Alice Playten	...	Gloria (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Harold Ramis	...	Zeke (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") (voice)
Susan Roman	...	Girl (segment "Harry Canyon") / Satellite (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
August Schellenberg	...	Nort (segment "Den") / Taarak (segment "Taarna") (voice)
Richard Romanus	...	Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
John Vernon	...	Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn") (voice)
Zal Yanovsky	...	Navigator (segment "B-17") / Barbarian (segment "Taarna") (voice)

Länge:

86 Min | USA:90 Min (premiere)

Produktionsland:

Canada

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Metrocolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Italy:VM14 | Australia:MA (video rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

When the robot and the girl are walking through the spaceship arguing about their relationship, a ramp automatically lowers and they walk down it. This is a parody of the lowered ramp sequence in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), when the alien emerges from the spaceship.

Pannen:

Geographische Fehler: When the pilot lands on the South Seas island, Howler Monkeys can be heard in the background. But these animals are native to South America, not the South Pacific.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Narrator: A shadow shall fall over the universe, and evil will grow in its path, and death will come from the skies.

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Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

Soundtrack:

True Companion

It's my LocNar!

This movie was great in it's time. I used to see it in the theatre every weekend at the 'midnight movies' we had where I grew up. This movie is fantastic. I watched it last month and it still entertained me. The segment Harry Canyon is IMHO the inspiration for the movie The Fifth Element. The character Bruce Willis plays, the cab he drives and the time period the movie takes place it all scream of Harry. Heavy Metal is not for everyone, and neither is this movie. I loved it. =)