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Heavy Metal (1981) 6.5
A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror. Director:Gerald Potterton |
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Cast
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| Don Francks | ... |
Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi") /
Co-Pilot (segment "B-17") /
Barbarian (segment "Taarna")
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Caroline Semple | ... |
Girl (segment "Grimaldi")
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| Richard Romanus | ... | ||
| Susan Roman | ... |
Girl (segment "Harry Canyon") /
Satellite (segment "Harry Canyon")
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Al Waxman | ... |
Rudnick (segment "Harry Canyon")
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| Harvey Atkin | ... |
Alien (segment "Harry Canyon") /
Henchman (segment "Harry Canyon")
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| John Candy | ... |
Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon") /
Dan (segment "Den") /
Den (segment "Den") /
Robot (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
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Glenis Wootton Gross | ... |
Whore (segment "Harry Canyon")
(voice)
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| Marilyn Lightstone | ... |
Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") /
Queen (segment "Den")
(voice)
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| Jackie Burroughs | ... |
Katherine (segment "Den")
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Martin Lavut | ... |
Ard (segment "Den")
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| August Schellenberg | ... |
Norl (segment "Den") /
Taarak (segment "Taarna")
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| John Vernon | ... |
Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn")
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| Eugene Levy | ... |
Sternn (segment "Captain Sternn") /
Male Reporter (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") /
Edsel (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
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| Joe Flaherty | ... |
Lawyer (segment "Captain Sternn") /
General (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous")
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
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A sweeping story of the battle of good against evil is told through an anthology of short animated films about a glowing green orb (the Loc-Nar) that is the personification of ultimate evil in the universe. Based loosely on the French magazine "Heavy Metal." Written by Christopher E. Meadows <cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu>
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Louder And Nastier Than Ever See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 August 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Heavy Metal - Universo em Fantasia See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,300,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Guardian Trust Company, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) See more »
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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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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Performed by Grand Funk Railroad
Written by Mark Farner
Publisher: Cran Renraff Co, BMI
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Did You Know?
Trivia
When the aliens are stoned and flying through space, one of the damaged starships they pass is the USS Enterprise. See more »Goofs
The color of the Queen's hair and robe. See more »Quotes
[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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Soundtracks
"Queen Bee"Performed by Grand Funk Railroad
Written by Mark Farner
Publisher: Cran Renraff Co, BMI
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Trying to con Harry Canyon in futuristic New York City ("big deal"), striking a deal with Den, having sex with a robot (or, as he puts it, using "mechanical assistance"), bribing Hanover Fiste to testify on your behalf in court, praying for Taarna to save you. None of these things have anything in common except for the Loch-nar, a green ball supposedly containing the essence and entirety of evil.
It doesn't matter if none of this makes complete sense or if it's even that good in terms of plot construction. This is Heavy Metal!
The concept of this 1981 animated experiment is two-fold: show good and evil in a constant state of flux, and bring to life the richness and erotic energy of the popular animated magazine. Add to that some science fiction, a slight reverence for history (in the beautiful ghoul scene in the WWII B-17) and a juvenile insight into drugs and sex, and you have the definition of my '80s youth culture.
I was one of those kids who'd sneak an issue of Heavy Metal, found on the magazine stands in the local drug store next to the grocery store where my father did his weekly shopping, inside another magazine and stare at the drawings, looking for some violence and humor ... and naked women with bi g breasts. I did the same thing whenever I got my hands on a National Lampoon and, if I was lucky, Hustler.
It's pre-pubescence at its hormonal best! And seeing it again as an adult brings all that excitement back to me. Every story, every piece of music ... God, every shot for that matter -- they all bring me back to being 10 years old and wrestling with my older cousin as she tried to block my eyes when the chick Harry Canyon picks up off the street strips and slides into bed with him to the tune of Journey's "Open Arms."
This movie wasn't meant to be cinematic greatness. It was meant to be a boy's fantasy and his coming of age. Sometimes we take these things too seriously. A good movie is a good movie, and a good memory is a good memory. Let's leave it at that ... and let me get a whiff of that stuff the spaceship pilots have lined along the floor...