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Heavy Metal
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
1981 · Directed by Gerald Potterton · 90 min · Animation · Science Fiction · Adventure · Fantasy · Music · Screenplay in the scene database · 19 frames
Tagline
A step beyond science fiction.
Plot
The title sequence was based on the comic of the same name by Dan O'Bannon and Thomas Warkentin.
The title sequence story opens with a Space Shuttle orbiting the Earth. The bay doors open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. An astronaut seated in the car then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon.
In the framing story, the astronaut Grimaldi arrives at home where he is greeted by his daughter. He says he has something to show her. When he opens his case, a green, crystalline sphere rises out and melts him. It introduces itself to the terrified girl as "the sum of all evils". Looking into the orb known as the Loc-Nar, the girl sees how it has influenced societies throughout time and space.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg
- Edited by: Ian Llande, Mick Manning, Gerald Tripp
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Production design: Michael C. Gross
- Produced by: Ivan Reitman
Cast
- Rodger Bumpass as Hanover Fiste / Dr. Anrak (voice)
- John Candy as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
- Jackie Burroughs as Katherine (voice)
- Joe Flaherty as Lawyer / General (voice)
- Don Francks as Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice)
- Marilyn Lightstone as Whore / Queen (voice)
- Eugene Levy as Sternn / Male Reporter / Edsel (voice)
- Harold Ramis as Zeke (voice)
- Caroline Semple as Girl (voice)
- Richard Romanus as Harry Canyon (voice)
Production
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
- Studios: Canadian Film Development Corporation, Guardian Trust Company, Famous Players, Potterton Productions
- Budget: $9,300,000
- Box office: $20,118,654
- Themes: flying car, taxi, heavy metal, based on comic, drug use, rotoscoping, adult animation
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