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Heavy Metal
Sign in to save1981 Canadian adult animated sci-fi-fantasy anthology film
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Heavy Metal is a 1981 animated film directed by Gerald Potterton. The production involves companies including Canadian Film Development Corporation, Columbia Pictures, Guardian Trust Company, Famous Players, and Potterton Productions. It was released in Canada and the United States of America. The movie has a runtime of 90 minutes and carries the tagline "A step beyond science fiction."
Financial details indicate a budget of 9300000 and revenue of 20118654. The film is part of the Heavy Metal Collection. Review metrics show a score of 61% and a rating of 5.8/10. Another source lists a vote average of 6.505. The work was released on 1981-08-07, with other associated dates including 1981-01-01 and 1982-02-18.
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Film · TMDB
6.5The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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)
Themes
- flying car
- taxi
- heavy metal
- based on comic
- drug use
- rotoscoping
- adult animation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Heavy Metal 2000
- Main subject
- extraterrestrial life
- Screenwriter
- Dan O'Bannon
- Voice actor
- Susan Roman
- Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
- Producer
- Ivan Reitman
- Cinematographer
- Brian Tufano
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 179187
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavymetal
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- different from
- heavy metal music
- publication date
- 1982-02-18
- title
- Heavy Metal
- distributed by
- Netflix
- narrator
- Percy Rodriguez
- derivative work
- Love, Death & Robots
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.8/10
- capital cost
- 9300000
- fabrication method
- rotoscoping
- form of creative work
- feature film
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